CiC3-TB

Vary your questions Open form : How much time do you spend studying every day? ➞ Closed form : Do you spend (much time studying) every day ?

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Preview • This dialog previews the main sub-theme of part 3, which is talking about how you spend time and how often you do certain daily life activities. • Things you could mention about this dialog: • Line 2 : “ Hm, it depends ” is a nice expression that can be used to express uncertainty. See Expressing Uncertainty on page 121 for more info. • Lines 3 to 6 : This is a preview of a basic 4 turn sequence for how students can easily talk about themselves. • Line 4 : Sylvie adds “ in the library ” to her answer. What implicit question is she answering with this phrase? • Line 5: Same for Paul’s reply, “ It’s nice and quiet ”- what is the implicit question here? Model Sentences 1 Romaji transcript of audio track 1-32 How much time do you spend studying a day? Ichi nichi ni dono kurai benkyou ni jikan wo kakemasu ka? How much time do you spend studying a week? Isshu kan ni dono kurai benkyou ni jikan wo kakemasu ka? I spend around two hours a day. Ichi nichi ni ni-jikan kurai jikan wo kakemasu. Around two hours a day. Ichi nichi ni ni-jikan kurai desu. I hardly ever study.

Alternatives : • Do you spend a lot of time studying? • Do you study a lot every day? N OTES FOR PAGE 37 How about you?

• Give students a bit of time to fill in the blanks with guesstimates for how much time, on average, they spend doing these activities. • It might help to suggest a few ideas for the “original idea” option (listening to music, studying, exercising, etc) • Modelling the model dialog with a few students will ensure that everyone is clear on how to go about this short task. Model Sentences 2 Romaji transcript of audio track 1-33 How often do you clean your room? Dono kurai no hindo de heya no souji wo shimasu ka? About once a week. Isshu kan ni ikkai kurai desu. I rarely do. Metta ni shimasen. I hardly ever do. Hotondo shimasen. I never do. Mattaku shimasen. ❉❉ About once a week A longer version of this answer includes the subject and verb: "I clean my room about once a week”. Again, this is optional during conversation, where dropping subjects and verbs is quite common.

Metta ni benkyou shimasen. ❉❉ Around two hours a day.

When answering how long you spend time doing something, it's okay to drop the "I spend" in your answer. Native speakers do so all the time.

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