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Name: Nur Azra bt Ali Date: 1.2.15

Group: 3

Based on your video recorded discussion:

i. transcribe (NOT IPA symbol) your group discussion;
ii. number your utterances;
iii. fill in the tables below using complete sentences;
iv. identify your weakness(es) and improvements (include appropriate language expressions that should
have been used during the discussion).

Verbatim Transcription Features

Afiqah: 1Assalammualaikum and good morning. 2 My name A. Opening a discussion

is Nur Afiqah Munirah bt Mohd Rodzi. 3You?
Inviting opinions
Syahira: 4My name is Nur Syahira bt Abd Ghani.
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Izzatiey: 5Im Izzatiey.
I did not start the discussion by
Azra: 6My name is Nur Azra bt Ali. inviting opinions.

Afiqah: 7So, today we are going to discuss about what is the In future, I can start the
best age to get married. 8So, hmmm, Syahirah, what do you -NA- discussion by saying:
think about it?
Today, we are going to talk
Syahirah: 9Hmm, I think, the most suitable age to get about the best age to get
married is hmm between the range of hmm 25 to 27 years married. So, what do you think?
old. 10This is because, I think at this age, hmmm the age is
not too old or too young to get married and people at this B. Maintaining a discussion
age is matured enough to carry the responsibility for the
Using owned language when giving opinions
marriage. 11And before 25 I think that it is too young to be
married because well, people at this age may not think well Strength Weakness and improvement
properly when handling the problems after the marriage and

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they may end up having a divorce. 12Also, I think it is the I used owned language when I only used I think in expressing
most suitable age for marriage because at this age, most stating opinion such as: I think opinion.
students already finished their studies so they can put (Refer to sentences 20 & 84)
I should use other expressions
marriage as their priority instead of studying. 13They can
such as: I feel, From my point
spare their time for life partners and play the role as a of view, I believe, To me .
married person. 14What do you think?
Giving reasons to support your opinions
Izzatiey: 15Okay, I agree with your point aaa in addition, at (Valid, well-supported, related)
age 25 to 27, I think will be more matured and make a great
decision for our own road. 16Even our Prophet, Nabi Strength Weakness and improvement
Muhammad SAW married at 25 years old right? 17So, haaa,
25 haaa, that mean that we are after graduation so after I used personal experience to
graduate we can have stable economy and can have support my opinion. They are
financial to support our duty in marriage. 18What do you related and well-explained.
(Refer to sentence 20)
think?

Azra: 19Haaa, I also agree with both of you that 25 to 27 is

Responding to others opinions by indicating your stand
the best age to get married. 20I think, as a new family, aaa,
(Expressing agreement, disagreement and partial agreement)
to build a new family, we need more money to survive.
21
After finishing our study also, we will have job. 22So with Strength Weakness and improvement
the job, we will have financial that will guide us to spend our
expenses. 23So we dont have any problem with the money I responded appropriately to the My language expression has a
expenses. 24However, get married during study also is okay, speaker before by expressing my grammatical mistake. Sentence
but it depend on the person. 25The person must ready with agreement and I supported with 54. Im totally agree with you
sufficient reasons. that should be said as I totally
the responsibilities in the marriage. 26What do you think
agree with you that .
Afiqah? (Refer to sentences 19, 54 and 83)
Afiqah: 27Well, I couldnt agree more with all of you, I guess
Asking for and giving clarification
25-27 looks like the best age to get married. 28Four of us, we
will especially, to get married too late, then we get pregnant Strength Weakness and improvement
late then the probability for us to deliver the Down
Syndrome baby is higher. 29So, it is not good for all of us. -NA-
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30
Because having a Down Syndrome baby, not everybody for clarification because I could
can cooperate with that. 31Certain people, if they got an follow the discussion. -NA-
abnormal baby, they will dump the baby or ignore the baby.
32 No one asked me for clarification,
And it is not good for the baby or for the family itself. 33So,
so I did not need to give
get married late is not one of the best thing to do. but if we clarification.
get married too young, we are still immature like what Paraphrasing and asking for perception-checking question
Syahirah said just now and the rate of divorce is higher.
34
But still I am not opposed to those who want to get married Strength Weakness and improvement
earlier. 35Because like Dina Bahari for example, she get
married early but now shes still happy with her husband, -NA-
she still continue her study in UIA and she even has a child. There was no need for me to
36 paraphrase and ask for perception-
A very cute baby Adam Danial. 37Thats it. 38You can still
checking question because I could
live happily if you can cooperate with that. 39Then if you follow the discussion.
cannot, better you dont. 40Because after all, if you cannot
cooperate with that, then Im afraid you are going to be flung Using attending behavior
from your study. 41So, its risky. 42So, what do you think?
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Izzatiey: 43From my situation, I dont think that my parents
will allow me to get married before graduation. 44Because, I showed my agreement regarding
as the first child in my family, I think I should finish my study previous speakers point by
first and contribute to my family first before I find my life nodding.
(Refer to sentence 54)
partner. 45What do you think?

