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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 one</&>
  <&>0:31</&>
  

  <WSC#MUS008:0005:PF>
      right today we're going to <,> read you a little story about a
      refugee girl

  <WSC#MUS008:0010:PF>
      who can remember the name of the girl that we listened to on the
      tape <,> <?>read as we read to niraj</?> who we had in the class
      yesterday <,,>

  <WSC#MUS008:0015:PF>
      <reads>in december and january nineteen seventy nine to eighty i
      was in makma a refugee camp on the border of <&>1:00</&>
      kampuchea and thailand

  <WSC#MUS008:0020:PF>
      i'm a journalist and i've gone to makma to find out just how bad
      things were</reads>

  <WSC#MUS008:0025:PF>
      who can tell ME what happens at the very beginning of the story
      about the gingerbread man <,,> liselle <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0030:XX>
      well he gets put in the oven and baked and he comes alive <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0035:PF>
      <[>right what</[></{> happens when he comes alive <,> lara <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0040:XX>
      he runs away</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0045:PF>
      right and where does he run to <,,>

  <WSC#MUS008:0050:PF>
      who've we got heather <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0055:XX>
      he runs past the other animals in the barn</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0060:PF>
      mm and how many animals about are there <,> russell <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0065:XX>
      twelve</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0070:PF>
      twelve

  <WSC#MUS008:0075:PF>
      does the story go on and on and on <,,><&>3</&> terina <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0080:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0085:PF>
      yes he comes to a river but does it repeat itself for a while
      <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0090:XX>
      yes because all the animals <?>keep sort of using the same route</?>
      <{><[>and he</[> kept on running away from</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0095:PF>
      <[>right</[></{>

  <WSC#MUS008:0100:PF>
      <?>right</?>

  <WSC#MUS008:0105:PF>
      now if i asked you to SUMMARISE that story <&>writes on
      blackboard eight seconds</&> make a summary of the gingerbread
      man what would i mean <,,>

  <WSC#MUS008:0110:PF>
      if i said oh just give me a summary don't tell it all to me just
      the summary <,,> shannon <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0115:XX>
      the basic parts of the story</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0120:PF>
      the basic parts of the story <&>writes on blackboard five
      seconds</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0125:PF>
      what would i cut out do you think <,,><&>3</&> fleur <X><&>quiet
      untranscribable speech seven seconds</&></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0130:PF>
      today we're going to do a little demonstration on summarising

  <WSC#MUS008:0135:PF>
      why do you think it's important that you learn about summarising
      <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0140:PF>
      when do you think you might use that skill in YOUR life
      <&>3:00</&> to be able to summarise something <,> liselle <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0145:XX>
      in our future articles when we've gotta just basically say what
      the whole article is about to someone else</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0150:PF>
      right when you <.>can't</.> you don't have enough <,> time or
      room for all the details jean luc <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0155:XX>
      in your speech</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0160:PF>
      yes good boy

  <WSC#MUS008:0165:PF>
      when else <,,> heather <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0170:XX>
      when you go to work</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0175:PF>
      yes when you go to work so all those things

  <WSC#MUS008:0180:PF>
      that's why you need to have that skill

  <WSC#MUS008:0185:PF>
      now i'm going to read you give you a little idea of what the
      summary of the gingerbread man is

  <WSC#MUS008:0190:PF>
      here is one that's been <,> done and it's only sixty six words
      so listen carefully to the summary because then you're going to
      write one

  <WSC#MUS008:0195:PF>
      <reads>an elderly woman without children of her <.>o</.></reads>
      <&>untranscribable speech and silence five seconds</&> well
      dylan i had this <drawls>really good game on</drawls>
      <&>4:00</&> sunday

  <WSC#MUS008:0200:PF>
      the weather was <drawls>really nice</drawls> and i got into my
      little white skirt and my matching socks and i went off to town
      to the plimmerton tennis club and i'm still a <.>bit</.> i
      really enjoyed it

