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My name's Patrick Andrews.
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I'm a distance tutor.
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I work in English for academic purposes
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and English for business English.
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There are two kinds of audio-visual material
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that students may encounter.
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One is video material that is part of the course.
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The second kind is
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an online tutorial where students
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talk to their tutors and fellow students.
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Students may want to watch video
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for various purposes.
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One is to learn language that is
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specific to their subject
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and to extract information about their subject.
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A second reason is that
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they may want to watch videos
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for a good example that
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they can follow when they are talking
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themselves.
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A student should think about
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why they are watching.
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Are they watching to get particular
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information that may be helpful
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for them in writing they're going to do or
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particular information that will be helpful
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for them in giving a presentation?
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One strategy is to think about
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what they already know beforehand,
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because the AV will be related
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to what they'd studied before.
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A second possibility is to
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divide the video into shorter extracts,
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so watch a little bit at a time.
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Watch out for those words
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that are said more slowly
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and louder.
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A third possibility
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is to look at a transcript.
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The notes can be very useful
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for you in your later studies,
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either for writing an essay
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or for doing an exam or for giving a presentation.
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A second reason is
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that it helps you to focus
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on the main points.
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A third reason is that
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you can compare your notes with the notes
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that other people have taken
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so you can have some sort of discussion
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about -
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about what you've heard.
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Students need to prepare
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two kinds of language
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for an online tutorial.
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One of these is the
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specific language related
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to the topic that's going to be covered.
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The second is the kind
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of language that is involved
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in communicating effectively
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within the tutorial,
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so the words
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like "This must be because…"
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"I think it's this because…"
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"Is this possible?"
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"Why do you think that?"
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"What about doing this?"
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Go the distance.
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