Advisor 4, Learner 13: Interview 1, Extract 11 (C4_A13_1_11)

A13: isn’t it > better to work on the audio without having the script in front of you too quickly < or

C4: well > that’s it < depends a bit on the objectives you’re trying to achieve

A13: no yes >

C4: to work on comprehension yes

A13: < yes

C4: it’s better > not to look at it < straight away

A13: well yeah >

C4: it’s better to try and set yourself objectives in terms of understanding

A13: < hmm hmm

C4: but in the > first instance, maybe look at the type of activity we’re < proposing because that will give you some

A13: right yes yes of course *** >

C4: some ba- ideas that are a bit systematic but for example always um well here we’re going to see plutonium is a dangerous substance +[lang=English] we can a hypothesis that always works is to say well this is going to talk about < plutonium radioactivity

A13: yeah um >

C4: so what can they talk about, are they going to have arguments for arguments against try to anticipate a bit before listening to a < a maximum yeah

A13: the issues surrounding the subject >

C4: what can be said in this < document

A13: yeah >

C4: what can they talk about and then you listen to each other to try and check if what you anticipated was correct

A13: yes

C4: or um if it’s something completely different listen to it several times

A13: < um all right

C4: and then um > go back to the script but then um in the first instance it’s also a good idea to start with examples of documents that are going to have a < little support

A13: um um >

C4: so that you have um well you build up work < techniques as you go along

A13: OK > yes of course