Activity 5 Asking for meaning – What does mean? ‘claimant’s name’ What does mean? ‘defendant’ What does details of mean? ‘brief claim’ And what does mean? ‘value’ Transcript Activity 4 Aleks and the librarian – Aleks: Can you help me fill in this form? Librarian: What are you doing? A: I want to go to the small claims court. L: Why? A: My sister sent me some money in a cheque but get in my account. I I didn’t it. It isn’t think the prison have lost it but they say they I want a judge to help me get the haven’t. money back. L: OK, I can help you with the form. A: What does mean? ‘claimant’s name’ L: You are the claimant so put your name and address here. A: OK My name: Jin J-I-N Jun J-U-N Park P-A-R-K. How do you spell the address? L: The prison address is H-M-P West Hill, W-E-S-T- H-I-L- Rye that’s spelt R-Y-E, that’s spelt in York Y-O-R-K and the postcode is YO20 5TH A: Thanks. What does mean? ‘defendant’ L: That means the other person, not you the person who has your money. In your situation – that is the Ministry of Justice. Their address is 102 Petty France London SW1H 9AJ A: What does details of mean? ‘brief claim’ L: Brief means short. You need to write short details of the problem. A: OK. My sister sent me a £50 cheque in October but I receive it. Great. And didn’t what does mean? ‘value’ L: Value is how much money your sister sent you. A: Well, £50. that’s L: got a little bit more to fill in now..... Good. Well you’ve only
Activity 5 – Asking for meaning What does ‘claimant’s name’ mean? What does ‘defendant’ mean? What does ‘brief details of claim’ mean? And what does ‘value’ mean? Transcript Activity 4 – Aleks and the librarian Aleks: Can you help me fill in this form? Librarian: What are you doing? A: I want to go to the small claims court. L: Why? A: My sister sent me some money in a cheque but I didn’t get it. It isn’t in my account. I think the prison have lost it but they say they haven’t. I want a judge to help me get the money back. L: OK, I can help you with the form. A: What does ‘claimant’s name’ mean? L: You are the claimant so put your name and address here. A: OK My name: Jin J-I-N Jun J-U-N Park P-A-R-K. How do you spell the address? L: The prison address is H-M-P Rye that’s spelt R-Y-E, West Hill, that’s spelt W-E-S-T- H-I-L- in York Y-O-R-K and the postcode is YO20 5TH A: Thanks. What does ‘defendant’ mean? L: That means the other person, not you – the person who has your money. In your situation that is the Ministry of Justice. Their address is 102 Petty France London SW1H 9AJ A: What does ‘brief details of claim’ mean? L: Brief means short. You need to write short details of the problem. A: OK. My sister sent me a £50 cheque in October but I didn’t receive it. Great. And what does ‘value’ mean? L: Value is how much money your sister sent you. A: Well, that’s £50. L: Good. Well you’ve only got a little bit more to fill in now.....