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 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.  

Submitted by DzhusAngela on Thu, 08/02/2024 - 09:22

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Usually I ask about what I dont understand.

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Submitted by alessandro.it on Mon, 29/01/2024 - 06:41

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I do a sign near the notes I am writing on my notebook and during the break or at the end of the lecture I go to the teacher and I ask further explanation. If it's not clear again, I do some research on books at the university's library or on the internet. Sometimes, if the teacher likes interaction with their students, I raise my hand and wait the teacher call me to do my question. This practice is often helpful for other students who didn't get the same thing, as very often occurs.

Submitted by HarshalYadav on Mon, 29/01/2024 - 05:26

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It was really good

Submitted by vsilva1973 on Tue, 09/01/2024 - 18:30

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When I do not understand something in class, I search on the internet ;).

Submitted by vsilva1973 on Tue, 09/01/2024 - 18:23

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I usually ask the teacher for help

Submitted by Marusja on Fri, 10/11/2023 - 08:17

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When I didn’t understand something in class I made a note about it and asked my classmates or friends to explain it after classes. But if they didn’t get it too I was looking for an answer to my question on the Internet. But before I graduated, I had never looked for answers on YouTube. I thought that it was an entertainment platform. Recently I found out that it’s is possible to find a lot of useful information on YouTube. I wish I'd realized that sooner.

Submitted by Raho on Thu, 02/11/2023 - 06:55

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i ask my friends to help me out if they understand also i try to search more details in YouTube

Submitted by pikanov on Fri, 20/10/2023 - 08:28

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During the pandemic, we learn in online classes. I love it because when I have any distractions or don't understand the lecture, I replay the recording or ask the question to the lecturer,

Submitted by Hibazerhouni on Wed, 18/10/2023 - 12:35

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Hello,
When I don't understand something during the class I automatically start asking questions about it because it's my right to make all thing clear to me. And I ask my friends and sometimes when I came back home I try to look for it on Youtube and others platforms.

HIBA