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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. Are you a student? 

S: Yes, I'm a student right now. I'm a Year-4 student and I study in the Education University of Hong Kong, majoring Visual Art. 

 

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

S: I prefer working in the art district, maybe working in a gallery or a museum because I love the art administration and the management. 

 

E: Why? 

S: Why? because I love artand so I would like to live in the environment. 

 

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

S: When I was in ... when I'm in home, I prefer to watching drama, like doing something like drama marathon, because ... maybe some Korean drama and Japanese dramas as well. I love them all. 

 

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

S: I prefer indoors because I'm kinda person, like, stay in my home and also like, during this outbreak of COVID-19, I prefer stay in home. 

 

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

S: Maybe play, playing video games and, for example, like computer games, online games, I love them. And maybe drawing as well because, as I tell you before, I'm a Art student right now. So when I was young, I like drawing as well. 

 

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

S: This weekend ... actually I didn't plan it but I think that I will watch drama as well. 

 

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

S: Yes, I love a lot. I love to meeting the new culture and meets new friends. 

 

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

S: I think … because Hong Kong has a lots of exotic culture, I think people would like to go to the temple because it is kind of brand-new things for the Western people. So I think they would like to go to the temple. 

 

E: Is traveling abroad popular in your country? 

S: Yes, I think it is very popular because like … Hong Kong is a very small places so people like to go to explore different culture and go other things to like … have more adventure. Yes. 

 

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

S: I would say Taiwan, because I have go ... I have traveled in a lot of paces … places like New Zealand, Australia and Canada, but I didn't go to Taiwan before and this country very … near to my country, so I would like to go there as well because I'm a foodie as well. I would like to go there to try more new food. Yes. 

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

General description 

 

Repetition: 1 time  

 

Self-correction: 4 times  

 

Discourse markers (26 times)  

As well: 6 times 

I think: 5 times 

Yes: 5 times 

Maybe: 4 times 

Like: 2 times 

And also: 1 time 

Kinda: 1 time 

Kind of: 1 time 

I would say: 1 time 

 

Like: 2 times (Fillers) 

 

Connectives (24 times)  

Because: 10 times 

So: 5 times 

And: 3 times 

When: 3 times 

But: 2 times 

As: 1 time 

 

Average length of response:  

Total duration: 142.47s ÷ 11 responses = 12.95s/response 

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LEXICAL RESOURCE

General description 

 

Less common words: 3 less common words are identified (exotic; brand-new; foodie). 

 

Paraphrase: 1 paraphrase is coded.  

Do you like to travel →  I love a lot  

 

Idiomatic expressions: no idiomatic expression is identified. 

 

Collocations: 1 collocation is coded (drama marathon).  

 

Appropriacy of the words used: 8 inappropriate uses of words are coded.  

Inappropriate collocations: 4 times  
(majoring ^ Visual Art →  majoring in Visual Arts;  
I’m in home →  I’m at home;  
stay in my home →  stay at home / stay home;  
stay in home →  stay at home / stay home) 

Inappropriate word choice: 2 times  
(art district →  art industry;  
very near to →  very close to / very near) 

Meaning unclear: 2 times  
(meet the new culture →  explore the new culture; 
go other things →  do other things) 

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GRAMMAR

General Description 

 

Error (25 times) 

Singular/ plural noun form: 6 times  
(Visual Art →  Visual Arts;  
Korean drama and Japanese dramas →  Korean dramas and Japanese dramas;  
lots of exotic culture →  a lot of exotic culture;  
it is kind of brand-new things →  it is kind of brand-new thing;  
is a very small places →  is a very small place;  
different culture →  different cultures;  
more adventure →  more adventures) 

Inappropriate verb form: 5 times  
(I prefer to watching →  I prefer to watch;  
person like stay →  person like staying / to stay;  
I prefer stay →  I prefer staying / to stay;  
love to meeting … and meets →  love to meet … and meet) 

Inappropriate verb tense: 4 times  
(When I was in →  When I am in;  
love them →  I loved them;  
as I tell you before →  as I told you before;  
when I was young, I love drawing →  when I was young, I loved drawing) 

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

Missing article: 2 times  
(I’m ^kinda person →  I’m the kinda person;  
it is kind of ^brand-new thing →  it is kind of a brand-new thing) 

Missing verb: 1 time (the country ^very … near →  the country is very … near) 

Missing relative pronoun: 1 time  
(I’m kinda person ^like stay →  I’m the kinda person who like staying / to stay) 

Missing object: 1 time (I love^ a lot →  I love it a lot) 

Redundant article: 2 times 

Redundant pronoun: 1 time 

 

Complex verb group (1 time) 

Present perfect 

 

Subordinate clause (17 times) 

Adverbial clause: 13 times 

Noun clause: 3 times 

Relative clause: 1 time 

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PRONUNCIATION

General description

Consonant error: 3 times (exotic, prefer)

Vowel error: 2 time (travelled, this)

Syllable stress error: 1 time (adventure)

Sentence stress error: not coded

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