MIKE:
Is this a good time for us to look at our research project?
MIKE:
Our tutor told us to keep the focus narrow.
MIKE:
So, what about we go for why people choose to go to certain places and attractions and leave the rest out?
EVA:
Otherwise, we'll have far too much information to cope with.
EVA:
Okay, so what about the survey?
MIKE:
Well, I've looked through the ideas we had for questions for it, and I think it's not clear how we use the word area.
MIKE:
Sometimes it seems to mean a place, other times the field of our research, and even tourist attraction in some cases.
EVA:
Oh, I think that's my fault.
EVA:
I typed out our notes.
MIKE:
Oh, it's probably best to use it for place in the sense of province or whatever.
EVA:
You know, we decided to concentrate on culture and tourism.
EVA:
I wonder if we're really saying culture in the same way as most people do, because on our list of places to carry out our surveys, I see you've put the round music festival, which is contemporary music.
EVA:
I thought we were going to be looking at more traditional forms of culture.
MIKE:
That would be confirming these old-fashioned ideas that culture has to be something that's at least 100 years old.
EVA:
But that is what most people think.
MIKE:
Well, let's not get into an argument about that right now.
MIKE:
Let's think about the number of completed questionnaires we need.
MIKE:
In total, how many questionnaires do you think we have to get?
MIKE:
And over how many different events?
EVA:
Our tutor said we should have at least 200, otherwise the information won't actually mean that much.
EVA:
And I think it's not practical to try to go to more than about five events.
EVA:
We've got to get the first draft in by the end of February.
MIKE:
And you think we should interview everybody or just tourists?
EVA:
Because presumably there'd be local people, domestic tourists, and international tourists at some events.
MIKE:
In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think we should just go for the tourists, but from overseas as well as national.
MIKE:
I'm sure we'd be able to provide more interesting results if we did that.
MIKE:
There's one thing that worries me, though.
MIKE:
We said it's important to get some background on the people who answer our questions, like what's their job, what they thought about the event.
MIKE:
But the idea of asking people how old they are...
EVA:
We can't just ask them to tick a box with an age in it and tell them they don't have to do it if they don't want to.
EVA:
We could write in our own estimate when we've finished.
MIKE:
Are you sure that would be okay?
EVA:
It's not the most crucial piece of information they're giving.
EVA:
We're going to have a lot of facts and figures to present.
EVA:
Have you any preference for putting them into a pie chart, a table, or a graph?
MIKE:
Tables are easy to do, but I read that most people find pie charts visually stimulating.
MIKE:
I hate reading graphs because unless they're quite big, you don't get exact figures.
EVA:
Pie chart sounds good.
EVA:
How are we going to divide up the work?
MIKE:
If it's okay with you, I'd like us to meet as often as possible to look at what we've each written up.
MIKE:
But we should do the actual writing on our own.
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Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions twenty-seven.
MIKE:
Would this be a good time to discuss our introduction?
MIKE:
An overview of tourism around the world, looking at different tourist attractions in different countries.
MIKE:
But there are so many to choose from, though, so let's narrow it down.
MIKE:
I found out that Mexico celebrates the fact that it produces a huge number of varieties of chilies, and people flock to this special event to taste dishes using them.
MIKE:
A lot of people think of Mexico as being the best place to see fantastic museums.
MIKE:
That's true, but let's take a different tact.
MIKE:
What about Greece, one of the world's most famous countries for tourists?
EVA:
Yes, and I think we should go for the ruins in this case.
EVA:
The temples and theaters and so on, rather than the food.
MIKE:
And for Britain, instead of focusing on the countryside and parks, I'd like to find out more about why people go to see plays and musicals.
MIKE:
Is it because there's such a good choice?
EVA:
Hmm, interesting point.
EVA:
And for India, instead of concentrating on the temples or the game parks, we could mention all the different folk dances.
EVA:
Every region has its own, and they don't just perform them at festivals.
EVA:
They're part of everyday life.
MIKE:
Okay, we've got more than enough.
MIKE:
Let's draft the introduction.
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That is the end of Part 3.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