Syahirah: 46I think it depends on people. 47Different people Facilitating in-depth discussion
will have a different situation. 48Maybe, some parents may
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agree with her daughter or son to get married early. 49But
some parents may oppose with their daughter or their son to I did not facilitate in-depth
get married early. 50And also I think that different people will discussion
have to carry responsibility after the marriage by different
way. 51So, maybe some people can cope with the rule after Taking turns when giving opinions
the marriage where during studies and. 52But I think some
people cannot cooperate with rule of a married person when Strength Weakness and improvement

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they are studying. 53What do you think? I took turns when giving opinions
by waiting for another person to
Azra: 54Hmm (nodding), Im totally agree with you that the finish talking first.
situation is the main point. 55It also depend on the person (Refer sentences 19, 54 & 83)
right? 56To carry the responsibility in the marriage. 57When
the person is ready enough to get married, so she can get Encouraging participation from the others
married.
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58
Izzatiey: So what I can say more, we should finish our
I encouraged participation from the
study first in order to survive in our marriage. 59What can
others by asking Afiqahs point of
you say about that? view about my opinion.
(Refer to sentence 26)
Afiqah: 60I agree with you. 61We should finish our study first
but I still say that if you want to get married earlier, its okay.
62
It depends on you. 63Like my lecturer the past camp that Staying on topic
we attended, he get married early, before he graduate.
64
And yes, he is a lecturer now. 65He is a successful, he is Strength Weakness and improvement
happy with his life everything goes on. 66Goes so well even
though he get married at such an early age. 67And yes of I stayed on the topic throughout the
discussion by giving related points.
course because he can cooperate with that and he can
(Refer to sentences 19, 54, 83)
accept that situation. 68So, you want to add something else?
C. Closing a discussion
Izzatiey: 69We can say that it is also good to have marriage
before and after graduation. 70Its only depend on us. Reaching a consensus or summarising the main points
71
Whether accept it or look at it as what do we call? 72A
benefit thing, right? 73So? Strength Weakness and improvement

Syahirah: 74I think some people prefer to finish their study The word conclusion was used to The group did not summarise
first. 75Because after study, they get a job, they can get to signal the closing of the discussion. what had been said. Afiqah only
expense which can support their financial expense after the (Refer to sentence 94) expressed what the group
marriage. 76But it is not wrong to get married early. 77But if thinks without summarising the
we want to get a very suitable life after the marriage, it is main supporting reasons.
better to get married after the marriage. 78Eh, after the study!
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Izzatiey: 79Can I add? 80In addition, I think we as a female said:

and as a medical student, I think we have a busy lifestyle.
81
So, I dont think that before graduation we can get married. In conclusion, all of us agree
82 that the best age to get married
From my point of view.
is after graduation as the couple
Azra: 83I also agree with you that medical student usually will be more mature and
financially stable.
busy with their study and dont have much time to focus on
the family. 84So I think its good to get married after the
graduation.

Afiqah: 85Of course to get married after the graduation is the

best thing to do. 86After all, after the graduation then you
have the housemen ship, then you get the salary, then you
can support the family. 87And it is good. 88If you get married
during study, you dont have money even for yourself. 89You
still ask money from your parents, scholarship how are
you expect to support the family? 90Especially for guys. 91For
women, okay. 92Maybe the husband is going to support you.
93
But for men, its better for you to get married after your
study, after you are graduating. 94So, as for the conclusion, I
guess our group stick that get married after graduation is the
best thing to do. 95So, thank you.

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