K:
right (arrow pointing upwards) (2) in the middle of the page (1)
but more towards the left (1) draw a capital ‘Z’ (.) but on a slant to the left
hand side (2)
E:
How big?
(2)
K:
Quite big (2)
A few things had gone well in our
transcript. However, there were a few negatives throughout our communication.
The main problem through the
exercise was that there wasn’t enough description from all three of us.
When Katie started, she described
where to draw the capital ‘Z’. But she didn’t explain the size. Louis and I
were then left to attempt to draw the shape to a size that we thought would be
correct.
A positive of the communication was
that I then asked how big, 2 seconds later. But within those 2 seconds Louis
could have already drawn the shape without knowing the size.
A negative of me asking the
question is that I didn’t be specific when asking.
Katie replied with “quite big.”
The problem with that is, “quite
big” could be completely different to me than to Katie. So I should’ve asked a
more detailed question.
For example, I could have asked,
“How big roughly in cm, is the ‘Z’?”
Louis and I would then be provided
with an answer that would enable us to draw the shape more accurately.
There also were pauses many times throughout
which is the reason why there was no interruptions or overlaps. This is both
positive and negative. Positive because it lets the speaker think about what
they are saying to be more precise for the listeners. The negative is that by
the time the speaker finishes the listener would have probably drew the shape
and so cannot do it again.
At the start of the transcript we
can see that the tone that Katie was speaking in was positive when she said
“right” by the arrow pointing upwards. She also said “right” many times during
the conversation which shows her idiolect.
A final negative is that when Katie
was describing where the ‘Z’ was being placed. She said it was slanted to the
left hand side. She didn’t explain how slanted it was. Nevertheless, myself and
Louis didn’t ask how slanted it was, we yet again, assumed we had it right.
Well done for identifying a significant aspect to discuss - you develop that discussion well. The term you need for this discussion to hinge on is 'relative term' - "quite big" is indeed subjective as "big" is a relative term and so is the pre-modifier "quite". You do well to suggest what a more useful repair would have been and I like the discussion of what could have happened while the formulation of the utterance is taking place. You could combine the discussion of the two imprecise utterances - how "big" and how "slanted" it was, rather than dealing with them separately, to show your awareness of the patterns - we need to work on 'grouping' techniques to prepare for the exam. When you talk about Katie's tone being 'positive', you need to explain why that is the case, and why it is important to communcation in context and tentatively. Well done.
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