Recording exercise: You are going to do some basic LSI data collection. This is actually harder than you expect (that’s why it is worth what it is worth).

You need to collect 2 recordings of 2 different events (that is they must be at different times with different people). You cannot be present, or speaking, in these interactions. You must place a recording device and leave.

What to record: 2 recordings each over two minutes (4 minutes total) on two different occasions (with slightly different people each time)

Good places to record include: family dinner, zoom/phone calls between friends or family, discussions over study sessions ‘lounge’ discussions.

Some conditions

• Recordings must be natural (e.g You may not ‘fake’, script, or participate in your recordings. Believe me, scripts are obvious. I know the sound of your voice.)
• Settings and talk must not require the use of the body (eg playing a computer game, handing over money at a cashier, doing a bench press, picking up mail)
• Do not record anyone ordering, or buying anything. Do not record anyone ordering coffee.
• Settings must have minimal background noise (don’t record the mail room)
• recordings must occur at different times, you may not record one conversation broken into three recordings.
• You need to be able to clearly hear everything everyone is saying (eg its audible). Re-listen to your recordings after you submit them to check that what I hear is audible (eg your phone will have a clearer playback than the file you upload, but I grade you one file)

Along with your two recordings you will post around 100 words about each recording. In it you will describe

1. What kind of speech event it is (e.g. a lecture, hanging out, dinner). Please differentiate *activity* (what I want) from *location* (what I dont want, here, I want that in 3 separately).
2. In each recording identify one kind of action OTHER than questions/answer (or anything remotely like those) that occurs in the recording. For this I am grading you on understanding actions. Read chapter 1 and 2 on this and watch the day 2 lecture.
3. Where it is
4. Who is in the recording

Finally you must upload FILES. This will require three different posts. Do not embed the recordings. You will not get credit if you embed them. Title the files as follows.

[student number] + [surname] {recording01/02/03}

eg 123456ReynoldsRecording01.mp3

There are points relating to get the format and title right. I will not check your title/format is correct for you.