Discourse analysis

A: Tony: 'Cos he he's a very busy person isn't he Jimmy. [He laughs.]
Jenny: [nods]
Tony: Young Jimmy is, mm. But err we started getting colds then, didn't we?

B: [Marion, Anna and Gill are discussing a friend who has become a famous singer.]
Marion: Yeah. He's err becoming, you know, err a name.
Gill: Oh yeah.
Anna: Definitely is.
Activity 5 work in pairs and re-tell this narrative, adding tails where appropriate. Listen each other carefully and comment whose variant was more informal.
It was late at night and typically, the last bus had gone. So I decided to walk home. I was really cross with Jeff. He'd left the party early because he had to be up early for work the next day. Anyway, as I walked along our road, I heard a car behind me. It was really dark. I became very frightened and started to run. A man got out of the car and started to follow me. I ran more quickly and then he began to run more quickly too. By the time I reached our house he had caught up with me. I turned round. It was Jeff. He'd come after me to apologize ...

Activity 6 Work as a whole class and rewrite these sentences so that the tail is the clear subject of the sentence. The first one is done for you.
It never occurred to me, the danger I was in. (The danger I was in never occurred to me.)
That was the book I wanted, the one with the picture on the front.
It was a strange feeling, walking into that place.
They're far too hot, those countries where it's all humid.

Now you’ve become familiar when English people speak it seems that language is so fast (fluent and smooth) but you shouldn’t be upset , because they repeat some of the words and give chances for you to catch up with the context. You may compare with your native language and find a lot of issues for your future research.

Summarize the topic TAILs work out your own conclusion and share with the whole class.