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 as, reading, 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 TV, YouTube 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 a 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;  
I 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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