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.)
It is probably just a tenner, which is excellent.)
A: On Thursday where (on Thursday where?)
S: it'll be so much fun cos everyone wo goes there's really serious and about their clubbing and stuff and they all face the (1) dj box and they're like (it will be so much fun, because everyone who goes there is really serious about their clubbing.)
A: they do that at shindig (They do that at the shindig.)
S:(mumble) (? )
A: they do that at shindig (They do that at the shindig.)
S:and um they just it's excellent it was brilliant last time (it was excellent last time.)
In addition to the spelling and grammar problems, are a number of communication inaccuracies.
The girls in the dialogue do not have all the needed information, so they are trying to make a decision on hearsay and half-knowledge.
There is a problem with paying attention, listening or mumbling. Why is the same question asked (when?) asked three times? Also, one of the questions is not answered (where?)
There is a lot of unnecessary shortened words, such as "cos," and "dunno," slang, such as "stuff," and "as well as delaying and fill words such as "like" "totally" and "um." This makes the girls talking sound less educated and professional. The dialogue is also very informal, definitely between two friends. If one of the speakers was talking to someone else who, for example, had some authority (supervisor) or was older (older adult), a more formal approach would be more polite and a better communication practice.
One of the girls mumbles and cannot be understood.
