Sound only

1. Play the video extract with the picture covered or the monitor turned round.
2. Ask the students to build up a mental picture of who is talking. The following prompts may help: - Young / old? - Male / female? - Fat / thin? -- Well educated / poorly educated? - Strong / weak? - Confident / nervous? - Cooperative / uncooperative?
3. This stage of the activity could be the basis of pair or small group discussion. After five to ten minutes ask the pairs or groups to report back to the rest of the class before playing the extract again with the picture, so that the students can check their hypotheses.
4. A further discussion can then take place on the reasons for their observations and for these being right or wrong.