  <WSC#MUS008:0205:PF>
      i must be improving because i'm not even stiff when i come to
      school on a monday now you know <,,> so <,,><&>5</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0210:ZZ>
      what <,> thank you

  <WSC#MUS008:0215:PF>
      that's all right

  <WSC#MUS008:0220:PF>
      what did i do <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0225:PF>
      compare it to what mister anderson did <&>four seconds of
      background noise</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0230:PF>
      tammy <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0235:XX>
      you told him all the story <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0240:PF>
      i told him the whole story

  <WSC#MUS008:0245:PF>
      did i dribble on a little <,>

  <WSC#MUS008:0250:PF>
      it's quite difficult

  <WSC#MUS008:0255:PF>
      i quite enjoyed doing it

  <WSC#MUS008:0260:PF>
      what did he do <,,> dave <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0265:XX>
      put down the main points</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0270:PF>
      he put down the main points in this order <drawls><reads>sunday
      dressed beginner <&>5:00</&> keen a few hits backhand</reads></drawls>

  <WSC#MUS008:0275:PF>
      what does that arrow mean <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0280:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0285:PF>
      mm <reads>really good day getting better rained</reads> <,>

  <WSC#MUS008:0290:PF>
      what i want you to <.>d</.> to is take mister anderson's brain
      storm the key things he pulled out of MY <,> chat and i want you
      to turn that into a nice tight little paragraph <,> about missus
      frankton going to tennis on sunday so there is your plan your
      brain storm

  <WSC#MUS008:0295:PF>
      i don't want all the <,> detail and dribble that i went on about
      i want the MAIN points that you think <.>wo</.> will be of
      interest to YOUR reader and you can start drafting that now
      please

  <WSC#MUS008:0300:PF>
      you've got about five minutes and then we're going to SHARE what
      we've written our summary <&>5:56</&> <&>class do their work</&>
      <&>6:48</&> <&>section not transcribed as ZZ is teaching and not
      PF</&> <&>8:00</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0305:PF>
      today i've brought you people down here because i think that you
      <,> people in particular need to look at your sentences

  <WSC#MUS008:0310:PF>
      at the moment a lot of what you're doing is quite simple but now
      that you're getting a little bit more advanced in your writing
      i'm sure that you can start making your sentences more exciting

  <WSC#MUS008:0315:PF>
      now there are several ways to make a sentence like <recites>i
      looked up at the sky and smiled</recites> exciting

  <WSC#MUS008:0320:PF>
      who can tell me some of those ways around it
      <writes on blackboard><,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0325:PF>
      all right anything else</writes on blackboard> <,> we could do
      <,> brad <latch> <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0330:XX>
      put more description</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0335:PF>
      good boy more descriptive <.>tive</.> words

  <WSC#MUS008:0340:PF>
      now if we're a bit stuck for descriptive words we looked at
      looked here and someone suggested gaze what do i do where do i
      go to find <,,> more words

  <WSC#MUS008:0345:PF>
      i haven't got them in here so what am i going to do <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0350:XX>
      use a thesaurus <&>9:00</&></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0355:PF>
      good boy we're going to use that thesaurus

  <WSC#MUS008:0360:PF>
      now let's have a look at this very basic sentence

  <WSC#MUS008:0365:PF>
      what could we do <,> to make that better make it <.>a</.> an
      older child's sentence

  <WSC#MUS008:0370:PF>
      at the moment the <unclear>word</unclear>

  <WSC#MUS008:0375:PF>
      let's try and turn it so we start with the idea of shudder and
      what would i have <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0380:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0385:PF>
      good girl carry on <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0390:XX>
      <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0395:PF>
      shuddering and what would we need here <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0400:XX>
      gazed at the body of my brother</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0405:PF>
      right what do we need down here <,> comma <recites>shuddering i
      gazed at the body of my brother</recites> <&>writes on
      blackboard four seconds</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0410:PF>
      now what sort of body could it be

