Recording Information Sheet
You, the freelancer, should complete a copy of this form for each recording you make.
Please complete this form electronically
1. Your name:
2. Date of recording (dd/mm/yy):
3. File name (e.g. BNCJLS001): BNC
4. Length of recording (hh:mm:ss):
5. Speakers on tape in order of appearance – please give the name given on their consent
form, and the first words that they say, as shown in the example below:
EXAMPLE:
Speaker 1: Dave Smith, “So did you go out on Saturday…..
Speaker 1:
Speaker 2:
Speaker 3:
Speaker 4:
Speaker 5:
(Please continue on a separate, correspondingly numbered sheet if there are more than 5
speakers.)
6. Where was the recording made? (please give the location, as well as village/town/city, e.g. a
coffee shop, London; The Red Lion Pub, Bristol; Speaker 2’s home, Manchester):
7. How well do the speakers know each other? (select one option):
Close family, partners, very close friends
Friends, wider family circle
Colleagues
Acquaintances
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Strangers
Teacher/pupil or lecturer/student
(NB, Only choose the ‘teacher/pupil’ option if it is the only relationship which exists between the
speakers. E.g. if they also happen to be friends, tick ‘Friends’)
Please choose whichever category seems sensible. What we want to know is the main nature of
the relationships of the speakers in this conversation. E.g. if there are 4 close family members and
a visitor who is an acquaintance, choose ‘Close family’. If you work as colleagues but feel your
relationship is more that of friends choose ‘Friends’.
8. If the speakers do not fall easily into the relationship categories above, please specify the
speakers and their relationships:
9. What are the topics covered in the conversation? (List all that are covered, e.g. sport, work,
the internet etc).
10. Please give your recording a short title: (E.g. friends talking about TV, friendships and
birthdays; talking whilst cooking a meal with housemates; having coffee with friends talking about
relationships).
11. Tick any of the following that take place in this conversation:
Discussing
Explaining
Inquiring
Complaining
Advising
Requesting
Inviting
Announcing
Anecdote telling
Making arrangements
Apologizing
Buying/selling
Telling jokes
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