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E: Examiner

S: Student

E: I'm going to ask you some questions about yourself. First of all, let's talk about what you do. Are you a student? 

S: Yes, I'm a year-3 student who major in Social Science. 

 

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

S: I want to be a teacher. But ... however my degree can, cannot give me the certification of being a teacher. So maybe I’ll ... going to study a master or a PDGE in my further ... in my further study. 

 

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

S: I love outdoor activities like hiking and swimming, so you can see that I have a tanned skin and I'm quite a muscular girl. 

 

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

S: Child … I always go swimming and hiking with my daddy and mommy because they are ... they love outdoor activities too. 

 

E: Why? 

S: Because outdoor activities ... we can have some quality time together and it is more, more ... more interesting. 

 

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

S: In this weekend is the new year eve. So, we are having a party together with my family and friends. We cooked a lot of food and we will have a … exchange gift, like the Boxing Day. 

 

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

S: I like to travel because I think going to different countries can … can see a different view and to learn their culture. But, however in the COVID-19, we can’t go to other countries travel, but I would go to other places in Hong Kong to ... like the Tai O or the other village to see their … to see the beautiful view. 

 

E: When tourists come to Hong Kong, where do they like to go? 

S: In the past few years, they may go to Ocean Park or the Tsim Sha Tsui but I don't recommend them to go to this tourist spot because I think it’s too many tourist and, and I would rather recommend them to go to some … like Tai O or some small village, because there are more culture activities. For example, you can talk to the people who live in there, and you can buy some souvenirs and in Tai O you can buy some fish products, which is very fresh. 

 

E: Is traveling abroad popular in Hong Kong? 

S: I think it is not popular in the past few years, because many people are very busy and if they have the chance to travel or they have the holiday, they would rather go to other countries like in Thailand or Japan. But, however, in this year, you know, we can’t go to travel so they may choose to camping or hiking in Hong Kong. 

 

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

S: I would like to go to Europe in my … unfortunately, I've got the exchange opportunities. I choose to go to Sweden but, however, it is cancelled. So I really want to go to Sweden in my future because Sweden is a very cold country and I never saw snow before … snowing before and I would like to see the, the, the beautiful view of Sweden. 

General Descriptions:

FLUENCY AND COHERENCE

General description 

Repetition: 6 times 

Self-correction: 4 times 

Discourse markers (8 times) 

Like: 3 times 

I think: 3 times 

Maybe: 1 time 

Yes: 1 time 

You know: 1 time (Filler) 

Connectives (38 times) 

And: 14 times 

Because: 7 times 

But: 5 times 

Or: 5 times 

So: 5 times 

However: 1 time 

If: 1 time 

Average length of response: 

Total duration: 211.23s ÷ 10 responses = 21.12s/response 

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LEXICAL RESOURCE

General Description 

Less common words: 2 less common words are identified (souvenirs; muscular). 

Paraphrase: no paraphrase is coded. 

Idiomatic expressions: no idiomatic expression is identified. 

Collocations: 1 collocation is identified (quality time). 

Appropriacy of the words used: 10 inappropriate uses of words are coded. 

Inappropriate word choice: 2 times  
(study a master → study a master’s;  
see … snowing before → see … snow before) 

Inappropriate collocations: 1 time (in the COVID-19 → during the COVID-19) 

Inappropriate word form: 1 time (culture activities → cultural activities) 

Redundant adverb: 3 times 

Redundant preposition: 3 times 

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GRAMMAR

General Description 

Error (33 times) 

Inappropriate tense: 10 times  

(I always go → I always went;  
because they are … they love → because they were … they loved;  
we can have → we could have;  
we cooked → we will cook;  
they may go → they might go;  
many people are → many people were;  
if they have … or they have → if they had … or they had;  
it is cancelled → it was cancelled) 

Inappropriate verb form: 7 times  

(student who major in → student who is majoring in;  
I’ll … going to → I’ll … go to;  
can see … and to learn → can see … and learn;  
we can’t go to other countries ^travel → we can’t go to other countries to travel;  
I’ve got … I choose → I got … I had chosen;  
I never saw snow before → I have never seen) 

Singular/ plural noun/ pronoun form: 7 times  

(exchange gift → exchange gifts;  
other village → other villages;  
go to this tourist spot → go to these tourist spots;  
too many tourist → too many tourists;  
some small village → some small villages;  
the exchange opportunities → the exchange opportunity) 

Subject-verb agreement: 2 times  
(it’s too many tourists → there are too many tourists;  
some fish product, which is very fresh → some fish product, which are very fresh) 

Inappropriate article: 1 time (they have the holiday → they have a holiday) 

Inappropriate pronoun: 1 time (it’s too many tourists → there are too many tourists) 

Missing subject: 1 time (going to different countries … ^can see → going to different countries … I / we can see) 

Missing verb: 1 time (choose to ^camping → choose to go camping) 

Redundant article: 3 times 

Complex verb group (1 time) 

Present continuous: 1 time 

Subordinate clause (15 times) 

Adverbial clause: 8 times 

Noun clause: 4 times 

Relative clause: 3 times 

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PRONUNCIATION

General description 

Consonant error: 5 times (three; tanned; interesting; weekend; think

Vowel error: 1 time (Europe) 

Syllable stress error: 1 time (COVID

Sentence stress error: not coded 

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