Speaker 2: Task 2

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E: Examiner

S: Student

E: Now I'm going to give you a topic, and I'd like you to talk about it for one to two minutes.  

S: Okay. 

E: Before you talk, you'll have one minute to think about what you're going to say and you can make some notes if you wish. You understand? 

S: Mm. 

 

E: I'd like you to talk about the type of clothing you like to wear. So first of all, you have one minute to prepare. (After one-minute preparation) All right. Now remember, you've got one to two minutes for this so don't worry if I stop you, I'll tell you when the time is up. Can you start speaking now, please? 

S: To talk about my favourite types of the clothes, clothes, I would say maybe the smart casual or the formal look. And in the, in the smart casual aspect, my, my first priority is the polo shirts, because I think the polo shirt can make me look quite smart, but also not too smart. And, and mostly, I buy the polo shirts in the, in the shopping mall, yes, maybe the GAP or the Hollister. And in other aspects is the formal look. And I like the formal look in the career place, yes, because I think the formal look can help me to build the great repetitions with my friends and, and yes ... with my friends and the jobs buddies and also my buy … I buy the former look also in the, in the shopping mall, for example, just like a G2000s, is the Hong Kong local brand and at the G2000 is established by the Hong Kong political people. It's Mr. Tin, Mr Tin. Yes, and about the formal look, I prefer wear the suits and a bowl tie … and the red bow tie. You know, the red bow tie can let other people to get my passions in a … in the career place and in the job place. Yes, that's all. 

 

E: Alright, thank you. 

General Descriptions:

FLUENCY AND COHERENCE

Repetition:8 times 

Self-correction: 2 times 

Discourse markers (9 times)

Yes: 5 times 

I think: 2 times 

Another aspect: 1 time 

That’s all: 1 time 

Connectives (9 times) 

And: 7 times 

Because: 2 times 

Speech rate

217 words ÷ 112.63s = 1.93 words/second 

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LEXICAL RESOURCE

Less common words: no less common word is identified. 

Paraphrase: no paraphrase is coded.  

Idiomatic expressions: no idiomatic expression is identified.  

Collocations: no collocation is coded. 

Appropriacy of the words used: 7 inappropriate uses of words are coded. 

Inappropriate word choice: 5 times  
(formal look → formal wear;  
career place → workplace;  
great reputations with → great impression on;  
job place → workplace)  

Inappropriate collocation: 1 time (build … with → make … on) 

Unclear meaning: 1 time (get my passions)

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GRAMMAR

Error (17 times) 

Redundant article: 3 time 

Inappropriate article: 7 times  
(priority is the polo shirt → priority is a polo shirt;  
I think the polo shirt → I think a polo shirts;  
the great reputations → a great reputation;  
the Hong Kong local brand → a Hong Kong local brand;  
the Hong Kong political people → a Hong Kong political person;  
wear the suits → wear a suit;  
and the red bow tie → and a red bow tie) 

Singular/ plural noun form: 4 times  
(another aspects → another aspect;  
the great reputations → a great reputation;  
the Hong Kong political people → a Hong Kong political person;  
wear the suits → wear a suit) 

Inappropriate verb form: 2 times  
(prefer ^ wear → prefer to wear;  
can let other people to get → can let other people get) 

Inappropriate tense: 1 time (G2000 is established by → G2000 was established by) 

Complex verb group 

Not coded 

Subordinate clause (4 times) 

Adverbial clause: 2 times 

Noun clause: 2 times 

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PRONUNCIATION

Consonant error: 6 times

priority, mall, politicalsuits, bow

Vowel error: 8 times

shirt, career, reputations, established

Syllable stress error

not coded 

Sentence stress error

not coded 

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