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E: Examiner

S: Student

E: So, we've been talking about the type of clothing you like to wear. And now I'd like to ask you some more general questions related to this. Let's talk about designer clothing that is clothing of famous brand names. Are designer clothes popular in your country? 

S: So far so good, not quite popular. 

 

E: Why not? 

S: You know because Hongkonger actually quite not care the design of the clothes. They maybe more care about the price of the clothes. Yes, yes, or the comfortable. 

 

E: For those people who do spend a lot of money on designer clothes, why do you think they do it? 

S: I think maybe they think they buy a lot of, a lot of the luxury or some expensive clothes can help them to build a higher self-esteem. Yes, and also, it can fulfil … maybe they have quite higher, quite higher stage of the Societies. Yes. 

 

E: Do you think expensive clothes are higher quality clothes? 

S: I think … I think maybe not because I have a experience and, maybe, maybe before I buy the … one clothes and from the Tommy but I think the quality is not too good. Yes. 

 

E: Let's turn now to the type of clothes people wear to work. Do you think people at work judge their colleagues based on the clothes they wear?  

S: Pardon? 

E: Do you think that people at work look at their colleagues and how they're dressed and make judgments about them because of their clothes? 

S: I think maybe because, you know, other colleague ... the other colleague ... they have the higher self-esteem and, and also they put the judgment to other guys. Yes, maybe other guys wear the cheap clothes and they will think they are the poor people. Yes. 

 

E: Sometimes employers make rules about what clothes their employees must wear to work. Do you think people should be forced to wear certain types of clothes to work? 

S: Yes, definitely. Because if you wear the formal look, it can show you’re professional. Yes. And just for example, the lawyer must wear the suits because the lawyer can ... because the suits for the lawyer can let the lawyer to build the ... good reputations and professional to show his professional and the ... that's why, why the employer set the rule about, about the formal look in career place to the, to the employee. Yes. 

 

E: In Hong Kong, do you think the way people dress for work has changed in recent times? 

S: I think no because Hongkonger always wear the Hong Kong styles. Yes … of the clothes. 

 

E: And what is the Hong Kong style? 

S: I think maybe just like this. Yes, the Superdry’s hoodies, yes, and some comfortable shirts insides. 

 

E: Thank you very much. That’s the end of the test. 

General Descriptions:

FLUENCY AND COHERENCE

Repetition:9 times 

Self-correction: 4 times 

Discourse markers (19 times)

Yes: 13 times 

I think: 5 times 

Actually: 1 time 

Connectives (11 times)

Because: 6 times 

And: 3 times 

But: 1 time 

If: 1 time 

Average length of response

Total duration: 162.65s ÷ 8 responses = 20.33s/response 

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LEXICAL RESOURCE

Less common words: 2 less common words are identified.

luxury, self-esteem

Paraphrase: no paraphrase is coded.  

Idiomatic expressions: no idiomatic expression is identified. 

Collocations: no collocation is coded. 

Appropriacy of the words used: 12 inappropriate uses of words are coded. 

Inappropriate word choice: 5 times  
(So far so good → So so;  
higher stage of the societies → higher status in the society;  
one clothes → some clothes / one item of clothing;  
formal look → formal wear;  
career place → workplace)  

Inappropriate collocation: 3 times  
(quite not care the design → do not quite care about;  
put the judgement to → make the judgement on;  
to the employee → for the employee) 

Inappropriate word form: 3 times  
(the comfortable → the comfort;  
a good reputation and professional → professionalism;  
his professional → his profession) 

Inappropriate word order: 1 time  
(maybe more care about → maybe care more about) 

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GRAMMAR

Error (23 times) 

Redundant article: 3 time 

Singular/ plural noun forms: 8 times  
(Hongkonger actually quite not care → Hongkongers actually do not quite care;  
higher stage of the societies → higher stage of the society;  
other colleague … the other colleague → other colleagues … the other colleagues;  
good reputations → a good reputation;  
the suits → a suit;  
Hongkonger always wear → Hongkongers always wear;  
Hong Kong styles → Hong Kong style) 

Inappropriate verb form: 5 times  
(Hongkonger actually quite not → Hongkongers actually do not quite care;  
they think they buy → they think buying;  
I have a experience → I had an experience;  
buy the → I have bought the ;  
let the lawyer to build → let the lawyer build) 

Inappropriate article: 4 times  
(a experience → an experience;  
the higher self-esteem → a higher self-esteem;  
the lawyer → a lawyer;  
the suits → a suit) 

Inappropriate tense: 2 times  
(the quality is not too good → the quality was not too good;  
the employer set the rule → the employer sets the rule) 

Complex verb group 

Not coded 

Subordinate clause (10 times)

Adverbial clause: 7 times 

Noun clause: 3 times 

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PRONUNCIATION

Consonant error: 13 times

designthink, buy, not, colleague, suits, employer

Vowel error: 5 times

colleague, cheap, employer

Syllable stress error: 1 time

employer

Sentence stress error

not coded 

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