Hesitation Devices

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Hesitation Devices

Goals

- To practise you speaking skills

- Devices for speaking and explaining

Live from London - What do we hear?

• We will watch a video from Live from London.
• Take a look at how the people respond to the questions?
  
  

1. How do they show that they are thinking?
2. How do they explain/answer the question?

What stands out?

'Thinking sounds'> Erm, uhmm..., etc

They make the sounds longer

Voorbeelden van fillers/hesitation devices

Fillers (vulwoorden):

• You know
• I mean
• You see

Stalling for time (tijdrekken):

• Let's see
  
• Now let me think  for a second
• Hang on
• Now, that's a difficult one!

Hesitation devices

• Je kan ze gebruiken wanneer je de directe betekenis van een woord niet meer weet of de vertaling ervan > ''sort of...'' and ''like...''

Examples

When you don't remember the word 'cash register':                        ''A  system I can use to scan articles and were the customer can pay''

When you receive a question and you don't immediately know the answer to the question:

''You know I have never thought about that one.''

Speaking assignment - find the differences

• In pairs
• Explain your image to the other person (in English) without showing the picture.
• Try not to have too many silences; use the filler and hesitation devices.
  

Speaking Assignment - Find the Differences

• One person explains their picture, the other person listens.
• Try to write down possible differences while listening.
• The second person then explains their picture, the other person listens.
• Try to find all differences!