+1 862 207 3288 Task 2
Prior to beginning the exercise, I assumed, because I am from the same region as Joe, that I would find him relatively easy to understand, and on first listening to the piece this proved to be the case. As a result of this, I felt that I could move quite quickly towards listening for more detail. When I did this, I was quite surprised to discover how much of the conversation had not registered with me. For example, I did not pick up on Joes vivid description of the miners resembling The Zulus until the third time I listened to the piece. This had quite a strong personal effect on me because I am from an area in the North East of England which is rich in mining heritage. I also found it interesting that when saying certain words, such as Stoke, Joes accent had lost its North Eastern twang.
Joes reminiscences of the picket lines during the miners strikes …(short extract)
