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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The user didn't do what we expected

In the sign test, a man reads the arrow and sits down to wait, and Ana learns to state what the team assumed, what the user understood, and what that suggests. Say a man read the sign and sat down to wait, wait for what, someone to take him to the room, we assumed the arrow meant follow this way while the user read it as wait here, it's a good arrow, it's a good arrow next to a chair, so we remove the chair, that suggests we should change the sign not the chair, why, the chair was there first.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

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THE STORY

At the library entrance, Emma tells Ana what a visitor did in front of the new sign, and Ana decides what the test suggests changing.

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A man read the sign and sat down to wait.a mén réd tha sáin end sét dáun tu uêitA man read the sign and sat down to wait.
Wait for what?uêit for uátWait for what?
For someone to take him to the room.for SÂM-uan tu têik rim tu tha rúmFor someone to take him to the room.
We assumed the arrow meant walk this way, whereas the user read it as wait here.uí a-SIÚMD thi É-rou mént uók this uêi, uér-ÉZ tha IÚ-zer réd it ez uêit ríarWe assumed the arrow meant walk this way, whereas the user read it as wait here.
It's a good arrow.its a gud É-rouIt's a good arrow.
It's a good arrow next to a chair.its a gud É-rou nékst tu a tchérIt's a good arrow next to a chair.
So we move the chair?sôu uí múv tha tchérSo we move the chair?
That suggests we should move the sign, not the chair.thét sâ-DJÉSTS uí shud múv tha sáin, nót tha tchérThat suggests we should move the sign, not the chair.
Why?uáiWhy?
The chair was there first.tha tchér uóz thér fârstThe chair was there first.