The document provides guidance on understanding a speaker's stance and feelings in a conversation by paying attention to their intonation, idioms, and context cues. It then provides a short sample conversation where a woman suggests a man join the chess club, though he expresses hesitancy by saying his chess skills are not at the level of the club yet. The document asks which sentences best capture the feelings expressed.

1. Understanding the Speaker’s Stance

2. Understanding the Speaker’s Stance ** Feelings and Attitudes

3. Question Format/Types The part of the conversation used for the question will be replayed for you. Afterward, the narrator will ask you a question that looks like the following: Which sentence best expresses how the wo/man feels? Which sentence best expresses what the wo/man might say? How does the wo/man seem to feel?

4. How to Answer In any conversation you hear, think of how the people feel. Are they excited, bored, confused, confident, lacking confidence? Pay particular attention for certainty. Pay Attention to the speaker’s intonation. This can help you develop a general idea about their attitude and whether it is positive or negative. Pay attention to idioms and context. Usually the student doesn’t explicitly say what they’re feeling, and neither is the answer in just one word alone. Think of everything the student is saying and generalize their attitude. Look for restatements of the students’ feelings.

5. Woman Do you enjoy playing chess? Man Yes, I do. Woman You should join the chess club then. I belong to it and I think you might enjoy it too. Man That sounds like a great idea, but…uh…uh my chess playing is not quite up to that level yet. How does the woman seem to feel about the chess club? She thinks it’s not as much fun as the tournaments She really thinks it’s wonderful She think it doesn’t meet often enough She thinks it’s too competitive Which sentence best expresses how the man feels? I don’t want to go to meetings unless I can play in tournaments I don’t want to take part in the meetings or tournaments I really don’t feel comfortable playing in tournaments I’m just about ready to play in tournaments

6. Example Student A I really would like to go to Harvard because I could get a great job when I graduate, but it really costs a lot of money. Student B You could still get a great job if you go to a smaller school around here work really hard and you can save money at the same time. Which sentence best expresses what student b might say to student a Keep working until you save money to go to Harvard Don’t go to Harvard. Find a job that pays you more money