One more worked conversation, with a focus on tracking who says what. For the full strategy breakdown, see the main Listen to a Conversation guide.
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A student visits academic advising because she's considering switching her minor. The advisor explains that her current credits would mostly transfer, but she'd need to take one additional prerequisite course over the summer to graduate on time. The student asks about summer course availability, and the advisor directs her to check the summer registration portal, which opens the following week.
Question: Why does the student visit the advisor? Answer: To discuss switching her minor and understand the impact on her graduation timeline — this is the conversation's overall purpose, distinct from the specific detail questions that follow about credits and summer registration.
Question: What does the student need to do to graduate on time if she switches her minor? Answer: Take one additional prerequisite course over the summer — this requires correctly attributing the detail to what the advisor said, not what the student asked, which is exactly the kind of speaker-tracking this task rewards.
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