  <WSC#MUS008:0415:PF>
      come on we want to add a little bit more description in
      <&>10:00</&> here <&>writes on blackboard five seconds</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0420:PF>
      luke what's a <,> word about the body

  <WSC#MUS008:0425:PF>
      we're going to insert something into here <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0430:XX>
      it's small body lifeless body</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0435:PF>
      lifeless yes that's much better than small

  <WSC#MUS008:0440:PF>
      what else <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0445:XX>
      descending</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0450:PF>
      descending body <,,> withered body

  <WSC#MUS008:0455:PF>
      oh i like that one

  <WSC#MUS008:0460:PF>
      how about we have withered

  <WSC#MUS008:0465:PF>
      <recites>shuddering i gazed at the withered body of my brother</recites>
      <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0470:XX>
      instead of body you could put withered corpse</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0475:PF>
      withered corpse YES <,> or we could have form withered form

  <WSC#MUS008:0480:PF>
      right now here's your sentence <recites>the fire roared and
      raged and the house fell down</recites>

  <WSC#MUS008:0485:PF>
      think about taking away the the and the i and your sentence <&>scrunches
      paper through next utterance</&> <?>changes order</?> and adding
      in some powerful words

  <WSC#MUS008:0490:PF>
      you're past this basic stuff <&>10:54</&> <&>twenty seconds of
      children working</&> <&>11:12</&> <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0495:XX>
      <recites>roaring and raging the blackened house crumbled to
      black dust</recites></X> <,,> <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0500:XX>
      <recites>down by the shuddering roaring house <?>he cried</?></recites></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0505:PF>
      yes now you've brought that all together tightened up your
      writing and how much more interesting than this boring sentence
      <,,>

  <WSC#MUS008:0510:PF>
      good

  <WSC#MUS008:0515:PF>
      now i want you to start using that in your writing you start
      thinking about twisting sentences around and adding things in to
      make it an exciting piece of writing <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0520:PF>
      serena could you tell me how your spelling notebook system works
      <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0525:XX>
      well each week we pick ten <,> words out of our um mistakes out
      of our <?>draft</?> book and some words from thesaurus <?>pick</?>
      hard words and we <&>11:00</&> um <?>learn this</?> <O>laughs</O>
      we get missus madison to check <O>laughs</O></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0530:PF>
      does she check them does she <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0535:XX>
      yeah <O>laughs</O></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0540:PF>
      and what happens once she's checked them <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0545:XX>
      we test ourselves on them and she gives me the ones here the
      ones we know think we know and we take them home and <?>our <.>pa</.>
      parents</?> test <?>us</?></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0550:PF>
      mm <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0555:XX>
      and they <?>do these</?> and um <?>and so</?></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0560:PF>
      so your list would be quite different from matthew's will it
      because they're your mistakes <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0565:XX>
      yep</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0570:PF>
      and now tem you'll have a different list to serena <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0575:XX>
      yes</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0580:PF>
      so it's your own mistakes spelling

  <WSC#MUS008:0585:PF>
      thank you well that's looking really good serena <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0590:PF>
      liselle could you tell us <.>p</.> a <.>b</.> little bit about
      what you're doing <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0595:XX>
      well we're i'm taking the calligraphy class at the moment and we
      just decided to do <&>13:00</&> calligraphy in our language time
      because we're improving on our writing skills and we find it
      really fun to do and yeah</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0600:PF>
      now what about jenny what about the other children who do not do
      this

  <WSC#MUS008:0605:PF>
      you've got about twelve doing this haven't you

  <WSC#MUS008:0610:PF>
      um what do they do for handwriting <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0615:XX>
      they can go out with the teacher about three times a week and do
      handwriting lessons <,>

  <WSC#MUS008:0620:XX>
      they just practise handwriting cos they've got handwriting class
      sometimes</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0625:PF>
      um do you also have other things you practise besides
      calligraphy <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0630:XX>
      yes we do borders um we just practise doing other styles of
      writing</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0635:PF>
      what about um poetry anthology <O>clears throat</O>

