Given these three recommendations, there are several problematic areas with the conversation above. Before looking at the oral aspects, however, it is readily possible to see that problems exist in the written form as well. There are a large number of glaring grammatical and spelling errors. These are highlighted below:
A: everyone wants to go to Prague for new year (3)do you think it would be good to go to Prague? (Everyone wants to go to Prague for the New Year. Do you think it would be good to go to Prague?)
S: who's going? (Who's going?)
A: so farMaddy (.) Eleanor (.)Anna (.)dunno (So far, Maddy, Eleanor and Anna, I think.)
S: do you want to go to Prague? (Do you want to go to Prague?)
A: i'd like to, but I only want to go if everyone's going, cos it's like new year. you want all your friends to come. (I'd like to, but I only want to go if everyone's going. You want all your friends to be together on the New Year.)
S: is everyone going (4) oh we're all going to see Judge Jewels aren't we on the Thursday, second November obviously (Is everyone going? We're all going to see Judge Jewels on Thursday, November 2nd.)
A: when's that (When's that?)
S: Thursday second of November (Thursday, November 2nd).
A: when'e that (When's that?)
S: Thursday
A: when's that (.) you know what I mean (When's that? You know what I mean.)
S: Thursday we get back to college (Thursday we get back to college.)
A: mm (I see)
S: I think anyway (3)and we're all going to dress up totally (I think that we are all going to dress up.)
A:wait you tell me the price (Wait, tell me the price.)
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