8.0-8.5 Speaker 1

Task 2

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E: Examiner

S: Student

E: Alright. Now I'm going to give you a topic. And I'd like you to talk about it for one to two minutes. 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? 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: The type of clothing that I like to wear … I like to wear just T-shirt and jeans, just because it makes me feel comfortable. It's … there's a lot of variety in T-shirt and jeans, I mean, you can pair with any T-shirt and any pair of jeans and you can wear in the summer or in the winter and it's not too overwhelmingly warm or it doesn't overheat you, unlike some … maybe heat-tech or some kind of sweatpants that may be too warm, and it also just fits around your torso ... your body really comfortably. I normally like to buy my clothing ... I like to try it in the store first and then I like to buy it online. It's kind of a trick that I like to do because normally II feel really pressured to buy stuff in store because the sales are kind of … in Hong Kong, especially, they're like ... they angle you from a distance, and they’re like, ‘oh you must buy this or you must try this’ or ‘what do you want?. And I'm just like ... I just kind of wanna try stuff by myself and I just like to, you know, explore the options that they have to offer. And so I buy them online. And there's a lot of discounts co, codes online. And yeahI own quite a few pair of jeans and for a girl, it's pretty comfortable and it's … you can match it with any type of shoes and outerwear. And like I'm wearing ... I'm actually wearing jeans and a T-shirt today. Obviously, you can't see it because it's under a lot of layers. But yeah, those are the type of clothes that I like to wear. 

 

E: Alright, thanks. 

General Descriptions:

FLUENCY AND COHERENCE

General Description 

 

Repetition: 3 times 

 

Self-correction: 6 times 

 

Discourse markers (10 times) 

Just: 5 times 

And then: 1 time 

I mean: 1 time 

Kind of: 1 time 

Maybe: 1 time 

Obviously: 1 time 

 

Like: 4 times (Fillers) 

Yeah: 2 times (Fillers) 

Kind of: 1 time (Fillers) 

You know: 1 time (Fillers) 

Connectives (28 times) 

And: 17 times 

Or: 5 times 

Because: 4 times 

But: 1 time 

So: 1 time 

 

Total number of words: 297 words 

Speech rate: 297 words ÷ 106.28s = 2.79 words/second 

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LEXICAL RESOURCE

General Description 

Less common words: less common words are identified (overwhelmingly; torso). 

Paraphrase: 1 paraphrase is coded. 

Not too overwhelmingly warm → doesn’t overheat you 

Idiomatic expressions: no idiomatic expressions are identified. 

Collocations: collocation is identified (explore the options). 

Appropriacy of the words used: 3 inappropriate uses of words are coded. 

Inappropriate word form: 1 time (they have to offer → they have offered / they offer) 

Inappropriate word choice: 1 time (the sales are → the salespeople are) 

Meaning unclear: 1 time (they angle you)

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GRAMMAR

General Description 

Error (13 times) 

Singular/ plural noun/ pronoun form: 8 times  
(wear just T-shirt and jeans … → wear just T-shirts and jeans;  
a lot of variety in T-shirt and jeans → a lot of variety in T-shirts and jeans;  
buy stuff in store → buy stuff in stores;  
a lot of discounts codes → a lot of discount codes;  
a few pair of jeans … it → a few pair of jeans … they;  
you can match it → you can match them;  
you can’t see it because it’s → you can’t see them because they) 

Subject-verb agreement: 2 times  
(for a girl … is → for a girl … are;  
because … is → because … are) 

Missing object: 1 time (you can wear^ → you can wear them) 

Redundant article: 2 times 

Complex verb group (1 time) 

Present continuous 

Subordinate clause (9 times) 

Relative clause: 5 times  

Adverbial clause: 4 times 

Noun clause: 0 times 

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PRONUNCIATION

General Description 

 

Consonant error: 1 time (overwhelmingly) 

 

Vowel error: 1 time (overwhelmingly) 

 

Syllable stress error: not coded 

 

Sentence stress error: not coded 

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