Question on intructions for a listening exercise

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Hi teachers,Could you correct the instructions that I made out of the following text?She knew her parents liked Hiroshi. He was a considerate man who had done well in his company and would look after Ikuko, their only daughter. Her friends liked him too ––  he was kind and always ready to help anyone with a problem. Ikuko knew that she liked being with Hiroshi that he’d never made her feel unhappy for a moment. She couldn’t imagine her life without him. So why did the idea of marrying him seem like a door closing on the future?1. Write what she knew.2. Write what kind of man Hiroshi was.3. Write what Hiroshi would do.4. Write who liked him too.5. Write what she liked.6. Write what Hiroshi would never do to her.7. Write what she couldn't imagine.8. (Could there be a question out of this one? 'So why did the idea of marrying him seem like a door closing on the future?')Thanks in advance.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Do you really want to start every instruction by repeating 'write'? I seem to keep asking you about this kind of thing.

Are you expecting a specific answer to every question, or can I for example answer #1 by saying this, or even both these?
eg She knew her friends liked Hiroshi.
eg She knew he'd never make her unhappy.

8. eg How did she feel about marrying him?
eg What did the idea of marrying him seem like to her?

Clive

Tenacious Learner · Answer

CliveDo you really want to start every instruction by repeating 'write'? I seem to keep asking you about this kind of thing.

Hi Clive,
Thank you for your reply.
It could also be like this:
Listen carefully and then follow the instructions. Write down...
1. what she knew.
2. what kind of man Hiroshi was.
3. what Hiroshi would do.

Are you expecting a specific answer to every question,Yes!
can I for example answer #1 by saying this, or even both these? No! Only the first one.
eg She knew her friends liked Hiroshi.
eg She knew he'd never make her unhappy.
All of the instructions are correlative, so there is no possibility to write 2 responses of the same instruction. That's at least, what I think.

TS

Clive · Answer

Hi,

What if my answer to #1 is this? She knew her friends liked Hiroshi, and she knew he'd never make her unhappy.

I assume that by correlative, you mean you want them to 'read a sentence, answer Q1 based on that sentence. Then read the next sentence, answer Q2 based on that sentence.

That does not seem to me the way everyone's mind works, and it would be unfair to penalize someone who thinks about the whole passage and answers based on that. In fact, that is a smarter way for the students to behave,

Simply 'Read the passage, then answer these questions about it'.

Clive

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi Clive,
Thank you for your reply.
I assume that by correlative, you mean you want them to ~~'read'~~ (not really, this is a listening excersise, so they don't have the text wit them) a sentence, answer Q1 based on that sentence. Then read the next sentence, answer Q2 based on that sentence.

That does not seem to me the way everyone's mind works, and it would be unfair to penalize someone who thinks about the whole passage and answers based on that. In fact, that is a smarter way for the students to behave.
I won't never penalize them for such a thing. But it won't happen, just because it is a listening comprehension exercise.

Simply 'Read the passage, then answer these questions about it'.
The directions are 'Listen carefully and then follow the instructions. Write down...'

Are the given instructions (1, 2, 3, etc) correct in relation to the following text?

She knew her parents liked Hiroshi. He was a considerate man who had done well in his company and would look after Ikuko, their only daughter. Her friends liked him too –– he was kind and always ready to help anyone with a problem. Ikuko knew that she liked being with Hiroshi that he’d never made her feel unhappy for a moment. She couldn’t imagine her life without him. So why did the idea of marrying him seem like a door closing on the future?
1. what she knew.
2. what kind of man Hiroshi was.
3. what Hiroshi would do.
4. who liked him too.
5. what she liked.
6. what Hiroshi would never do to her.
7. what she couldn't imagine.
8. What did the idea of marrying him seem like to her?

Thanks once again.

Clive · Answer

Hi TS,

You seem to have a fixed idea in your mind about how you want to organize this exercise, so I think the best thing is if you simply go ahead and do it in the way that you want to.

Clive

Tenacious Learner · Answer

CliveYou seem to have a fixed idea in your mind about how you want to organize this exercise, so I think the best thing is if you simply go ahead and do it in the way that you want to.

Hi Clive,
Thank you for all your comments.

TS

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