Listening-Dialogs Dialogs Involving Agreement and Disagreement

Listening-Dialogs DIALOGS INVOLVING AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT To answer questions about some of the dialogs in Part A, it is necessary to understand if the second speaker agrees or disagrees with the first speaker's ideas or proposals. There are many ways to express agreement and disagreement:

Sample Items You will hear: Ml: Howard certainly is a talented journalist. Fl: Isn't he though! M2: What does the woman mean? You will read: (A) She doesn't know if Howard is a journalist. (B) She agrees that Howard is talented. (C) She read Howard's journal. (D) She doesn't think Howard is talented.

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TASK 1 Focus: Determining if one speaker agrees or disagrees with the other speaker. Directions: listen to the following dialogues. Decide if the second speaker agrees or disagrees with the first speaker, and mark the appropriate blank. Put a tick mark (√) to your answer and highlight it using yellow color.  PLAY AUDIO 6.1

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___________ (A) Agrees ___________ (B) Disagrees

7. ___________ (A) Agrees ___________ (B) Disagrees

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8. ___________ (A) Agrees ___________ (B) Disagrees

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11. ___________ (A) Agrees ___________ (B) Disagrees

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12. ___________ (A) Agrees ___________ (B) Disagrees

9. ___________ (A) Agrees ___________ (B) Disagrees 10. ___________ (A) Agrees ___________ (B) Disagrees

Listening-Dialogs TASK 2 Focus: listening to dialogs that involve agreement and disagreement, and answering questions about them. Directions: listen to the following dialogs. Decide which choice-(A), (B), or (C)-best answers the question and mark the appropriate answer. Put a tick mark (√) to your answer and highlight it using yellow color.  PLAY AUDIO 6.2

1. ____________ (A) He prefers taking a final exam. ____________ (B) He's thinks an exam takes too much time. ____________ (C) He'd rather write a research paper. 2. ____________ (A) It was difficult, but she understood it. ____________ (B) It wasn't very useful. ____________ (C) It's probably easier than the other chapters. 3. ____________ (A) He completely disagrees with it. ____________ (B) He doesn't believe the university will accept it. ____________ (C) He thinks it's a good one. 4. ____________ (A) She doesn't think that Jack wrote it. ____________ (B) She thinks it had too many details. ____________ (C) She found it well-written. 5. ____________ (A) He thinks it's a good day for bike riding, too. ____________ (B) He doesn't agree with the woman's opinion of the weather. ____________ (C) He didn't hear what the woman said. 6. ____________ (A) Arthur wasn't doing well in the class. ____________ (B) She's not sure why Arthur dropped the class. ____________ (C) She believes Arthur dropped the class for no reason. 7. ____________ (A) It might work. ____________ (B) It's very impractical. ____________ (C) It's unnecessary. 8. ____________ (A) He didn't understand it.

Listening-Dialogs ____________ (B) It made him angry. ____________ (C) He agreed with it. 9. ____________ (A) She's never been there during final exam week. ____________ (B) It's crowded because students will be taking exams soon. ____________ (C) It's not crowded now, but it soon will be. 10. ____________ (A) He likes the costumes Madelyn made. ____________ (B) He wouldn't recommend the play. ____________ (C) He doesn't think the costumes are attractive. 11. ___________ (A) It was very happy. ___________ (B) It was exciting. ___________ (C) It was unhappy. 12. ____________ (A) She thinks Pamela is right. ____________ (B) She thinks the regulations are fair. ____________ (C) She disagrees with the man's opinion.