The man who starts the conversation may have many reasons for speaking: he may want to get into a conversation with the woman because he thinks she looks interesting, and the question about the time may simply be a pretext for this. On the other hand, he may genuinely want to know the time. So, there is not a gap between the two in the information they possess, and the conversation helps to close the gaps so that now both speakers have the same information. That is an information gap used for promoting interaction in a foreign language context of learning.

The man who starts the conversation may have many reasons for speaking: he may want to get into a conversation with the woman because he thinks she looks interesting, and the question about the time may simply be a pretext for this. On the other hand, he may genuinely want to know the time. So, there is a gap between the two in the information they possess, and the conversation does not help to close the gaps so that now both speakers have the same information.

The man who starts the conversation may have many reasons for speaking: he may want to get into a conversation with the woman because he thinks she looks interesting, and the question about the time may simply be a pretext for this. On the other hand, he may genuinely want to know the time. So, there is not a gap between the two in the information they possess, and the conversation does not help to close the gaps so that now both speakers have different information.

The man who starts the conversation may have many reasons for speaking: he may want to get into a conversation with the woman because he thinks she looks interesting, and the question about the time may simply be a pretext for this. On the other hand, he may genuinely want to know the time. So, there is a gap between the two in the information they possess, and the conversation helps to close the gaps so that now both speakers have the same information.

The man who starts the conversation may have many reasons for speaking: he may want to get into a conversation with the woman because he thinks she looks interesting, and the question about the time may simply be a pretext for this. On the other hand, he may genuinely want to know the time. So there is a gap between the two in the information they possess, and the conversation does not help to close the gaps so that now both speakers do not have the same information.