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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 244: Critiquing Someone’s Work.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 244. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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Our episode is called “Critiquing Someone’s Work.” We'll hear a conversation between two people talking about a third person's work and how it has to be improved. Let's get started.

Noriko: Have you had a chance to look over Russ’s project?

Walt: Yeah, I took a look at it yesterday. If you have a couple of minutes, I can give you my two cents.

Noriko: Sure. Shoot.

Walt: Well, it’s not what I envisioned when we gave him the charge to come up with a new design for the brochure. The cover isn’t bad, but I’m not crazy about the rest of it.

Noriko: Why? What don’t you like?

Walt: Well, I think Russ is off the mark to feature our older products, rather than our new ones. When