Orally speaking
The following is a transcript of a conversation between a Teacher (T) and student (S). (The *****’s indicate a word or phrase that was spoken but not understandable)
If this is the level of their explanation in oral form then why are we expecting them to be able to WRITE a recount evidencing “mainly simple and compound sentences but attempting complex sentences, varying the beginning and length of their sentences”.
T- Tell me about what happened in Duffy Assembly this week.
S- We got them on Wednesday, the Duffy book …….******* Wednesday.
T- What happened?
S- We all got our books in…… we got to go outside and have our picture done and then we get to go home.
T- Who came?
S- ssssss …. Ummmmm…… My mum? ……*******
T- Was there a special visitor?
S- Yes…. There’s a ********
T- Pardon?
S- …. And a lady.
T- Could you say that a little clearer?
S- A penguin and a lady
T- And what did they do?
S- they look after the penguins… They look after all the…. They look after the polar bear and the penguins.
T- And where is she from?
S- ummmm…… I forgot where she come from. We got our Duffy books (My teacher) said….I thought (My teacher) said my name but it want my name.
T- It wasn’t your name?
S (shakes head) It was Mark’s! …M..A..R..K..Marrrrrrrrk!
T- Is there anything else that happened? That you want to tell me about.
S- Ted does!
T- No, I’m asking you.
S- We…we…we … orrrrr….got our parents and then we went outside to have our picture…then we had to hold up our books.
T-Thank you very much.
