IELTS Section 3 (Discussing a seminar) — Transcript

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1. 0:00section
2. 0:01three you will hear a tutor and a
3. 0:03student discussing a
4. 0:06seminar first you have some time to look
5. 0:08at questions 21 to
6. 0:2826
7. 0:42now listen carefully and answer
8. 0:44questions 21 to
9. 0:5126 come
10. 0:54in hi oh hello Ahmed how are you fine
11. 0:58thanks
12. 1:01I have a
13. 1:02seat so how do you think the seminar
14. 1:06went last week oh well I enjoyed it yes
15. 1:11though I'm not sure I really followed
16. 1:13parts of the discussion that took
17. 1:15place you know about the theory and all
18. 1:19that well we can talk about that later
19. 1:22but were you comfortable in a group oh
20. 1:26it's better I think than working on your
21. 1:28own though your comparing yourself all
22. 1:31the time with the other students there
23. 1:33okay well let's talk about how you did
24. 1:37and look at some strategies to help you
25. 1:39in the future that would be great now
26. 1:42one of the things that students often
27. 1:44Overlook when they go to seminars is
28. 1:46that you do need to prepare for them you
29. 1:49can't rely on other people I know and I
30. 1:52did look at the results of the
31. 1:54experiments we did in class and write
32. 1:56them up beforehand as you said yes and
33. 2:00that was good it made it easier to
34. 2:02analyze them but you have to do some
35. 2:05background reading as well did you get
36. 2:07the list of articles I sent round mhm
37. 2:11I've started to read them okay well
38. 2:14you'll know that for next time yes yes
39. 2:16sure so let's move on to your
40. 2:19participation in the seminar right
41. 2:22perhaps you can tell me how you think
42. 2:24that
43. 2:25went yeah well I'm not used to talking
44. 2:29to more than and a couple of people it's
45. 2:32very different from the way we learn in
46. 2:33my home country yes I appreciate that so
47. 2:37I think I um well I know I should have
48. 2:40included everyone but I think I kept
49. 2:43turning to the person next to me is that
50. 2:46because you were avoiding eye contact I
51. 2:48don't think so I'm not shy it's just
52. 2:51habit I think well that will improve as
53. 2:54we do more seminars uhhuh um another
54. 2:58difficulty is no knowing when to speak
55. 3:01like when it's your turn yes I I felt I
56. 3:05did wait for a pause yes you handled
57. 3:08that quite well the thing I'm really
58. 3:09concerned about is keeping up with the
59. 3:12discussion ah does your mind wander off
60. 3:15sometimes I jot down a lot of
61. 3:17information but I still find myself
62. 3:20thinking about something else when lots
63. 3:22of other students are talking H if
64. 3:25there's an assignment to do at the end
65. 3:27of a group that usually helps I'm sure
66. 3:30it does okay now the last thing I want
67. 3:33to look at is the role that you play in
68. 3:36the seminar what do you mean well when
69. 3:39students work in groups they don't all
70. 3:41behave the same way some students are
71. 3:44quiet some look for support some ask a
72. 3:48lot of questions oh that's a new idea to
73. 3:51me I don't know what I'm like that's
74. 3:54probably because you're thinking about
75. 3:55your own performance all the time I
76. 3:58guess so I I mean should I be different
77. 4:01in some way what I would say is that
78. 4:04when we do the next seminar you should
79. 4:07look more at the people around you you
80. 4:09know look outside yourself like ask
81. 4:12myself how they feel yes or what they're
82. 4:16looking for from the group okay it
83. 4:19doesn't take much but it's important to
84. 4:21watch what other students are doing okay
85. 4:23I'll do that fine now I'm going to
86. 4:28suggest
87. 4:32before you hear the rest of the
88. 4:33conversation you have some time to look
89. 4:35at questions 27 to
90. 4:5830
91. 5:09now listen and answer questions 27 to
92. 5:1730 now I'm going to suggest a couple of
93. 5:20strategies for next week's seminar okay
94. 5:24that's great I need to participate more
95. 5:26well it's not a question of saying more
96. 5:29but we need everyone to feel comfortable
97. 5:32about giving their views then the
98. 5:34discussion is better yes so you're a
99. 5:39confident person should I make sure I'm
100. 5:42near someone who's quiet you can do but
101. 5:45it's more about how well you pay
102. 5:47attention to other students okay so I
103. 5:50need to be attentive yes and then
104. 5:52encourage someone else to say more by
105. 5:55saying what did you mean when you said
106. 5:58or what what do you think about the idea
107. 6:01that that way I'm talking yes but you'll
108. 6:06find that other people will talk too
109. 6:08you'll all start to get really involved
110. 6:12right they're good suggestions the other
111. 6:15thing that can really help is the way
112. 6:16you take notes yeah I I know I write
113. 6:19down everything but I should be stricter
114. 6:22with myself well you actually need to
115. 6:24think a few days ahead really yes what's
116. 6:29the topic and what's the best way of
117. 6:32making notes I see so I have a strategy
118. 6:36when I walk in the room exactly then
119. 6:39when you read through them later they'll
120. 6:41make sense and you won't have to write
121. 6:43them out again I always have to do that
122. 6:46the other thing I would say is that you
123. 6:48should include a small column in your
124. 6:50notes where you can jot down things you
125. 6:53want to go back to before the seminar
126. 6:55ends like a reminder yes notes aren't
127. 6:59just just for later you can use them as
128. 7:01a prompt when there's a pause in the
129. 7:03discussion that's been really helpful
130. 7:06okay see you in class tomorrow
131. 7:12thanks that is the end of section three
132. 7:16you now have half a minute to check your
133. 7:22answers