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The order of priority was, then, to continue writing letters, and telegrams, and to postpone the telephone conversations until dome later date. In anticipation of this, xx was given the beginners’ course in oral English on cassettes, along with the correction sheets and explanatory accompanying documents, She was also given several recordings of both authentic and contrived telephone conversations with their transcripts. In addition, xx, something seemingly unorthodox was done, that, the letters she had worked on were recorded, Aware that this did not correspond to a truly oral form of communication, Mrs. B, nevertheless felt it would be useful as a comprehension exercise, her memory of the letters serving as an aid to comprehension.

Though her intention was not to begin doing any aural/oral work at this xx briefly experiment with the tapes out of curiosity, and was, in fact, able to practically transcribe some of the letters after listening to the tape several times, The material was at her disposal, and having glimpsed at it and seen how it could be used, she was satisfied to defer this aspect of her work until the summer vacation.

This being the case, the letters that had been studied previously were taken on once again, this time for the sake of turning them into telegrams, sending the same message in as concise and unambiguous a way as possible, xx subjects, determiners, auxiliaries, etc., without misrepresenting the actual meaning, as seen below.

TELEGRAMME (XX)

XX

Our order No. x97 – Not received 1962 Schloss Holstein Hock.

If not received within next week, cancel order –

Thanks