Read the text once more and choose the key sentence in every paragraph.

Summarize the text using the key sentences.

4 Analyse the historical perspective of the article and give your opinion about the ideas expressed by L. Bloomfield. Are these ideas still relevant nowadays? Why? /Why not?

COMMUNICATION

SAMPLE 1

1 Listen to the conversation: audio file (jersey.mp3).

What language do they speak in Jersey?

Australian: What language do they speak in Jersey?
Scotsman: English.
Australian: But like they don’t speak French?
Scotsman: Jersey patois occasionally.
Australian: What is that?
Scotsman: A cross between French and English.
Australian: Like, can French people understand it, do you know?
Scotsman: No. English people cannot understand it either. It is indigenous to Jersey. I think they can pretty much get a gauge of it, but…
Australian: It is a mixture of French and English?
Scotsman: Yeah. That is good coming from a Scotsman, isn’t it?
Australian: What is the capital of Jersey?
Scotsman: St Helier.

http://englishconversations.org/2009/09/20/what-language-do-they-speak-in-jersey

2 Analyze the conversation:

• the speakers
• its main idea
• its sociocultural context

Role play the conversation, and then discuss the linguistic varieties that are widespread in the regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

SAMPLE 2

1 Listen to the discussion between a TEFL professor and a student after class, and take notes on its main points: TOEFL_conversation_48.

2 Listen to the discussion again and answer the questions:

1) Which best describes why the student initiated this conversation?

(A) To protest an opinion

(B) To state a position

(C) To clarify a statement

(D) To take a different viewpoint

2) According to their conversation, which is NOT a problem with teaching grammar rules?

(A) It slows language acquisition.

(B) It affects the learner negatively.

(C) The teacher becomes a dictator.

(D) The rules are all inaccurate.

3) The professor explains that if a student says, "I don't brought my homework", it is an example of

(A) Past tense misconstruction

(B) Double negation

(C) Prescriptive grammar

(D) Student lack of confidence

4) Why does the student say this: "Soon college-educated, I hope!"?

(A) She is worried about graduating.

(B) She is being modest about her ability.

(C) She wants to get a good mark from the professor.

(D) She wants her students to attend college, too.

5) Which might make the best title for the professor's next lecture?

(A) Business and Academic English

(B) Prescriptive vs Descriptive Grammar

(C) Teaching English Grammar

(D) Optimal Language Acquisition

3 Read the passage and analyze the conversation according to the following aspects:

1. What could you tell about the participants of the conversation?
2. What kind of social-and-role relationships do they have?
3. What are their motives to socialize with each other?
4. What is the topic, subject matter and content of the conversation?
5. What could you tell about the form of the conversation and its type?
6. What is the result of the conversation?

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