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  <&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One</&>
  <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies</&>
  <&>Victoria University of Wellington</&>

  <&>side two</&>
  <&>0:26</&>
  

  <WSC#MUS003:0005:TT>
      right <,> yes so we were unable to have unfortunately <,>
      <drawls>our</drawls> theatre sports day and so we did it
      yesterday um with the third <.>f</.> with one of the third form
      classes and it went really well <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0010:TT>
      so them's the breaks

  <WSC#MUS003:0015:TT>
      you also had your careers visit on TUESDAY <,> did you <&>class
      agree</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0020:TT>
      you had missus atkins for <drawls>your</drawls> <{><[><,>
      teacher <,> okay</[> <[><&>class agree</&></[></{>

  <WSC#MUS003:0025:TT>
      and did you finish off those work sheets that we had started
      earlier <&>class members agree</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0030:TT>
      right

  <WSC#MUS003:0035:TT>
      did she go over them with you <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0040:XX>
      yep yeah</X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0045:TT>
      good <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0050:TT>
      now there's another one i want us to have a look <&>1:00</&> at
      today <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0055:TT>
      actually before we do i want you to um <,,><&>3</&> just tell me
      what you thought the highlights of this year's programme were
      <,> and perhaps what some of the lower points were

  <WSC#MUS003:0060:TT>
      we always try to ASSESS each year <,> what we've done and areas
      that we can <drawls>um</drawls> <,> change <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0065:TT>
      doesn't necessarily mean that we're always going to change <{><[>just</[>
      because you <[><&>sound of someone zipping their bag</&></[></{>
      moan about something and say that it was boring <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0070:TT>
      it may have been boring or it may not have been <,> or it may be
      that it was difficult for you but we do like to try and
      introduce interesting material

  <WSC#MUS003:0075:TT>
      what were some highlights of the year's course in english for
      you <,,><&>7</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0080:TT>
      interview writing? <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0085:TT>
      no highlights? <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0090:TT>
      total and utter bore it was <,,> oh dear

  <WSC#MUS003:0095:TT>
      what was the <&>2:00</&> low point raewyn <,,> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0100:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear> <,,><&>5</&></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0105:TT>
      what didn't you like doing <drawls>um</drawls> frances
      <,,><&>5</&> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0110:XX>
      <laughs>oh everything</laughs></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0115:TT>
      everything?

  <WSC#MUS003:0120:TT>
      <&>class laughs</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0125:TT>
      nah <,> well we've done lots of interesting things

  <WSC#MUS003:0130:TT>
      <?>let me see</?> what have we done <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0135:TT>
      you've studied a NOVEL and you got broken up into groups <,> for
      the novel um modular groups

  <WSC#MUS003:0140:TT>
      did you enjoy that <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0145:XX>
      it was all right <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0150:TT>
      what was good about it joseph <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0155:XX>
      um <,,><&>3</&> i don't know <,> no the year was all right</X>
      <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0160:X1>
      <O>laughs</O> <unclear>word</unclear> broken up into different
      modules</X> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0165:XX>
      yeah</X> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0170:X1>
      <O>laughs</O></X> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0175:XX>
      yeah <,> the talks</X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0180:TT>
      okay so you mixed with <.>a</.> a new group <.>of</.> <,> <.>of</.>
      kids <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0185:XX>
      <?>true</?></X> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0190:X1>
      <&>yawns</&></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0195:TT>
      pupils <,> all right

  <WSC#MUS003:0200:TT>
      okay what about a new group of <&>3:00</&> teachers? <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0205:XX>
      oh oh yeah <,> it was okay I think <{><[><,> it's <.>just</.></[></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0210:TT>
      <[>i thought that <.>was</.></[></{> a bit disappointing for
      some of you was it <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0215:XX>
      yeah <{><[><?>that's</?></[> an understatement yeah <O>laughs</O></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0220:TT>
      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0225:X1>
      <O>laughs</O> <,,><&>4</&></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0230:TT>
      what did you do frances <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0235:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0240:TT>
      okay <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0245:TT>
      what else did we do

  <WSC#MUS003:0250:TT>
      we did some short stories <,,> production <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0255:TT>
      pity we didn't have time to actually write our own stories <.>and</.>
      and do our book <,,><&>3</&> <drawls>um</drawls> yuri no that's
      what you did for your <,,> novel <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0260:TT>
      right next year you're going into the fifth form in this school
      and you must START thinking about it NOW <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0265:TT>
      english is INTERNALLY ASSESSED and that means you must do all
      your work that's set in class and do all your work that is set
      as an assignment and you will have quite a few assignments to do
      throughout the year AND YOU MUST <&>4:00</&> hand them in and
      you must hand them in on time

