Step 5 - Speaking

Talking to the Boss 1 - Interactive Practice

You are going to listen to a dialogue and practice it with a class mate.
Click on 'Listen All' and follow along.
After becoming comfortable with the entire conversation, become Person A by clicking on the Person B button.
You will hear only Person B through the audio file. There will be a silence for you to repeat the sentences of Person A.
Do the same for Person B.
The speed of the conversation is native speed.
Use the 'Pause'-button if the pause between each sentence is too fast for you.
After practicing several times, you will be able to speak as fast as a native.

Click on the audio to listen to the entire conversation.
Click on the audio to listen to the role of Person A.
Click on the audio to listen to the role of Person B.

To read along, look here.

A: "Hi Matt, I finished the assignment on the documents. Did you get a chance to review them?"
B: "Yeah. I already reviewed them. It was pretty good."
A: "Since it was my first project, I was wondering if I can get some feedback."
B: "Well, you finished the project on time. And seeing how it was your first assignment, you did very well."
A: "Thanks. If it wasn't my first assignment, where do you think I need to improve?"
B: "That's a fair question... I think you could have spent a little more time documenting the difference between Process A and Process B. You showed a lot of the similarities, but lacking a little on the differences."
A: "I'll keep that in mind. How about the structure? I changed the template a little because I wanted to add a section for recommendation."
B: "I liked the addition. Usually people just enter it into the comment section on the bottom but having a clear section makes it stand out. That was good."
A: "Was there anything else? I like to get feedback early so I can improve."
B: "No problem. Everything else on the assignment was great. The only other tip I can give you is sending me more updates. If I knew you were stuck on section C for a while, I could have saved you a lot of time. So keep me aware on your status."
A: "That makes sense. I'll do that. Thanks for the feedback."
B: "Don't mention it. And good job on the assignment."
A: "Thanks."