  <WSC#MUS008:0640:PF>
      are you building up a poetry anthology <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0645:XX>
      er yes in the back of our language books we once or twice a week
      we have to do a card like this into our book just to practise
      our work</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0650:PF>
      mm <&>14:00</&> <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0655:XX>
      and and if and we can go look at some journals we find nice
      poems that we really like and we can put them into um our books
      and build up a collection of poems we like <&>14:12</&> <&>section
      not transcribed as ZZ is teaching and not PF</&> <&>17:17</&></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0660:PF>
      hi ben how's it going <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0665:XX>
      it's going very good</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0670:PF>
      could you tell us a little bit about your gear that you're <.>wo</.>
      you've got set up here <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0675:XX>
      yep this is what they call a viewpoint and <?>a viewpoint</?>
      <unclear>word</unclear> prints <.>a</.> can you see it it's like
      this and it can get bigger or <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0680:PF>
      right excellent and is this so that you can see the text <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0685:XX>
      yes</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0690:PF>
      right and what's this keynote thing you've got here <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0695:XX>
      this is a smaller version of a computer and it can tell you the
      time</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0700:PF>
      right <&>keynote reads time</&> <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0705:XX>
      and it can even read to you like <&>18:00</&> <&>keynote reads</&></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0710:PF>
      mm and can you turn the voice up and down <&>keynote reads in
      background</&> <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0715:XX>
      yep and <unclear>word</unclear></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0720:PF>
      right so do you do all your writing into that keynote there <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0725:XX>
      yes</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0730:PF>
      and do you still use a pen and pencil <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0735:XX>
      only for rough copies</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0740:PF>
      oh right that's great

  <WSC#MUS008:0745:PF>
      well let's see you working it <&>18:35</&> <&>children work</&>
      <&>18:54</&> <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0750:XX>
      um i'm just going to share with you this story called getting
      involved which is a story that i <&>19:00</&> really enjoyed
      over the week and it's about these children and their mother
      complains about the price of all the food and so the two <.>s</.>
      elder sisters go and get a job at the supermarket and <.>they</.>
      they know the manager and they're going to get a parttime job
      for one day until christmas and i'll just read you the first
      paragraph <reads>mum was going on about the price of food

  <WSC#MUS008:0755:XX>
      bread's up another twenty cents milk will be next i suppose

  <WSC#MUS008:0760:XX>
      she glared at dad and me

  <WSC#MUS008:0765:XX>
      well we'll have to go on a diet there's nothing else for it</reads>
      <&>19:30</&> <&>eleven seconds of children talking among
      themselves</&> <&>19:50</&></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0770:PF>
      violet <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0775:XX>
      yes?</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0780:PF>
      can you tell us what these three columns mean and how it works
      <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0785:XX>
      well every day we write down the date in the <&>20:00</&> date
      column and we should do what we wrote read and learnt</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0790:PF>
      yes <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0795:XX>
      everyday we do a demonstration so you should learn something
      from the demonstration so you put that down there and you should
      have something in every column every day</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0800:PF>
      right so let's have a look back through here

  <WSC#MUS008:0805:PF>
      oh I see how it works

  <WSC#MUS008:0810:PF>
      now what have you got in the middle here <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0815:XX>
      that's my contract and we plan that before we start one week
      before school um of what we're going to do</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0820:PF>
      right and what have you got in the back <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0825:XX>
      the books we read and we write the author and we put a rating
      out of five</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0830:PF>
      oh right <&>sighs</&> that's great

  <WSC#MUS008:0835:PF>
      jean luc would you be able to share with us the most exciting
      piece of writing you've done so far this year <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0840:XX>
      all right this is my <?>first</?> article on the gulf crisis

  <WSC#MUS008:0845:XX>
      i did brainstorm in four separate <&>21:00</&> parts like the
      introduction the iraqi views the u n's views and the conclusion

