Table 1 and table 2

ANALYSIS OF TEXT

In sample 1 different colours are chosen for different conversational features. In Sample 2 every conversational feature is commented on the spot. Use any of these strategies when you are analyzing the text.

SAMPLE ANSWERS:

TASK 1

SAMPLE ANSWER 1:

S1-Can I help?

S2-Yes erm I’m gonna stay in Plymouth for a couple of days erm I was wondering if I could get some information off you erm is is there a swimming pool or in Plymouth…

S1-Yes erm the one in the city center where are you staying first of all?

S2-Er <>haven’t decided yet but somewhere in the city

S1-You’ll be central [S2- Yeah] Ok well there’s a fun pool in the city center that’s the pavilions but if you want some serious sort of exercise swimming then the [S2- Yeah] It’s central park that you need that has 33 meter pool that has lane swimming early in the morning [S2- Right]and there is a separate diving pit as well there…

S2- Right and where ‘s that?

S1- It’s in the Central Park (6 seconds) right you’re here at the moment [S2- Yeah] and Central Park is up here the swimming pool’s[S2- oh right] up here

S2- Lovely thanks erm there are any beaches (1 second) around here?

S1- Sandy beaches do you mean?

S2- Yeah yeah

S1- Sandiest beaches are erm either Whitesand Bay is over to the right vaguely as you’re looking out of Plymouth Sound it is around sort of the corner and out along the bay there..

S2- Yeah

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Elision

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Filler

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