  <WSC#MUS003:0270:TT>
      if you do not then you will not be getting a MARK or a very good
      mark at the end of the year because ALL those marks add up <,,>
      and THAT with your two school exams is <.>w</.> how we come up
      with your school cert mark

  <WSC#MUS003:0275:TT>
      SOME SCHOOLS sit a big exam like you will do in SOME of your
      other subjects but in SCIENCE and ENGLISH at rotorua memorial
      high then you sit internal assessment <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0280:TT>
      now some of you i'm sure would do very well if you just sat one
      exam at the end of the year

  <WSC#MUS003:0285:TT>
      most of you in this class would not and you will need to <.>work</.>
      <,> well would not do as well as you will do when you've <.>got</.>
      when you work steadily throughout the year <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0290:TT>
      for most of you that's important but it also means that you
      cannot afford not to do your assignments as some of you <,>
      haven't done

  <WSC#MUS003:0295:TT>
      <loudly>if you don't <.>get</.> i mean you might not get</loudly>
      ten out of ten every time you do your <&>5:00</&> assignment
      maybe you only got three out of ten and you're a bit
      disappointed but at least you got three marks and they all add
      up <,,> at the end <,,> and it's better to get forty percent in
      school cert than ten percent <,,> right? <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0300:TT>
      plus it helps you with your LEARNING and means you're working
      all year means you have <.>a</.> are constantly thinking about
      whatever it is that you are learning and improving your language
      skills because that's what ENGLISH is <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0305:TT>
      it's your LANGUAGE skills <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0310:TT>
      it's teaching you about your language that most of you speak
      it's teaching you about a language that is a lingua franca for
      the whole world

  <WSC#MUS003:0315:TT>
      what is a lingua franca <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0320:TT>
      here's a word or a phrase to add to your vocabulary <&>writes on
      board three seconds</&> see <&>writes on board five seconds</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0325:TT>
      well basically it's another <drawls>PHRASE</drawls> <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0330:TT>
      that means that's a language that's used by a lot of people
      <&>6:00</&> who speak different languages so that they can
      understand each other <,> and in europe you'll find that a lot
      of business people of course they're very close <.>to</.> in the
      um geographical distance and they trade with each other they er
      <,> <O>tut</O> do a lot of things in their life with each other
      but they may not speak french or german or italian or whatever
      they will tend to speak english together

  <WSC#MUS003:0335:TT>
      most businesses in europe conduct their language in <,,> in
      ENGLISH <.>and</.> and now it's becoming a world wide tongue
      that is used so <.>YOU</.> <.>o</.> are most of you <.>it's</.>
      it's your first language so you're already <,,> it's all ready
      easier for you to learn this language that's a lingua franca in
      fact I think your english would improve if you also learnt
      another language <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0340:TT>
      that's important

  <WSC#MUS003:0345:TT>
      who learns another language <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0350:TT>
      four of you <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0355:TT>
      who has learnt at some time in their life another <&>7:00</&>
      language <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0360:TT>
      it's a START it gives you some idea <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0365:TT>
      do you know that most people in the world for instance in places
      like new guinea where there's HUNDREDS of languages <,> that
      most people would speak three or four languages <,,><&>3</&> and
      think nothing of it <,,><&>3</&> helps to make you more aware of
      other people and more aware of the structure of your OWN
      language <,,> just think about that

  <WSC#MUS003:0370:TT>
      what we're going to do today when i find my work sheet <,,> here
      we are <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0375:TT>
      now i'm gonna hand out this work sheets and we're going to have
      a little look at them <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0380:TT>
      we'll look at some things on collective nouns

  <WSC#MUS003:0385:TT>
      you haven't had much time for this

  <WSC#MUS003:0390:TT>
      usually we try and do it with your writing so you see that we
      can understand HOW language works <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0395:TT>
      <&>gives out worksheets</&> <softly>your one your one</softly>
      and don't write on them please <,,><&>10</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0400:TT>
      now does anyone want to start on collective NOUNS

  <WSC#MUS003:0405:TT>
      what are <&>8:00</&> nouns aaron <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0410:XX>
      oh i don't know</X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0415:TT>
      what are nouns aaron <,,><&>8</&> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0420:XX>
      naming words</X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0425:TT>
      right good

  <WSC#MUS003:0430:TT>
      eve give me an example of a noun <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0435:XX>
      rolling pin</X> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0440:X1>
      <softly>rolling pin</softly></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0445:TT>
      all right then eve okay

  <WSC#MUS003:0450:TT>
      what kind of noun would we call that <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0455:XX>
      pronouns</X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0460:TT>
      no pronouns are she it he <.>is</.> er <O>tut</O> <,> she it <,>
      him her

