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 Lesson
22 - What Are You Good At?
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
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What Are You Good At?
SANDRA: So … what should we do?
JULIE: Well, I like to do arts and crafts,
and I’m really good at drawing. What do you think?
SANDRA: Hmm … how about playing a board
game? That would be more fun.
JULIE: OK. Let’s play Scrabble! I’m really
good at spelling, too!
SANDRA: Oh, yeah? We’ll see about that! |
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Conversation Notes |
- So … Notice how the “o” sound is drawn out here,
combined with the intonation, which shows boredom.
- I’m really good at “Really” means “very” and is used to
emphasize “good.” It goes before the adjective.
- What do you Notice the pronunciation here — it sounds
like “Whaddaya.”
- Hmm … is used to show that the speaker is thinking. It
is also used to show that the speaker disagrees with an idea.
- How about is used to make a tentative suggestion. The
speaker is introducing an idea and doesn’t want to sound too strong.
- Let’s is used to make a strong suggestion. The speaker
feels confident about the plan.
- Oh, yeah? We’ll see about that! “Oh, yeah?” is used in a
joking way to show a bit of friendly competition. Notice the emphasis on
“that,” which refers back to “good at spelling.”
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Source: U.S. State Department |
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Additional
Conversation Lessons |
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This is a collection of 30 situational conversations
which focus on a wide variety of communicative and
natural encounters in English....these
lessons are for beginning students. |
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This is a collection of 36 situational conversations
which focus on spoken American English in a relatively
natural way....these
lessons are for intermediate students. |
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English conversation lessons. 52
lessons covering pronunciation, speaking,
writing, and grammar topics....these
lessons are for beginning students. |
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English conversation lessons. 30
lessons focusing mostly on communication and
grammar topics....these
lessons are for intermediate students. |
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