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Sounding Natural Note: Give longer answers • If you haven’t covered the Golden Rule 2 material yet on page 12 of the textbook, now would be a good time to do that. It will take about 15 minutes to do so and provide students with a through introduction to this concept. The Sounding Natural Notes in this part are all about tailoring Golden Rule 2 to this specific topic of part-time jobs and providing more generic practice on the art of feeling and answering implicit questions. If you find your students need additional practice on this, consider doing the Find the Implicit Questions worksheet either in class or for homework (available online). English transcript of audio track 1-17 In English conversation, it’s really important to give longer answers that contain at least one or two pieces of extra information, because doing so helps you sound more communicative and friendly. Always giving short answers makes you seem unfriendly, like you are not interested in talking. How can you give longer answers when talking about part-time jobs? Just answer one or more implicit questions that are connected with this topic. To see the difference these expressions make, listen to the following dialogs, then read them out loud with a partner. Not so friendly: A: Where do you live? B: Tokyo. A: Do you have a part-time job? B: No. Much better! A: Where do you live?

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Preview • This dialog previews the main sub-theme of part 3, which is talking about part-time jobs in a light way, as people often do when meeting for the first time. It’s yet another bit of basic personal information that helps people situate each other and lay the groundwork for further interaction. • Refer to page 6 of this manual for more guidance on how to conduct this activity. • Things you could mention about this dialog: • Line 2: This is a good answer in line with Golden Rule 2: the phrase “as a waiter” answers the implicit question, “What do you do?” • Lines 3, 5, and 6 : Reaction expressions add a feeling of friendliness to the interaction. • Line 5: This is a good example of Golden Rule 3 (Talk about yourself), something that will be covered in Unit 2. For now it’s enough to notice how Rina was able to speak by taking the initiative to answer the question she posed in Line 1. Model Sentences 1 Romaji transcript of audio track 1-16 Do you have a part-time job? Arubaito wa shiteimasu ka? Yes, I work at a restaurant. Hai, resutoran de hataraite imasu. Yes, I work at a restaurant as a waiter. Hai, resutoran de ueitaa to shite hataraite imasu. No, I don’t have time. Iie, jikan ga nai node, shiteimasen. ❉❉ I work at a restaurant as a waiter. When saying where you work, it's good form to add some extra information to your answer. One idea is to mention your job title using the "as a ◯◯ " clause.

B: I live in Tokyo, near Shinjuku. A: Do you have a part-time job? B: No, I want to, but I don’t have the time.

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