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E: Examiner

S: Student

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

S: Design clothes? 

E: Designer clothes. 

S: Designer clothes …  

E: So, clothes with famous brand names. Are they popular in your country? 

S: I think that it is now popular because some YouTuber, they have design the own branding in Hong Kong, so they would use the YouTube channel ... their YouTube channel to sell the clothing to us, so I think … also, I think that it is the business, so more people would want to earn the money so they may design some clothing that is ... they like, and also is suitable for most younger children or teenager. So, I think this is more popular in Hong Kong now. 

 

E: Why do you think people like to wear clothes with famous brands? 

S: I think that they want to ... it’s because that ... they think wear that clothes … that they can follow the, follow the trend. So, they would go to buy the clothes and wearing. 

 

E: Do you think sometimes people worry too much about following the trend? 

S: Oh, maybe this is common in teenager because they want to have more topic with friends. So when they see the friend buy those clothes, they would want to buy it. 

 

E: Let's turn now to the kind of clothes that people wear to work. Do you think that people make judgments about their colleagues, because of the clothes they wear to work? 

S: If … 

E: So, when someone goes to work, dressed in a particular kind of way, do you think their colleagues look at them and make judgments about them? 

S: If they work ... they wear too sexy, or they wear not formula, I think people will have some judgement because they think their wearing is not … respect in those situation. They are not wearing formula. So, I think some people will have judgement on their wearing. 

 

E: Should people be forced to wear certain clothes to work? Is it okay for their employer to tell them ‘you must dress in this particular way’? 

S: I think … some job need to wear in particular way such as lawyer or, some people is doing some business job, so they need to wear more formal than other job.  

 

E: Has the way that people dress for work changed in recent times, do you think?  

S: Change? 

E: Do people dress a little bit differently now when they go to work, compared to 10 years ago or 20 years ago? 

S: I think it is not much different. But I think nowaday that people wearing clothes ... it's not formula... not, not more formal than the people in the past. They would maybe focus more on its ... wearing feel comfortable to wear. 

 

E: Alright, thank you. That's the end of the test. 

General Descriptions:

FLUENCY AND COHERENCE

General description 

Repetition: 2 times 

Self-correction: 3 times 

Discourse markers (12 times) 

I think: 9 times 

Maybe: 2 times 

And also: 1 time 

Connectives (20 times) 

So: 8 times 

Because: 4 times 

Or: 3 times 

Also: 1 time 

And: 1 time 

But: 1 time 

If: 1 time 

When: 1 time 

Average length of response: 

Total duration: 185s ÷ 6 responses = 30.83s/response 

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LEXICAL RESOURCE

General Description 

Less common words: no less common word is identified. 

Paraphrase: 1 paraphrase is coded. 

Young children → teenager 

Idiomatic expressions: no idiomatic expression is identified. 

Collocations: no collocation is identified. 

Appropriacy of the words used: 25 inappropriate uses of words are coded. 

Inappropriate word choice: 13 times  
(own branding → own brands;  
wear too sexy → dress too sexily;  
they wear not → they dress not;  
have some judgement → make some judgements;  
their wearing → their clothing;  
they are not wearing → they are not dressing;  
have judgement → make judgement;  
on their wearing → on their clothing;  
wear in particular way → dress in a particular way;  
wear more formal → dress more formally;  
it is not much → there is not much;  
not more formal than → not as formal as;  
on … wearing → on … clothing) 

Inappropriate word form: 5 times  
(most youngest children → most young children;  
wear too sexy → dress too sexily;  
wear more formal → dress more formally;  
not much different → not much difference;  
nowaday that → nowadays that) 

Inappropriate collocations: 3 times  
(not respect in those situation → not respecting those situations;  
more formal than ^ other job → more formal than in other jobs;  
^ some job → for some jobs) 

Meaning unclear: 4 times (have more topic with friends; wear not formula; are not wearing formula; it’s not formula

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GRAMMAR

General Description 

Error (44 times) 

Singular/ plural noun/ pronoun form: 17 times  
(it is more popular → they are more popular;  
some YouTuber → some YouTubers;  
their YouTube channel → their YouTube channels;  
youngest children or teenager → young children or teenagers;  
this is more popular → they are more popular;  
that clothes → those clothes;  
common in teenager → common in teenagers;  
more topic → more topics;  
see the friend → see their friends;  
buy it → buy them;  
have judgement → have judgements;  
those situation → those situations;  
have judgement → have judgements;  
some job → some jobs;  
some business job → some business jobs;  
other job → other jobs;  
people … it’s not formula → people … they’re not formula) 

Inappropriate verb form: 6 times  
(they have design → they have designed;  
they think wear … clothes → they think wearing … clothes;  
and wearing → and wear;  
see the friends buy → see their friends buying;  
is not … respect → is not … respecting;  
people wearing clothes → people wear clothes) 

Subject verb-agreement: 4 times  
(it is more popular → they are more popular;  
this is more popular → they are more popular;  
some people is doing → some people are doing;  
people … it’s not formula → people … they’re not formula) 

Inappropriate article: 4 times  
(design the own → design their own;  
it is the business → it is their business;  
see the friend → see their friends;  
focus on its → focus on the) 

Missing subject: 2 times  
(and wearing^ → and wear them;  
on … ^feel comfortable → on … that they feel comfortable) 

Missing article: 1 time (in ^particular way → in a particular way) 

Missing subject: 1 time (some job ^need to → some jobs people need to) 

Missing relative pronoun: 1 time (on … ^feel comfortable → on … that they feel comfortable) 

Redundant determiner: 3 times 

Redundant subject: 2 times 

Redundant adjective: 1 time 

Redundant article: 1 time 

Redundant verb: 1 time 

Complex verb group 

Not coded 

Subordinate clause (10 times) 

Noun clause: 5 times 

Adverbial clause: 3 times 

Relative clause: 2 times 

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PRONUNCIATION

General description 

Consonant error: 60 times (design; clothesthink; branding; YouTube; clothing; business; suitable; youngesttrend; topic; friends; judgement; respect; different) 

Vowel error: 3 times (because; different; comfortable) 

Syllable stress error: 2 times (common; money

Sentence stress error: not coded 

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