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Signing up for an evening course

Real life · At school and university

Signing up for an evening course

Your goal: Enrol on an evening course at a university and arrange payment.

  • B1
  • 8 turns · about 6 min

You talk to: University course adviser

Phrases you will need

  • I'd like to enrol on the course.
  • I've taken a short online course.
  • Is it possible to pay in two instalments?
  • That works for me.

A spoken scene: sound plays only when you press a speaker.

  1. Before you start, read the scene's goal and the useful phrases.
  2. Read the other person's speech bubble.
  3. Choose the most natural reply, or complete the missing word in it.
  4. After a wrong reply you see why at once; at the end you can read the whole conversation again.
How to play? Scoring and details
In this set
You want to join an evening photography course. Enrol at the university office and sort out the details.
This game reads words aloud
This scene can be read aloud: Emma (British accent) reads the other person, Heart (American accent) reads the natural reply. Sound plays only when you press a speaker button, at a pace that suits your level.

The other person's line comes as sound only at first. Press the speaker, listen and reply; show the words if you need them.

Scoring
Your answers are checked; at the end you see your score, your mistakes and the right answers.
With a keyboard
Keys 1, 2 and 3 choose a reply; Enter continues the conversation.