Date: 19 May 2010
Entry: 4
Reflection:
I Last Sunday I had a conversation with my aquiantance at work about half an houre during our break, he is a native english speaker. We talk about many things like study and some problems related to work with the managers or with aquiantances. During the conversation I did not find any cultural difference, we started our conversation saying how is your studying going?
when I asked him how are you? He said oh I am flat out then I asked him the meaning what he said, then he explained that it means (I am very busy). In the mean time I told him that you look upset is something wrong? then he said yeah my manager always brings me down, and I was feeling little bit uneasy to ask him about the meaning again, because I already asked him for one meaning so I just tried to guess that word and continued. When I back home I found it from someone else ( it means to make someone upset).
Our conversation was flow well, he was keep talking and I was asking some questions about his study also we shared lots of information about New Zealad qualifications.In the conversation he used lots of phrases like I can't stand it, sweet as and no worries but most of them I know so I did not have problems except the words flat out.
In my last conversation I used a new chunk, while we were talking he said I am planing to go to Sydney and spend lot of money, after that I commented that (you are well off) means you are rich, I have learned this words from somebody. I had some difficulty with some of the new chunks or phrases which people always use so I will try focus on the phrases and I am very glad that I learnt some words from this conversation.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Speaking Portfolio
Date: 5th May 2010
Entry: 3
Refection:
Last Tuesday I had conversation with a lady who works in Three Kings library, she is a native English speaker, I talked to her about 15 minutes to get some information about librarian qualification in Auckland because I would like work in library in the future, when I said that the lady was so surprised!! and said really!! and said I am very glad that you want to do this then I asked her why she was saying after that she told me that hardly people want to work in library.
When I was waiting in a queue for someone to talk then a lady came and said can I help you? Then I talked to her about my study and what I want to do in the future so she adviced me what to do and where to go after for while she said ok ...... have another try and good luck see you again.
During our conversation I noticed vocabulary feature when she asked me where I am from and I told her I am from Bangladesh, she did not recognise first time the country when I explained that it is near India after that she uesd a word "pop culture" then I tried to guess the meaning and continued the conversation.
At the begining our conversation was not really flow well because I could not explain her very well what I actually I wanted to know. I explained my point that if I want to work in library what sort of qualification I need. So it caused problems with communication and I felt little bit shame,in my next conversation I will make plan before I need information or anything like that.
Entry: 3
Refection:
Last Tuesday I had conversation with a lady who works in Three Kings library, she is a native English speaker, I talked to her about 15 minutes to get some information about librarian qualification in Auckland because I would like work in library in the future, when I said that the lady was so surprised!! and said really!! and said I am very glad that you want to do this then I asked her why she was saying after that she told me that hardly people want to work in library.
When I was waiting in a queue for someone to talk then a lady came and said can I help you? Then I talked to her about my study and what I want to do in the future so she adviced me what to do and where to go after for while she said ok ...... have another try and good luck see you again.
During our conversation I noticed vocabulary feature when she asked me where I am from and I told her I am from Bangladesh, she did not recognise first time the country when I explained that it is near India after that she uesd a word "pop culture" then I tried to guess the meaning and continued the conversation.
At the begining our conversation was not really flow well because I could not explain her very well what I actually I wanted to know. I explained my point that if I want to work in library what sort of qualification I need. So it caused problems with communication and I felt little bit shame,in my next conversation I will make plan before I need information or anything like that.
Speaking Portfolio
Date: 5th May 2010
Entry: 2
Reflection:
Last Monday I had a conversation with a kiwi lady who is a sales representative, it was in the furniture shop Target Dominion Road and it took about half an hour. Our main topic was buying things in New Zealand and in my country, it was like kind of comparing thing like how expensive and what is the quality of materials.
I found a cultural difference that when I was talking to her she was eating something, in my culture probably people won't do this. Probably she was on her break I guess but she is very nicelady, when I was looking for a loung suit and I was confuse to choose because there are too many so this lady saw me and came willing to help me.
I noticed some vocabulary features like she said if you need help call me I will come up and at the beging she said are you just browsing around? So I did not need to use any specific strategy because whatever I heard that was not unfamiliar for me and our conversation was well flow also there were not any linguisttic feature problems that was great conversation.
Entry: 2
Reflection:
Last Monday I had a conversation with a kiwi lady who is a sales representative, it was in the furniture shop Target Dominion Road and it took about half an hour. Our main topic was buying things in New Zealand and in my country, it was like kind of comparing thing like how expensive and what is the quality of materials.
I found a cultural difference that when I was talking to her she was eating something, in my culture probably people won't do this. Probably she was on her break I guess but she is very nicelady, when I was looking for a loung suit and I was confuse to choose because there are too many so this lady saw me and came willing to help me.
I noticed some vocabulary features like she said if you need help call me I will come up and at the beging she said are you just browsing around? So I did not need to use any specific strategy because whatever I heard that was not unfamiliar for me and our conversation was well flow also there were not any linguisttic feature problems that was great conversation.
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