Now turn to section 3 on page 5. Section 3. You will hear a student talking to a tutor at her college about the possibility of changing her course. First you have some time to look at questions 21 to 24 on page 5. Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 24. Ah, hello.
Do come in. Thanks. I understand you wanted to see me about changing courses.
Yes, that's right. Well, that's fine. Do sit down.
Oh, thank you. Now, you're Sally Lehman? That's it. Right then, Sally.
And what course are you doing at the present? It's Economic History. Uh-huh. And when did you start? Last September.
Right, good. Now, of course, we'll have the chance to talk through any problems you've been having in a moment, but let me just make a note of what courses you might be interested in changing to. Well, there are several that I've thought about, but what I'd like to do most is Politics.
Well, that is a very popular course. I know. And there might not be places, but... Sure, I'll certainly take a note of that.
But what about another option? Well, I had thought of changing course completely and trying Business Studies, but then I realised it wasn't really me, so I thought of Philosophy. Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 25 to 30 on page 5. Now listen and answer questions 25 to 30. Right, well, that's useful to know, but if at all possible, it is good to talk through the problems you're having at the moment and see if there's any way we can help or that you can help yourself.
After all, with all the effort that you've put in already, it would be a pity to have to start all over again. Oh no, I realise that. And actually, I would like to have a go at staying with Economic History.
Good. Yeah, well, let's see. Let's talk through some of the problems you've been having.
What would you say was your major difficulty on the course? I think I'd have to say the worst thing is that I find the lectures difficult. Aha. And how have you tried to overcome this? Well, I did try recording lectures, you know.
Yes, that's a good idea. And did you find it helped? To a certain extent, but... Well, I would certainly continue with that strategy, but you might also like to try getting together with other fellow students to discuss lectures in what we call a discussion group. Yeah, I've heard of some of my course mates doing that.
I could certainly ask if I could join. Good. I'm sure you'd find it a help.
And any other problems? Well, this really worried me at the beginning. The fact that there are not enough tutorials. Not enough tutorials.
Did you talk to your tutor about it? Yeah, that was what I thought was the best strategy. It's what all the student handbooks say. Yeah.
And what was the outcome? Well, really, just that she's very busy and I have to fit in tutorials when she's available, which is really difficult. I agree. It must seem that way.
Why don't you try arranging meetings in advance? Well, I can certainly give it a go. Yeah. But I suppose the thing that's been really upsetting me recently is my bad assignment grade.
How many have you had back? Just the one. Well, you could say it was early days yet. Well, for the last assignment, which we've just handed in, I did more background reading.
And did you feel that helped? Oh, yes, I think so. Well, another strategy might be visiting student services. They offer a lot of advice on assignment preparation.
Well, I didn't want to bother them. That's their job. It'd be well worth trying.
OK. I'll certainly look into that. Now, what I've done here is to keep a record of our discussions and suggested strategies.
And what we normally do is to ask you to try out our suggestions for a while and then come back to discuss the situation, see whether it's improved. And if not, then we can start thinking seriously about those alternative courses. So you'd like me to come back? Yes.
Let's say in a month's time. OK. That'd be on 17th February at 3.30. Is that all right? Yeah, sure.
And will I meet with you? I'm afraid I'll be on leave at that time. But I'll leave this record on file and you'll be meeting our senior advisor. Senior advisor.
OK, fine. Lovely. Well, I do hope things improve, Sally, and that the change won't be necessary.
And if it is, well, we can think about that later. OK? OK. Thanks very much.
Pleasure. Good luck. That is the end of Section 3. You now have half a minute to check your answers.