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E: Examiner

S: Student

E: Alright, (Student’s name). I'm going to ask you some questions about yourself. Let's talk about what you do. Do you work or are you a student? 

S: I'm currently a … an university student at the Education University of Hong Kong and it’s a rather prestigious school located at the New Territories in Tai Po.  

 

E: What subjects do you study? 

S: I'm studying the Primary Mathematics Education and I chose this subject because I do love logical thinking. And I think children are very adorable, and I want to take good care of them. 

 

E: What will you do with your degree after you’ve finished studying? 

S: After my degree, I think I will try to be a remarkable teacher in primary school and try to be a model of primary students and teach them Mathematics. 

 

E: Let's talk about free time activities. What do you like to do in your free time? 

S: In my free time, I love to ... I love singing and dancing very much because in my daily life, I think singing and dancing with lots of music can lets me feel relax and I can put off my pressure. 

 

E: Do you prefer to spend most of your free time indoors or outdoors? 

S: I would choose to have some outdoor activities because indoor activities may let me be introverted. But, in contrast, if I have some outdoor activities with … maybe hanging out with my friends or families and relatives, I can be more sociable and try to get inter-connections with others and I can … yeah, have more time to do other things, other, other than at home. 

 

E: What did you like to do in your free time when you were a child? 

S: I remembered when I was a child, my parents always brought me to some bowling centre to play bowling because playing bowling can let me train how to use my hand to … the force … how to control the force to rolling the ball to lets the bowling all the down and get the score. And also, my parents also brought me to some drawing class because drawing can let me be more concentrate on one thing. 

 

E: What do you plan to do in your free time this weekend? 

S: This weekend I would like to go hiking with my friends because I can see that this week, the, the, the weather is very good. And I think that this weather is … as good as I can go to have some photo taking, for example, go sightseeing with others. And I think that go hiking can let me be more healthy, as you know, this … in this tough time. 

 

E: Let's talk about travel. Do you like to travel? 

S: Yeah, I do love travel because traveling can let me broaden my horizons and I can have more … maybe activities ... not ... international activity, not only can play in my home country. For example, … and also, for example, having some local food at the countries which I cannot eat in my home country, which is Hong Kong. 

General Descriptions:

FLUENCY AND COHERENCE

General Description 

 

Repetition: 1 time 

 

Self-correction: 4 times 

 

Discourse markers (9 times) 

I think: 5 times 

Maybe: 2 times 

Yeah: 1 time 

You know: 1 time 

 

Yeah: 1 time (Fillers) 

 

Connectives (32 times) 

And: 17 times 

Because: 7 times 

Also: 2 times 

After: 1 time 

As: 1 time 

But: 1 time 

If: 1 time 

Or: 1 time 

When: 1 time 

 

Average length of response:  

Total duration: 213.22s ÷ 8 responses = 26.65s/response 

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LEXICAL RESOURCE

General Description 

 

Less common words: 2 less common words are identified (prestigious; introverted). 

 

Paraphrase: 3 paraphrases are coded. 

Feel relax(ed) → put off (get rid of) my pressure 

Be more sociable → get inter-connections (interactions) with others 

Do you like to travel → I do love (to) travel 

 

Idiomatic expressions: 2 idiomatic expressions are identified (hanging out with; broaden my horizons). 

 

Collocations: 2 collocations are identified (logical thinking; take good care of). 

 

Appropriacy of the words used: 18 inappropriate uses of words are coded. 

Inappropriate word choice: 14 times  
(put off my pressure → get rid of my pressure;  
may let me be introverted → may cause me to be introverted;  
get inter-connections with others → have interactions with others;  
play bowling → go bowling;  
playing bowling → bowling;  
let me train → help me train;  
lets the bowling all the down → knock the bowling pins down;  
get the score → get a good score;  
let me be → help me be;  
have some photo taking → take some photos;  
let me be → help / make me be) 

 

Inappropriate word form: 2 times  
(feel relax → feel relaxed;  
be more concentrate → be more concentrated) 

 

Inappropriate collocation: 1 time  
(a model of primary students → a model for primary students) 

 

Redundant adverb: 1 time (And also, my parents also) 

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GRAMMAR

General Description 

 

Error (13 times) 

Inappropriate verb form: 4 times  

(can lets me feel → can let me feel;  
other than ^at home → other than staying at home;  
to rolling the ball → to roll the ball;  
to lets the → to let the) 

 

Singular/ plural noun form: 2 time  
(my friends or families → my friends or family;  
have more … international activity → have more … international activities) 

 

Inappropriate article: 1 time (an university student → a university student) 

Inappropriate tense: 1 time  
(I remembered when I was a child → I remember when I was a child) 

Inappropriate word order: 1 time  
(activity, not only can play in my → activities, which I cannot play) 

Missing connective: 1 time  
(as good as … some photo taking, ^ for example → as good as … some photo taking, or for example) 

 

Redundant article: 2 times 

Redundant verb: 1 time 

 

Complex verb group (3 times) 

Emphatic ‘do’: 2 times 

Present continuous: 1 time 

 

Subordinate clause (18 times) 

Adverbial clause: 9 times 

Noun clause: 6 times  

Relative clause: 3 times  

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PRONUNCIATION

General Description 

 

Consonant error: 10 times (think; them; hanging; relatives; sociable; thing) 

 

Vowel error: 1 time (horizons) 

 

Syllable stress error: not coded 

 

Sentence stress error: not coded 

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