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《语言与语言学》双向视频4 Unit 7 Language Function 4:Talk, Talk and Talk Be aware of the information flow in talk Understand the complexity of speaker and hearer roles Be familiar with some of the ways of opening, keeping going and closing Be familiar with some safe topics Become self-critical of classroom talk Unit 7 Language Function 4:Talk, Talk and Talk Activity 1 Participants in Talk Activity 2 Opening, Keeping Going and Closing Activity 3 Talk in Classroom Activity 1 Participants in Talk Task 1 Analyze the flow of information in talk Task 2 Understand the complexity of hearer Task 3 Understand the complexity of speaker Task 1 Analyze the flow of information in talk The given information and the given-off information When people talk face to face, there are two ways to provide information: They give it and they give it off, e.g. “I’ m Steve from BFSU. Are you a guest too?” and “Yes. I, m Lin” are the information they gave.. ? Such information as “Steve is a teacher from BFSU”, and ‘Tin is a student”; “Steven enjoys talking to Lin”, and “Lin is reluctant to talk”, and so on, is the information they gave off. The given information and the given-off information  Given information refers the information with definite and explicit meaning while given-off information refers the information whose meaning is vague and ambiguous. Although most given-off information is non-verbal, surely it can be verbal. The key point to distinguish given-information and given-off information, therefore, is not whether it is verbal or non-verbal but whether the meaning conveyed is explicit or ambiguous. The information with explicit meaning is given information; the information with ambiguous meaning is give-off information The given information and the given-off information Mutual-monitoring process It is through the information provided in these two ways that participants monitor each other’ s behavior and adjust their own accordingly. Non-verbal signals  The given-off informat