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[This is partly inspired by A Framework for Task Based Learning by Jane Willis, who suggests that you record and transcribe native speakers doing a task and use that as an example before the students themselves do the task. I've used these videos for lessons on question formation, and also on lessons for general conversation. I was at one point planning to do more with these transcripts, and devise materials based around some of the vocabulary and re-occurring grammar structures--some sort of slideshow or vocabulary cards. But I never got around to it. I might go back to these someday in the future if I have time. But for the moment, I've just been using the transcript by itself to draw the students' attention to grammar and vocabulary in the classroom.]
Watch the Video: https://youtu.be/4bVge1pwfQ4
Mary: First question
Doug: Is it alive?
Mary: No,
Doug: Is it something I would find outside?
Mary: Yes
Doug: Mmm. Is it something that moves?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it something made of glass?
Mary: Can I say sometimes? Sometimes.
Doug: Is it something also made of concrete?
Mary: Yes.
Doug: Is it…
Mary: Sometimes.
Doug: Is it something you live in?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it something you put things in?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it something...hmmm...is it something you…
Mary: Sorry, maybe not glass.
Doug: Can we start over? Alright, let’s do another one. Let’s-- I’ve asked a lot of shitty [realizes he just said a bad word, stops to correct himself] poor questions. Alright, alright, reset.
Watch the Video: https://youtu.be/qWqRbbZgeTM
Doug: [Is it] alive?
Mary: No
Doug: Is it something you’d find outside?
Mary: Yes
Doug: Is it something that you put things in?
Mary: No
Doug: Is it something that is made of wood?
Mary: Sometimes.
Doug: Is it something that moves?
Mary: No. Oh, sometimes.
Doug: Is it something… is it something that is painted?
Mary: Sometimes.
Doug: Is it something that has been around for at least 100 years.
Mary: Yes.
Doug: Is it something that has been around for 500 years.
Mary: No
Doug: Is it…
Mary: How many questions have we done?
Doug: Is it something that...is it something that I would pass on my way to work?
Mary: Possibly, yeah. So, yes.
Doug: Is it something, uh, I could go inside?
Mary: Yes.
Doug: Is...
Mary: Maybe you have 7 questions.
Doug: Is it something, uh, is it something I go in to make money?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it… Hmmm… Is it something I would go to if I was sick?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it something I can spend money in?
Mary: No.
Doug: Hmm. Is it...something I can park a car in?
Mary: In? No.
Doug: Is it something I can park a car on?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it something I can park a car…[laughs] I’m joking...Is it something I can...Is it something I can see from the roof of this building?
Mary: You could. Maybe.
Doug: Hmmm.
Mary: Take a guess.
Doug: Is it aaaa building?
Mary: No. Is he allowed to guess then?
Joel: Yeah.
Mary: One guess.
Doug: One guess. Uhh. Is it a bridge?
Mary: No
Doug: Ahh. What was it?
Mary: Playground
Doug: [Laughs] A playground! Nice. Alright, now it’s your turn?
Watch the Video: https://youtu.be/oFVi1yRBiHI
Doug: (unintelligible) Nice, okay.
Joel: Okay.
Doug: Ummm….okay.
Mary: Is it alive?
Doug: Yes.
Mary: Okay. Is it an animal?
Doug: No.
Mary: Is it a plant?
Doug: No.
Mary: Okay. Is it a boy? Or a man? Is it male? That’s my question.
Doug: Yes.
Mary: Yes. Um, is he famous?
Doug: Yes.
Mary: Mmm. Is he in movies?
Doug: I don’t think so.
Mary: Okay. Umm… Is he alive now?
Doug: Yes.
Mary: [To herself] Ew. Wasted question. Um, okay. Is he in the government?
Doug: No.
Mary: Is he in politics?
Doug: I don’t think so.
Mary: Mmm. Is he an athlete?
Doug: No.
Mary: 10 more questions. Umm… Is he young?
Doug: No-o
Mary: Mmm. Is he someone I know?
Doug: Yes.
Mary: Can I ask my question now? Is it Joel? Is it [laughs] Joel?
