Arriving late to class

Arriving late to class

Listen to the conversation between two students to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

Transcript

Student 1: Sorry. Sorry, excuse me. I'm just … just coming to sit over here. Phew. Hey. How's it going? So, what have I missed?

Student 2: Nothing. He just started around five minutes ago.

Student 1: Did he say anything about the mid-term?

Student 2: What?

Student 1: About the mid-term tests. Did he say anything about when he was going to hand them back?

Student 2: He's almost finished marking them, he said. We get them next Tuesday.

Student 1: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. When do we get them?

Student 2: Tuesday. Next Tuesday.

Student 1: OK. Got it. Sorry. What page are we meant to be on?

Student 2: Page 34.

Student 1: Page … 34. Oh, wait. I don't have my textbook. Can I … share with you? Wow. This is hard stuff.

Student 2: Mmm.

Student 1: What does SEO mean?

Student 2: What?

Student 1: SEO. This is all about SEO but he hasn't said what it means.

Student 2: Search engine optimisation. How to appear on internet searches.

Student 1: Internet searches. Right. Right. OK.

Student 2: He said what it meant.

Student 1: What?

Student 2: He explained it before you got here.

Student 1: Oh. Right. OK.

Student 2: Can you be quiet? I'm trying to listen to the lecture.

Student 1: So am I. Sorry. Sorry, one more question. What does this have to do with the American Revolution?

Student 2: What?

Student 1: I don't get it. Why is he talking about search engines in a course on the American Revolution?

Student 2: What are you talking about? This is a class on software engineering.

Student 1: You mean, it's not Early American History?

Student 2: You're in the wrong class.

Student 1: Oh, wow. Now it all makes sense. I'm so sorry.

Student 2: It's fine. 

Student 1: Here, I'll just … excuse me. I'm in the wrong class. Excuse me. Thanks. Sorry.  

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Submitted by browwnie on Tue, 08/10/2024 - 11:05

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hello, my name is Angel from Indonesia and I am education English student

When you don't understand something in class, what do you do?

If I can't understand what the material has just been presented in class, I will record the subject matter or topic as keywords that I will learn on my own or learn by asking friends who have mastered the material after the class 

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Submitted by evelynrenata on Tue, 08/10/2024 - 08:35

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Hello, I'm from Indonesia, a student majoring in English education 

Coming late to class is a very embarrassing thing and what is even more embarrassing is being late to the wrong class. I suggest never be late for class if you are in Indonesia you will experience this... once in my class someone was 30 minutes late for class and the lecturer firmly said "why don't you come tomorrow"

Submitted by Ms90 on Wed, 02/10/2024 - 18:55

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Will it have happened in physics class when the teacher explained something that I didn't get, but I was too shy to ask him, so in the whole class I did not understand anything and that cases for me a big problem in the exam.

So guys if there is anything that is difficult to u it will be better to ask the teacher, to avoid any embarrassing moments, and it will help u to study for the exam

Break a leg, everyone. 

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Submitted by zino on Mon, 23/09/2024 - 11:07

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Question:
When you don't understand something in class, what do you do?

Answer:
When I don't understand something in class, I ask the teacher to explain more. Or I write it down and later research it deeply on the internet or in books.

Submitted by Glittery on Tue, 20/08/2024 - 19:56

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It depends on the situation if I am in class, wait until the end of the session and ask classmate or Teatcher If I still don't get it I prefer to do some research on the internet

Submitted by Olena999 on Thu, 20/06/2024 - 09:50

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If I didn't get something It's better to ask in a break time your classmates or a lecturer, sometimes I'm this boy although. 

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Submitted by skibiditoileta… on Mon, 20/05/2024 - 07:04

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wowowo this is such a skibidi lesson ahahahahaha

Submitted by Toan3002 on Mon, 13/05/2024 - 04:38

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When you don't understand something in class, what do you do?

If I do not comprehend something in class, I will wait until the end of the hour. After that, I ask my lecturer or my friends questions about which I am not clear.

Submitted by Shahd Abu Rajab on Sun, 21/04/2024 - 22:50

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Hi

When I don't get the information, I either ask my classmate or wait until the end of the class and then ask the teacher to tell me what I have missed.

 

Submitted by Jim34 on Thu, 29/02/2024 - 16:48

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When you don't understand something in class, what do you do? I try to listen carefully to see if I can catch something that helps me understand. If that doesn't work, after class, I ask my friends or classmates about the topic. I try not to disturb the class.