Contextual Dialogues

Contextual Dialogues

By Shari Watson

​Don't forget to take notes as you go through the slides!

You will need them!​

What is a contextual dialogue?

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​A contextual dialogue is one which has one person's words filled in with the other person's words left empty.

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Your job is to fill in the words for the other person based on the cues provided.

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You have a word limit of 80 - 100 words and the only words counted are the ones you write.

Tips for writing a contextual dialogue

• ​Pay extremely close attention to the cues. You must include ALL of them.

• Read the entire incomplete dialogue BEFORE attempting to fill in anything. You kust understand what direction you should go in before you start writing.

• Pay attention to whom you are speaking. Is it a friend (tú) or someone in authority? (usted) This will sometimes affect the form of the verbs you use.

• When filling in an answer, read above AND below. You don't want to answer "Estoy fantástico hoy, muchas gracias! If the next line is "Ay qué triste amigo :( lo siento.​" The conversation must flow naturally.

• Pay attention to punctuation! If there are question marks then you MUST put a question. If there are no punctuation marks it is up to you what you say.​

• Respect the word limit! You will be penalized if you don't!

• Don't forget to use fillers to make the conversation sound natural!

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Fillers

ay que bueno verte/oirte mi amigo - how good to see/hear you, friend

Pues - well

​A ver - let's see

Digo - I mean

En plan - like​

​claro que sí - yes, of course

​estoy de acuerdo - I agree

No estoy seguro - I'm not sure​

​¿En serio? - Really?

entonces - then /therefore​

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O sea/ es decir - I mean/ that's to say​

por eso - therefore

​así que - so/ in which case

es que - it's just that​

¿Sabes?​ - You know?

​Vale - okay/cool

​¿Me entiendes? - You get me?

​La cosa es que - the thing is that

​pues nada - well anyway

resulta que - it turns out that

​mira - look (not literally)

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Using the tips, your tenses that you have learnt over the years, the vocabulary from this week and your fillers, complete the Contextual Dialogue assignment posted in class. Please don't disrespect me by using google translate! :(

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Puedes hacerlo :)

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You only have  the second period to complete this.

​Now let's put it into practise!