1Excuse me, Dr Johnson.
2May I speak to you for a minute?
3Sure. Come in.
4I'm Melanie Griffin.
5I'm taking your course in Population Studies.
6Right. Well, Melanie, how can I help you?
7I'm having a bit of trouble with the second assignment,
8and it's due in 12 days.
9What sort of trouble are you having?
10Is the assignment question a problem?
11Well, that's part of the problem.
12I'm also having - been having trouble getting hold of the books.
13I've been to the library several times, and all the books are out.
14Sounds like you should have started borrowing books a bit earlier.
15Well, I had a really big assignment due in for another course, and...
16I've been spending all my time on that, and I thought...
17You might get an extension of time to finish your assignment for me?
18If that's possible, but I don't know...
19Well, yes, it is possible, but...
20extensions are normally given only for medical or compassionate reasons,
21otherwise, it's really a question of organising your study,
22and we don't like giving extensions to students who simply didn't plan their work properly.
23What did you get for your first assignment?
24I got 87%.
25Yes, you did very well indeed,
26so obviously, you can produce good work.
27I don't think I'll need too much extra time,
28as long as I can get hold of some of the important references.
29Well, since you did so well in your first assignment,
30I'm prepared to give you an extra two weeks for this one,
31so that'll mean you'll need to submit it about a month from now.
32Thank you.
33Now, what about the reading materials?
34Have you checked out the journal articles in the list?
35Umm, no, not yet,
36there were about 20 of them, and...
37I wasn't sure which ones would be most useful or important.
38Well, they're all useful,
39but I don't expect anyone to read them all, because a number of them deal with the same issues.
40Let me give you some suggestions.
41The article by Anderson and Hawker is really worth reading.
42Right, I'll read that one.
43You should also read the article by Jackson,
44but just look at the part on the research methodology - how they did it.
45Okay...
46Jackson, got that...
47And if you have time, the one by Roberts says very relevant things,
48although it's not essential.
49Okay, if it's useful, I'll try and read that one...
50Now, the one by Morris.
51I wouldn't bother with that at this stage, if I were you.
52Okay, I won't bother with Morris.
53Oh, now, someone told me the article by Cooper is important.
54Well, yes, in a way,
55but just look at the last part, where he discusses the research results.
56And lastly, there's Forster -
57I can't think why I included that one.
58It's not bad and could be of some help, but not that much.
59Now, let's deal with the assignment question.
60What's the problem there?
61It's the graph on page two.
62What seems to be the problem? It's just the bar graph showing reasons why people change where they live.
63Well, I've got a photocopy but the reasons at the bottom are missing.
64Ah, okay.
65Look at the first bar on the graph -
66now that indicates the number of people who move because they want more space.
67Oh I see...
68bar one... okay...
69Now what about the next bar?
70Bar two is to do with the people living nearby disturbing them,
71so they chose to move away to somewhere quieter.
72Now let's look at bar number three...
73another reason people change their place of living
74is because they want to be closer to the city.
75Okay.
76Proximity to the city is an issue...
77Now, bar number four refers to problems when the owner of the property won't help fix things that go wrong.
78In other words, the owner is not helpful and so the tenants move out.
79Okay...
80Now what about bar five?
81Bar five is about those people who move because...
82they need a bus or train to get them into the city or to go to work.
83Okay...
84And bar six?
85Bar number six is interesting.
86That reason was given quite a lot -
87people moving because they wanted to be in a more attractive neighbourhood.
88Oh, yes, thank you very much.