Doug: [Laughs] Well I wish it would have been. Uh, no. You don’t know him personally, but you know that person--you know of him.
Mary: Oh.
Doug: Yeah.
Mary: Umm. Hmm. Does he live in Vietnam?
Doug: No.
Mary: Does he live in the United States?
Doug: Yes.
Mary: Is he an artist?
Doug: No.
Mary: I can’t remember if he was famous.
Doug: Very famous.
Mary: Umm… He lives in the United States?
Doug: [nods] Mm-hmm
Mary: Not in politics or sports. Is he an artist?
Doug: Not an artist. Not in politics now. I don’t think.
Mary: Okay.
Doug: I don’t think.
Mary: Does he live in the West Coast? Or the Western half of the United States?
Doug: I don’t--, I’m not sure, where he exactly lives. It’s okay.
Mary: Can I ask a new question if he doesn’t know? Okay. Um… Has he been on TV?
Doug: Countless times.
Mary: Uh…
Doug: S--, Countless times.
Mary: I don’t know. Is…., I don’t really know famous people. Um…
Doug: Mega famous
Mary: Does he have another character he plays? Or is it just him?
Doug: It’s just him.
Mary: Um…, Was he famous at an early age?
Doug: No.
Mary: I can only think of Donald Trump. Um… Oh! What? Is it Donald Trump?
Doug: No. One more guess. So close.
Mary: Really? Ronald Reagan?
Doug: D’oh! No! Barack Obama.
Mary: Oh.
Doug: Sorry. Yeah he, uh--
Mary: That’s better than Trump.
Doug: Way better than Trump. But the question about the--, I don’t think he’s in politics now. I think he’s retired.
Mary: Oh!
Doug: Yeah, it’s tough.
Mary: Okay.
Doug: Yeah, sorry.
Watch the Video: https://youtu.be/XmtRULp1_qU
Mary: Okay.
Doug: Is it alive?
Mary: Yes.
Doug: Hmm. Is it an animal?
Mary: Yes.
Doug: Does it live in the desert?
Mary: No.
Doug: Does it live in the jungle?
Mary: No.
Doug: Hmm. Does it live in cold places?
Mary: Yes.
Doug: Is it scary?
Mary: Sometimes.
Doug: Does it fly?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it a reptile?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it a mammal?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it a marsupial?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is--
Mary: I was trying to think if it was a mammal.
Doug: Is--
Mary: I don’t think so.
Doug (Talking to him himself): Ahh… hmm. It’s not a bird, it’s not a…. (to Mary) Is it an amphibian?
Mary: [Laughs] No. Um…
Doug: Does it have a duckbill?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it… Does it live in the ocean?
Mary: Yes.
Doug: Ahh… Umm… Is it a predator?
Mary: No.
Doug: Not a mammal?
Mary: Maybe it’s an amphibian?
Doug: Hmm. Hmm. Does it look like a snake?
Mary: No.
Doug: Hmm.
Mary: You have five more questions.
Doug: Yes, okay.
Mary: I think it …
Doug (talking at the same time): Does it…
Mary: … I don’t know.
Doug: Uh, does it have tentacles?
Mary: Yes.
Doug: Does it have eight tentacles?
Mary: (pauses to think) Oh, ah, maybe sometimes.
Doug: Is it an octopus?
Mary: No.
Doug: Is it a squid?
Mary: No. (laughs) I think they’re tentacles.
Doug: Ah, is it a jellyfish?
Mary: Mm-Hmm.
Doug: Oh, high-five.
Mary: Okay, thanks.
Doug: Ah, I’m not sure what kind of an animal a jellyfish is technically. I think it’s a… Joel?
Mary: I don’t know.
Joel: Yes, it’s a...it’s an invertebrate, right?
Doug: Invertebrate?
Mary: Ah, okay.
Joel: So that means it’s not a mammal, fish…
Doug: Not a mammal, fish
Joel: ...uh, amphibian…
Doug: It escapes all those classifications. Nice.
Mary: Ugh, sorry.
Doug: That’s okay. I was playing on things. So, oh yeah, so we’re doing another round? Or...
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