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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 |
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|---|
| 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 |
|
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|---|
| 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 |
Link: a KWIC list and other statistical details of the conversation
| 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 |
November 8, 2018