Samples
All are easily TRANSFERABLE thanks to the 4 KEY CHARACTERISTICS of VTs:
[1] not more than 2 mins / [2] impersonal / [3] delivered as if at a table / [4] only content proper
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IN ENGLISH
what makes it a good VT?
STORY (Andre, England) (time: 0’57”)
FACTUAL; date and place of the event are mentioned; simple vocabulary (the only technical term is used at the end, when the context makes it clear); unusual occurrence (luck); promoting caution with kids
JOKE (Andre, England) (time: 1’09”)
CIVIL; internationally valid and keeping the listener in suspense; easy to follow thanks to the repetition of the key question in a student-to-teacher dialogue; clearly and enthusiastically delivered; mild expression of anger
RIDDLE (Andre, England) (time: 1’11”)
PLAYFUL; presents a setting simple to visualise; the key point appears intriguingly basic, but the idea requires some reflection; somewhat provocative solution;
DISCOVERY (Andre, England) (time: 1:17)
ACCESSIBLE; relevant to everyone’s experience of moments when one has nothing to do; no advanced specialist terminology is used; a jocular reference to the differences between women and men
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
what makes it a good VT?