  <WSC#MUS008:0850:XX>
      then i drafted about seven pages and edited it in red pen before
      presenting it in a folder like this <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:0855:XX>
      <reads>iraq has been building up forces and captured kuwait and
      threatening saudi arabia ever since iraq and kuwait broke down
      oil trade talks and iraq sneak attacked and captured kuwait
      things have been hotting up between iraq and the u n the united
      nations

  <WSC#MUS008:0860:XX>
      saddam <.>comma</.> saddam hussein commanding the iraqi forces
      was already named as president

  <WSC#MUS008:0865:XX>
      he is going to change the kuwaiti currency to iraqi <?>dinar</?>
      and kuwait is going to be renamed the republic of kuwait

  <WSC#MUS008:0870:XX>
      the president happens to be an iraqi</reads></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0875:PF>
      mm what did you enjoy so much about that piece of writing
      compared to the other things you've done this year <&>22:00</&>
      <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0880:XX>
      well it's just something more than an ordinary story</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0885:PF>
      right so you felt there was some substance to what you wrote and
      how many views for and against did you brainstorm about <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0890:XX>
      about three for each side</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0895:PF>
      three for each side

  <WSC#MUS008:0900:PF>
      now annabelle you've written something quite different haven't
      you earlier in the year

  <WSC#MUS008:0905:PF>
      <.>what</.> could you tell us a little bit about that <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0910:XX>
      okay well i think the best thing that i've written this year is
      my descriptive paragraph and what happened was the teacher put a
      bottle at the front of the room and we had to write about it and
      um we had to brainstorm it then we had to draft copy it and then
      we had to publish it and so one of the things that i enjoyed
      were the five senses</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0915:PF>
      oh that's lovely

  <WSC#MUS008:0920:PF>
      now could you read us a little bit of that descriptive paragraph
      annabelle <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0925:XX>
      <reads>this damp and dusty looking bottle on the <unclear>word</unclear>
      <?>board</?> that smells a lot like dried grass or hay</reads>
      <,,></X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0930:PF>
      russell you came to this school early this year

  <WSC#MUS008:0935:PF>
      do you find that n block is different to the sort of classroom
      you had before <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0940:XX>
      very different</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0945:PF>
      how is it different russell <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0950:XX>
      well in my other school we haven't learnt how to do a um do a
      contracts and we had to do everything at the same time so we
      couldn't get to do our own thing</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0955:PF>
      were you in a big open plan like this or were you in a small
      room <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0960:XX>
      um in a small room</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0965:PF>
      right and how do you feel about working in this big space <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0970:XX>
      um i feel a lot more um comfortable</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0975:PF>
      verity how is this programme different <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0980:XX>
      it's got a bigger variety of things to do and <&>24:00</&> you
      can do reading in <.>your</.> and writing when you want to and
      but you've got to have a balance of reading and writing</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0985:PF>
      and tori how do you feel about it all <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0990:XX>
      i like it because you can plan what you want to do in your
      choice and i like doing illustrations because then you can learn
      you can learn different forms of writing</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:0995:PF>
      and what about you eru <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:1000:XX>
      well i like it because we get to plan our own day and we get to
      learn how to plan our own day when we're older because when
      we're older we'll be planning our day all the time</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:1005:PF>
      thank you <&>24:48</&> <&>children work and talk</&>
      <&>32:06</&>

  <WSC#MUS008:1010:PF>
      right now let's remember our contract now please cos we can have
      some fun with this discussion

  <WSC#MUS008:1015:PF>
      you boys did these right <X>

  <WSC#MUS008:1020:XX>
      yep

  <WSC#MUS008:1025:XX>
      yep</X>

  <WSC#MUS008:1030:PF>
      now we'll look at the ones that you did for boys first

  <WSC#MUS008:1035:PF>
      zebedee would you like to name a few of the things that you
      stuck on and tell us why you put them on <&>32:30</&>
</I>
