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E: Examiner

S: Student

E: I'd like to ask you some questions about yourself. Let's talk about what you do. Do you work, or are you a student? 

S: Excuse me? 

E: Do you work or are you a student? 

S: I’m student … I’m year-four student of Hong Kong Education University. 

 

E: What subject are you studying? 

S: Actually, I study the Environmental Studies. 

 

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

S: I think … probably ... because I have received the offer from the China Resource. It is the big firms in the mainland China. Maybe after the graduate, I will go to the … to ... I would go to apply the China Resource. It’s talking about a renewable energy facilitate. 

 

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

S: Um, I think when I'm freeI like to play the badminton and reading books. Yes, mostly before the corona virus, I, I always play the badminton with my friends, maybe around ones or two times a week. And I like read the books. Mfavourite book is “Poor dad and Rich dad”. This book is talking about the different ... differenties between the rich guys and poor guys and talking about the operations of the cash flows. Yes. 

 

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

S: I think it’s outdoor because I dislike traat the home and I like to hanging out … hanging out anywhere. Yes, and see a lot. 

 

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

S: It maybe, maybe ... I think is play with my buddies in the, in the, in the park. Yes. 

 

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

S: This weekend, I think maybe have the breakfast with my friend and just chit-chat. Yes, with my friend, Milo. 

 

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

S: Yes, definitely. 

 

E: Why? 

S: Yes, because I think when you travel different country, you can see a lot and learn thdifferent culture, you know, and maybe other country has a totally different culture with your countries. Yes. And we can know the culture style of the foreigner ... people and, and I think it can taste a lot of … the different types of the food. 

 

E: When tourists come to your country, where do they like to go? 

S: Ocean Park or Disneyland. 

 

E: Why? 

S: Because it is the ... they can buy a lot of the souvenirs in the park and I think it is quite commonplace for the tourist. 

 

E: Is traveling abroad popular in your country? 

S: Yes. 

 

E: Where would you like to travel to in the future? 

S: That's a good question. I would like to travel the Europe, yes, because I haven't been there. Yes. And I want to communicate with the Europe people and, and maybe ... I, I like to go to the German and, and participant the Beer facilitate … Beer Festival. Yes. 

General Descriptions:

FLUENCY AND COHERENCE

Repetition:8 times 

Self-correction: 6 times 

Discourse markers (19 times)

I think: 8 times 

Maybe: 6 times 

Yes: 3 times 

Actually: 1 time 

Probably: 1 time 

Yes: 8 times (Fillers) 

Connectives (26 times)

And: 15 times 

Because: 5 times 

Or: 2 times 

When: 2 times 

After: 1 time 

Before: 1 time 

Average length of response

Total duration: 176.37s ÷ 13 responses = 13.57s/response 

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LEXICAL RESOURCE

Less common words: 2 less common words are identified.

renewable, souvenirs

Paraphrase: no paraphrase is coded.  

Idiomatic expressions: 1 idiomatic expression is identified,

hang out

Collocations: 1 collocation is coded.

renewable energy

Appropriacy of the words used: 14 inappropriate uses of words are coded.  

Inappropriate collocations: 4 times  
(apply ^ the China Resource → apply to China Resource;  
travel ^ different country → travel to a different country;  
totally different culture with → totally different culture to;  
travel ^ the Europe → travel to the Europe) 

Inappropriate word choice: 3 times  
(It’s talking about a renewable energy facilitate → It’s working on a renewable energy facility;  
I dislike track at the home → I dislike being trapped at home;  
maybe other country → maybe another country)  

Inappropriate word form: 7 times  
(after the graduate → after graduation;  
renewable energy facilitate → renewable energy facility;  
differenties between the rich guys → differences between the rich guys;  
it’s outdoor → it’s outdoors;  
culture styles → cultural styles;  
go to German → go to Germany;
participant the → participate in the)  

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GRAMMAR

Error (29 times) 

Redundant article: 14 times 

 

Missing article: 2 times  
(I’m ^ year-four student → I’m a year-four student;  
travel ^ different country → a different country) 

 

Inappropriate article: 2 times  
(the offer → an offer;  
the big firms → a big firm) 

 

Inappropriate verb form: 4 times  
(I like to play the badminton and reading books → I like to play badminton and read books;  
I like read the books → I like to read / like reading books;  
I like to hanging out … hanging out → I like to hang out / I like hanging out … hang out / hanging out;  
is play with my buddies → was playing with my buddies) 

 

Inappropriate verb tense: 2 times  
(I always play → I always played;  
I think is play → I think it was playing) 

 

Singular/ plural noun form: 2 times 
(the big firms → a big firm;  
your countries → your country) 

 

Missing subject: 1 time (I think ^ is play → I think it was playing) 

 

Inappropriate subject: 1 time (I think it can taste → I think we can taste) 

 

Complex verb group (4 times) 

Present Perfect: 2 times 

Present Continuous: 2 times 

 

Subordinate clause (8 times)

Adverbial clause: 6 times 

Noun clause: 2 times 

Relative clause: 0 times 

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PRONUNCIATION

Consonant error: 13 times

think, received, play, corona, two, times, hanging, different

Vowel error: 4 times

corona, different, Beer

Syllable stress error

not coded 

Sentence stress error

not coded 

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