Conversation 27: M21 and M22

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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, pen
Recording sent to FUSE (date) 23.11.2018
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.
M21
Skill areas in spoken English CEFR School grade
Interaction B2.1 8
Fluency B2.1 8
Pronunciation, intonation and stress B1.2 7
Vocabulary and structures B2.1 8
Grammar B1.2 7
Average value B2.1 8
M22
Skill areas in spoken English CEFR School grade
Interaction B2.1 8
Fluency B2.1 8
Pronunciation, intonation and stress B1.2 7
Vocabulary and structures B2.1 8
Grammar B2.1 8
Average value B2.1 8

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Turns Speakers and utterances
1 M21: Hello [CENSORED: forename], happy //birth//
2 M22: //Hi//
3 M21: day... [laugh]
4 M22: Er is this my present?
5 M21: //Yeah//
6 M22: //Uh//
7 M22: Er yeah it's a nice pen but... [laugh] what gonna do with it?
8 M21: Well you always s- stole my pens at school so I thought you would like your own now [laugh]
9 M22: Really? //[laugh]//
10 M21: //[laugh]// Yeah, well if you don't like it I also thought we could go in the dinner at night
11 M22: Yeah sure, how about... seven o'clock?
12 M21: Er that's not right, I have stuff to do so how about nine o'clock?
13 M22: Yeah nine o'clock sounds cool
14 M21: Okay, see you then //bye//
15 M22: //Yeah// see you then