  <WSC#MUS003:0465:TT>
      they stand in place of <.>a</.> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0470:XX>
      <{><[>naming word</[></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0475:TT>
      <[>noun</[></{> right a personal noun <,,><&>3</&> <unclear>word</unclear>
      <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0480:XX>
      i haven't got a page one</X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0485:TT>
      oh sorry <,,> <unclear>word</unclear> <,,> there you are

  <WSC#MUS003:0490:TT>
      anyone else <,> not got one <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0495:TT>
      okay collective nouns abstract nouns there's <&>9:00</&>
      different kinds of NOUNS <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0500:TT>
      it's important because this is a common mistake when you are
      writing and using a NOUN <,> and what often comes before a NOUN
      or what <softly>does come before a noun</softly> <,,><&>6</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0505:TT>
      this is a noun <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0510:TT>
      what's this frances <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0515:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0520:TT>
      no <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0525:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0530:TT>
      right

  <WSC#MUS003:0535:TT>
      tell me about the desk in the clause

  <WSC#MUS003:0540:TT>
      <.>what</.> <.>what</.> what do you want to say before you say
      desk <,,><&>8</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0545:TT>
      THE desk or <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0550:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear> an article</X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0555:TT>
      right good an article so the definite or indefinite article a or
      the <,> or an <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0560:TT>
      <softly>right and there's that oh</softly> <&>10:00</&> right
      <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0565:TT>
      before a collective noun usually going to say a and when you
      going to get to your VERB <,,> it's going to be singular so
      you're not going to say a swarm <,> are flying over the trees a
      swarm of bees are flying over the trees

  <WSC#MUS003:0570:TT>
      what WOULD you say <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0575:TT>
      what would you say kate <,,><&>6</&> yep <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0580:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0585:TT>
      <unclear>word</unclear> <,> a <.>sw</.> well a SWARM of bees <,>
      are flying over the trees <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0590:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0595:TT>
      what's incorrect <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0600:XX>
      past</X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0605:TT>
      no see that the swarm is a collective noun

  <WSC#MUS003:0610:TT>
      it's because they're a whole lot of bees <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0615:TT>
      <?>what's the bird's problem</?> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0620:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X> <,,><&>7</&> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0625:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0630:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X> <&>11:00</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0635:TT>
      no er you could say the swarm because if you're saying a
      happening definite article means any swarm a swarm of bees you
      don't <.>know</.>

  <WSC#MUS003:0640:TT>
      the swarm of bees you mean THAT PARTICULAR swarm of bees that
      usually probably nest in this little hive overhead <&>11:30</&>
      <&>thirty seconds not transcribed as teacher discusses a
      student's appointment</&> <&>12:00</&>

  <WSC#MUS003:0645:TT>
      right a swarm of bees is flying over the trees

  <WSC#MUS003:0650:TT>
      collective nouns stand for a lot of things <,> but they seem to
      take singular verb

  <WSC#MUS003:0655:TT>
      let's have a look

  <WSC#MUS003:0660:TT>
      a <,> <?>flight</?> of aircraft flew over <drawls>the</drawls>
      <,> <{><[>army</[> of soldiers <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0665:XX>
      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{> <,,><&>3</&></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0670:TT>
      what i want you to do is look at this first one on collective
      nouns

  <WSC#MUS003:0675:TT>
      collective nouns are the word used in a collection or group of
      similar persons animals or things e g herd army gang pack or
      tribe

  <WSC#MUS003:0680:TT>
      how many <,,> people would you find in a tribe tiffany
      <,,><&>6</&> <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0685:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0690:TT>
      a what <,> a group <unclear>word</unclear> yeah we don't know do
      we

  <WSC#MUS003:0695:TT>
      it could <.>stand</.> a fairly silly question <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0700:TT>
      a lot of people but <&>13:00</&> definitely more than one <,,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0705:TT>
      same thing with a GANG it's not just A GANG

  <WSC#MUS003:0710:TT>
      normally you say a boy a girl a boy who's in a gang a girl who's
      in a gang but a gang has lots of people <,> a collective noun
      <,>

  <WSC#MUS003:0715:TT>
      what you're going to do is to just write down collective nouns
      and fill in those <,,> questions <{><[>number <drawls>one</drawls></[>
      <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0720:XX>
      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{> <&>13:20</&> <&>one minute
      thirty four seconds of discussion between teacher and class on
      the fact that they did this exercise with the other teacher on
      another day not transcribed</&> <&>14:54</&></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0725:TT>
      all right you can <,> how do we structure sentences

  <WSC#MUS003:0730:TT>
      i just <&>15:00</&> want you to finish it off then <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0735:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0740:TT>
      right just get on with that and i'll come round and check <X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0745:XX>
      oh i left my notes <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS003:0750:TT>
      make sure if you haven't started that you start at the beginning
      and i'll come round and check all of your work <&>15:15</&> <&>the
      rest of the class is the teacher walking around and checking
      individual student's work</&>
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