1. Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
Facultad de Bellas Artes y Humanidades
Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa
Conversación Inglesa II
Students’ names: ___________________________________________________________
SPEECH ACTS IN CONVERSATION
1. Watch the video clip and identify different speech acts. Then think of three more common
expressions which are used in conversation to perform the identified speech act.
Speech Act Utterance taken from the video
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Common expressions used to perform the speech act:
Speech Act Utterance taken from the video
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Common expressions used to perform the speech act:
Speech Act Utterance taken from the video
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Common expressions used to perform the speech act:
Speech Act Utterance taken from the video
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Common expressions used to perform the speech act:
2. 2. Choose one of the following situational contexts and make a conversation so as to convey the
meaningful use of speech acts in conversation. Don’t forget all the students must partake in
the role play.