7.0-7.5 Speaker 1

Task 1

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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: Yeah, I'm a … currently a student at … at a university in Hong Kong and I study English there. 

E: I'm sorry? 

S: I study English there. 

  

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

S: I would … since my degree is actually a double degree, which includes an Education degree, I'll probably go into the education field and be a teacher at local schools and teach English. 

  

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

S: In my free time, I tend to watch movies to make myself feel more relaxed. And recently I have been watching a TV series called Bones, which is about forensic science and it has been quite entertaining for me and keeping me quite … entertaining during these difficult times. 

  

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

S: I like to spend most ... I prefer to spend most of my free time indoors, because I'm not really an outdoorsy person, I don't enjoy outdoor activities. However, I do enjoy indoor activities such asreading, as I mentioned, watching movies and TV series and that sort of thing. 

  

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

S: When I was a child, I read a lot more than I do now. I read a lot of … I used to read a lot of Andrew, Andrew Colvin’s books, which were quite suitable for my age. And also I sometimes watch some TVYouTube videos of the Disney movies and that sort of thing. 

  

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

S: For this weekend I ... if I’ve got free time, I would probably re-watch some of the TV series I watched, or maybe I'll pick up a new book and read it. I've got quite a few actually. I wanted … I just bought the book of The Hound of the Baskervilles for the Sherlock Holmes … from Sherlock Holmes series so that I would like to read that. 

  

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

S: Of course, I love traveling. I actually plan to travel last summer, but due to the COVID-19 situation, I couldn't travel, but if I was to travel, I would like to travel to London. 

  

E: Where the tourists who come to your country like to go? 

 S: Tourists who come to my country would like to go to a lot of shopping areas like, for example, Causeway Bay, which is more prominent shopping area and also Cen, Central because Central is one of the business hubs in Hong Kong and a lot of … there are also a lot of shopping malls and a lot of history to be discovered so, these two places would be where the tourists would like to go when they come to Hong Kong. 

  

E: Is traveling abroad popular in your country? 

S: Sure, traveling abroad is quite popular in Hong Kong because Hong Kong people are rather well-off so basically, they can afford to travel to other places. So … and also Hong Kong people led quite a high stress life, so if we've got a chance to travel, we usually tend to travel somewhere else. 

broad is quite popular in Hong Kong because Hong Kong people are rather well-off so basically, they can afford to travel to other places. So … and also Hong Kong people led quite a high stress life, so if we've got a chance to travel, we usually tend to travel somewhere else. 

General Descriptions:

FLUENCY AND COHERENCE

General description 

 

Repetition: 3 times 

 

Self-correction: 5 times 

 

Discourse markers (8 times) 

Actually: 3 times 

Just: 1 time  

Maybe: 1 time 

Of course: 1 time 

Sure: 1 time 

Yeah: 1 time 

 

Like: 1 time (Filler) 

 

Connectives (37 times) 

And: 15 times 

Also: 4 times 

Because: 3 times 

If: 3 times 

So: 3 times 

But: 2 times 

When: 2 times 

As: 1 time 

However: 1 time 

Or: 1 time 

Since: 1 time 

So that: 1 time 

 

Average length of response: 

Total duration: 170.18s ÷ 9 responses = 18.91s/response 

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LEXICAL RESOURCE

General description 

Less common words: 4 less common words/ expressions are identified (forensic science; outdoorsy; prominent; business hubs). 

Paraphrase: 3 paraphrases are coded.  

go into the education field → be a teacher at local schools → teach English 

not really an outdoorsy person → don’t enjoy outdoor activities 

Do you like to travel → I love travelling 

Idiomatic expressions: no idiomatic expression is identified. 

Collocations: no collocation is coded. 

Appropriacy of the words used: 1 inappropriate use of words is coded.  

Inappropriate word choice: 1 time  
(from Sherlock Holmes series so that I would like to read that → from Sherlock Holmes series so I would like to read that) 

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GRAMMAR

General Description 

Error (7 times) 

Inappropriate tense: 6 times  
(keeping me quite entertaining → keeping me quite entertained;  
When I was a child, I read (pronounced as present tense) a lot more than I do now → When I was a child, I read (pronounce as pass tense) a lot more than I do now;  
read (pronounced as present tense) a lot of → I read (pronounce as past tense) a lot of;  
I sometimes watch some TV → I sometimes watched some TV;  
if I’ve got … I would → if I’ve got … I will;  
Hong Kong people led quite a high stress life → Hong Kong people lead quite a high stress life) 

Inappropriate verb form: 1 time (if I was to travel, I would → if I were to travel, I would) 

Complex verb group (5 times) 

Present perfect: 3 times 

Emphatic ‘do’: 1 time 

Present perfect continuous: 1 time 

Subordinate clause (17 times) 

Adverbial clause: 10 times 

Relative clause: 6 times  

Noun clause: 1 time 

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PRONUNCIATION

General description 

 

Consonant error: 3 times (tourists; usually) 

 

Vowel error: not coded 

 

Syllable stress error: not coded 

 

Sentence stress error: not coded 

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