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EXPLAIN HOW THE EXAMPLES OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
GIVEN BY THE PROFESSOR ILLUSTRATE LIMITATIONS OF THIS TYPE OF
COMMUNICATION. 
Question 5, Page 218
[ mp3 095-096] 
Listen to a conversation between two students. 
(Woman) 
Hey, Mark, you’re studying French, aren’t you? 
(Man) 
No, I’m studying Spanish. 
(Woman) 
Spanish? Oh, I thought you were studying French, like me. I was going to 
ask you about some of the French courses. 
(Man) 
I don’t know about French courses, but I think the courses in the two 
departments are the same. What’s your question? Maybe I can help. 
(Woman) 
I’m enrolled in the intermediate French course, but it doesn’t seem right 
for me. 
(Man)
Why not? It’s too easy? 
(Woman) 
(laughs) I wish. No, it’s too hard. I don’t understand anything in class. Or 
almost nothing, anyway. 
(Man) 
I had three years of Spanish in high school, and now I’m in the 
intermediate Spanish class, and it seems to be the right level for me. 
(Woman) 
I guess that answers my question. I must be in the class I’m supposed to 
be in. 
(Man) 
What does your professor think? 
(Woman) 
She said that it often takes some time to get back into the rhythm of the 
language, and that if I stick it out I’ll probably start to understand. I’m 
worried that I’ll just get more and more confused though. 
(Man) 
Do the other students seem to understand better than you? 
(Woman) 
I don’t know. I haven’t really noticed. 
(Man) 
Maybe you should talk with the other students and see if they’re having 
trouble understanding, too. That would help you know if you’re in the 
right class. 
(Woman) 
Yeah, I guess that would be a good option.
(Man) 
Or you could just switch to beginning French and do a review. 
(Woman) 
I just can’t believe that I might need to go back to beginning French when 
I already studied three years of French in high school. 
(Man)
Actually, that’s what a friend of mine did. She said that her high-school 
Spanish was just about memorizing grammar. And that starting over 
again made it easier for her to deal with listening and speaking. 
(Woman) 
It seems like a big waste of time, but if I have to drop intermediate 
French halfway through, that’ll be even worse. 
(Man) 
It’s kind of a tough decision. 
(Woman) 
Yeah. Anyway, thanks for your advice. 
(Man) 
No problem.