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Closure stage-socialization

25. Listen to the track, pay attention to the way the interlocutors speak and
do the following: TRACK 64
Connectives • Exchange opinions about which expressions are provocative and which are neutral.

• Discuss which interlocutors involve others and offer to clarify or ask others to clarify
something.

DAVID: Which expressions from the track are provocative?
PAULA: I think that saying DJs “cheat” because the “copy” sound is to simplify what they actually do and
session 10 MARÍA: Totally. The person who replies to that statement also uses a provocative phrase: “quite the
to confront people who may think otherwise.

opposite” to emphasize that she disagrees.
ERIC: Ok, I get it. Another provocative sentence is “you must admit that not everyone can make good
music”.
DAVID: Exactly. I think we can all agree with that statement but the speaker wants to provoke a specific
reaction from the interlocutor with the word “must”.
PAULA: What about the neutral expressions?
MARÍA: There are several, like “What do you think about this?” because it’s just inviting others to
participate.
ERIC: I agree. I also find “I didn’t know this” a neutral expression, since she’s recognizing something that
she thought was different.
DAVID: “Good music is good music, no matter where it comes from” works as neutral because everyone
agrees with that statement.
PAULA: Exactly, it’s the same with “that is just what I think”, because the next interlocutor agrees with
what the previous one just said.

26. Based on the previous activity, make some notes on the cards you made in
Activity 24 to highlight the following:

• Arguments that should be clarified or repeated.
• Provocative and neutral expressions.Ideas that should be emphasized or
reinforced.

The computer doesn’t replace traditional instruments; it’s a new
expressive tool in itself. 1) It depends on the person’s skill behind the device.
However, some believe that musicians cheat as they use a machine to
2) copy sounds. This is not true because “computer based sound is so
versatile nowadays; 3) it can produce as many subtle nuances as a competent

performer could want” (Riera, 2014).

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