Question 5

Question 5

Now listen to a conversation between two students.

Hey Jill, you look stressed out, what’s going on?

OK, yeah, I’m stressed. There’s a big group project coming up next weekend one of my classes and expected to speak in front of a van full of other students.

Oh, that’s right, you hate speaking in front of crowds?

Yeah, it makes me really nervous. I always do badly.

Well, is there any way that your group could do all the presenting for you? I mean, you could do most of the research and writing for the project than you would’ve done a fair share of the work and could just let other members of your group to the speaking?

Well, I considered it. I’m pretty sure that the professor would notice well. so it could hurt my grade, even if I did a lot of research.

Yeah, you don’t want to hurt your grade that’s for sure.

How about you just do a lot of preparation for the speaking?

What do you mean?

Well, get your speaking portion ready far in advance just practice it a lot until it’s basically second nature to you. That way you’ll know it by heart and won’t have to worry about messing up

It’s a good idea but I’ve done that in the past, and it just hasn’t worked. I still get really nervous and messed up.

well, I don’t know what else to suggest. I hope you can figure it out. Good luck Jill.

Thanks for the recommendations.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

The students discuss two possible solutions to the woman’s problem. Describe the problem. Then state which of the two solutions you prefer and explain why