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Name: Nur Azra bt Ali Date:

Group: 3

Based on your video recorded discussion:

i. transcribe (NOT IPA symbols) your group discussion;

ii. number your utterances;
iii. fill in the tables below using complete sentences;
iv. identify your weakness(es) and suggest 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: 5I’m 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
B. Maintaining a discussion
not too old or too young to get married and people at this
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

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properly when handling the problems after the marriage and I used ‘owned’ language when I only used I think in expressing
they may end up having a divorce. 12Also, I think it is the stating opinion such as: I think… opinion.
most suitable age for marriage because at this age, most (Refer to sentences 20 & 84)
I should use other expressions
students already finished their studies so they can put
such as: I feel…, From my point
marriage as their priority instead of studying. 13They can of view…, I believe…, To me… .
spare their time for life partners and play the role as a
married person. 14What do you think? Giving reasons to support your opinions
(Valid, well-supported, related)
Izzatiey: 15Okay, I agree with your point aaa… in addition, at
age 25 to 27, I think will be more matured and make a great Strength Weakness and improvement
decision for our own road. 16Even our Prophet, Nabi
Muhammad SAW married at 25 years old right? 17So, haaa, I used personal experience to
25 haaa, that mean that we are after graduation so after support my opinion. They are
related and well-explained.
graduate we can have stable economy and can have
(Refer to sentence 20)
financial to support our duty in marriage. 18What do you
think?
Responding to others’ opinions by indicating your stand
Azra: 19Haaa, I also agree with both of you that 25 to 27 is (Expressing agreement, disagreement and partial agreement)
the best age to get married. 20I think, as a new family, aaa,
to build a new family, we need more money to survive. Strength Weakness and improvement
21
After finishing our study also, we will have job. 22So with
the job, we will have financial that will guide us to spend our I responded appropriately to the My language expression has a
expenses. 23So we don’t have any problem with the money speaker before by expressing my grammatical mistake. Sentence
expenses. 24However, get married during study also is okay, agreement and I supported with 54. I’m totally agree with you
sufficient reasons. that… should be said as I totally
but it depend on the person. 25The person must ready with
agree with you that… .
the responsibilities in the marriage. 26What do you think (Refer to sentences 19, 54 and 83)
Afiqah?
Asking for and giving clarification
Afiqah: 27Well, I couldn’t agree more with all of you, I guess
25-27 looks like the best age to get married. 28Four of us, we Strength Weakness and improvement
will especially, to get married too late, then we get pregnant
late then the probability for us to deliver the Down Syndrome There was no need for me to ask
for clarification because I could

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baby is higher. 29So, it is not good for all of us. 30Because follow the discussion.
having a Down Syndrome baby, not everybody can -NA-
cooperate with that. 31Certain people, if they got an No one asked me for clarification,
so I did not need to give
abnormal baby, they will dump the baby or ignore the baby.
32
clarification.
And it is not good for the baby or for the family itself. 33So, Paraphrasing and asking for perception-checking question
get married late is not one of the best thing to do. but if we
get married too young, we are still immature like what Strength Weakness and improvement
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 There was no need for me to
earlier. 35Because like Dina Bahari for example, she get paraphrase and ask for perception-
married early but now she’s still happy with her husband, checking question because I could
follow the discussion.
she still continue her study in UIA and she even has a child.
36
A very cute baby Adam Danial. 37That’s it. 38You can still Using attending behavior
live happily if you can cooperate with that. 39Then if you
cannot, better you don’t. 40Because after all, if you cannot Strength Weakness and improvement
cooperate with that, then I’m afraid you are going to be flung
from your study. 41So, it’s risky. 42So, what do you think? I showed my agreement regarding
previous speaker’s point by
Izzatiey: 43From my situation, I don’t think that my parents nodding.
will allow me to get married before graduation. 44Because, (Refer to sentence 54)
as the first child in my family, I think I should finish my study
Facilitating in-depth discussion
first and contribute to my family first before I find my life
partner. 45What do you think? Strength Weakness and improvement
Syahirah: 46I think it depends on people. 47Different people
I did not facilitate in-depth
will have a different situation. 48Maybe, some parents may discussion
agree with her daughter or son to get married early. 49But
some parents may oppose with their daughter or their son to In the future, I should try to
get married early. 50And also I think that different people will facilitate in-depth discussion by
have to carry responsibility after the marriage by different saying:
way. 51So, maybe some people can cope with the rule after “Perhaps, if young couples were
to get married, they can do so
the marriage where during studies and…. 52But I think some on certain conditions. What do

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people cannot cooperate with rule of a married person when you think?”
they are studying. 53What do you think?
Taking turns when giving opinions
Azra: 54Hmm (nodding), I’m totally agree with you that the
situation is the main point. 55It also depend on the person Strength Weakness and improvement
right? 56To carry the responsibility in the marriage. 57When
I took turns when giving opinions
the person is ready enough to get married, so she can get
by waiting for another person to
married. finish talking first.
(Refer sentences 19, 54 & 83)
Izzatiey: 58So what I can say more, we should finish our
study first in order to survive in our marriage. 59What can Encouraging participation from the others
you say about that?
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Afiqah: 60I agree with you. 61We should finish our study first
but I still say that if you want to get married earlier, it’s okay. I encouraged participation from the
62
It depends on you. 63Like my lecturer the past camp that others by asking Afiqah’s point of
we attended, he get married early, before he graduate. view about my opinion.
64
And yes, he is a lecturer now. 65He is a successful, he is (Refer to sentence 26)
happy with his life everything goes on. 66Goes so well even
though he get married at such an early age. 67And yes of
Staying on topic
course because he can cooperate with that and he can
accept that situation. 68So, you want to add something else? Strength Weakness and improvement
Izzatiey: 69We can say that it is also good to have marriage I stayed on the topic throughout the
before and after graduation. 70It’s only depend on us. discussion by giving related points.
71
Whether accept it or look at it as… what do we call? 72A (Refer to sentences 19, 54, 83)
benefit thing, right? 73So?
C. Closing a discussion
Syahirah: 74I think some people prefer to finish their study
first. 75Because after study, they get a job, they can get to Reaching a consensus or summarising the main points
expense which can support their financial expense after the
marriage. 76But it is not wrong to get married early. 77But if Strength Weakness and improvement
we want to get a very suitable life after the marriage, it is
The word conclusion was used to The group did not summarise

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78
better to get married after the marriage. Eh, after the signal the closing of the discussion. what had been said. Afiqah only
study! (Refer to sentence 94) expressed what the group
thinks without summarising the
Izzatiey: 79Can I add? 80In addition, I think we as a female main supporting reasons.
and as a medical student, I think we have a busy lifestyle.
81
So, I don’t think that before graduation we can get married. This is what could have been
82 said:
From my point of view.
In conclusion, all of us agree
Azra: 83I also agree with you that medical student usually
that the best age to get married
busy with their study and don’t have much time to focus on is after graduation as the couple
the family. 84So I think it’s good to get married after the will be more mature and
graduation. financially stable.

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 don’t 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, it’s 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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