Conversation 24: M20 and F27

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Instructions given for the speakers
Read the situation, then act it out together with your partner.

AN UNSUITABLE PRESENT

STUDENT A
You give a friend/relative a birthday present. You have tried hard to choose a suitable present.

STUDENT B
A friend/relative gives you a birthday present. You were hoping for something different than what she/he gives you.

COVER AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

– Starting the dialogue
– Giving (Student A) and receiving (Student B) the present
– Politely expressing disappointment (Student B)
– Reacting to disappointment, offering alternative (Student A)
– Reacting to alternative idea (Student B)
– Organize alternative
– Ending the dialogue

Metadata
Title Value
File format (in FUSE) mp3
Discussion tags birthday, gift
Recording sent to FUSE (date) 16.11.2018
Recorder and sender id 4
Teacher id 1
Transcriber id 1
Teacher's assessment based on students' conversation in part III of the exam
CEFR = Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
(see e.g. Europass)
Teacher id = 1
Teacher’s note: Valid assessment would require more output from the students.
M20
Skill areas in spoken English CEFR School grade
Interaction B2.1 8
Fluency B2.1 8
Pronunciation, intonation and stress B2.2 9
Vocabulary and structures B2.1 8
Grammar B2.1 8
Average value B2.1 8
F27
Skill areas in spoken English CEFR School grade
Interaction B2.1 8
Fluency B2.1 8
Pronunciation, intonation and stress B2.2 9
Vocabulary and structures B2.1 8
Grammar B2.1 8
Average value B2.1 8

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Turns Speakers and utterances
1 M20: Oh hi [CENSORED: forename], how- how are you doing? //Thanks fo- for//
2 F27: //Oh hi!//
3 M20: thanks for coming to my party [laugh]
4 F27: Yeah it's fine, it's fine erm I got you a present actually
5 M20: Okay what is it?
6 F27: Yeah it's in my pa- bag w- er wait a minute... here it is [laugh]
7 M20: Okay. Wow you bought me a... pair of socks //oh great//
8 F27: //Yeah yeah//
9 M20: oh... //oh man//
10 F27: //Well erm// they are blue I- I thought you liked blue?
11 M20: Er no I don't like blue it's er //I like black//
12 F27: //Oh man//
13 M20: more //and white//
14 F27: //Oh man//
15 M20: yeah
16 F27: Well yeah... it was the other guy yeah, sorry sorry, well are the socks like okay?
17 M20: Er co- could we... possibly er like replace them with er something else //like the-//
18 F27: //Oh really//
19 M20: yeah //I don't like the//
20 F27: //Oh//
21 M20: color at all //I'm sorry yeah//
22 F27: //Oh// yeah that's a bummer well erm... what would you like then?
23 M20: Erm could I get like a T-shirt or some//thing? yeah//
24 F27: //Yeah yeah// sure //sure//
25 M20: //Yeah//
26 F27: erm I'll return them like tomorrow
27 M20: Okay
28 F27: Yeah
29 M20: Can I- can I have T-shirt like tomorrow also?
30 F27: Yeah //yeah//
31 M20: //Okay//
32 F27: of course
33 M20: Yeah great yeah, //tha-//
34 F27: //Nice//
35 M20: thanks for coming over like //yeah great to see you again//
36 F27: //[laugh] Yeah [laugh] it's fun// nice, thanks