The teaching plan of the practical lesson №1

Reader activity 1

Look at this extract from further on in the drinks conversation (5.14). The talk has drifted to Christmas in the village where the speakers live, which was the period that A was away on his skiing holiday. Analyse the sub-topic shifts in terms of the linguistic features at their boundaries. High and low key are not marked, but where might you expect them to occur?

B:  No ... it was generally very quiet and the weather was . . . what

did it do, it just r it was quite sunny actually.

D: It was quite sunny a couple of the days.

B:  Christmas Day was quite sunny r we went for a walk, had as plendid walk.

D: In the morning, it rained in the

afternoon.

   A: British Christmases rarely change, it's a time for gorging yourself

and going for walks.

B:  Yeah, that's right, and you never get any snow.

              C: Yes, it was very sunny Christmas Day.

      B:  Mm. A: Mm.

B: Mm . . . when are you heading off again, Bob?

A: A week today ... I shall be off to Munich this time ... so I'm

just wondering where the luggage is going to go, and looking at

my case now, I find that it's burst open, and whether it's fair wear

and tear I don't know, because last time I saw it it was in perfect

nick. B:  You reckon it might have suffered from its journey. A: Oh, they get slung about you know, I never used to get a decent

case, I buy a cheap one.

              B: Mm.

A: Because they just get scratched.

B:  Mm.