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 Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:35 am Meaning of contrived |
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One paraphrase:
Although some language learning exercises are artificial (that is, they are not real conversations, etc), they can still produce real communication.
Contrived = invented, fabricated
Conceived = formed or developed in the mind
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| Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:28 am Contrived |
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Hi Kelly,
You ask for an explanation of the whole sentence:
| Quote: | | While certain tasks may be somewhat contrived, nevertheless the genuine exchange of information can occur. |
You have to imagine that a new employee is being tested or examined and in order to do this the employer is creating jobs for them to do which are artificially created-contrived (in other words they don't happen naturally). Although this is the way the tasks are created, an accurate exchange of information (a real two-way process where each side talks openly) does happen.
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