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E: Examiner

S: Student

E: Alright. I'd like to ask you some questions about yourself now. Let's talk about what you do. Do you work or are you a student? 

S: Excuse me? 

E: Do you work or are you a student? 

S: OK. I'm a student and I'm studying at the Education University of Hong Kong and majoring in Chinese Language Education and second major in Physical Education. 

 

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

S: I'm, I'm dreaming of being a teacher since I was Form Four and I hope I can become a Chinese Language teacher and also a Physical Education teacher. 

 

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

S: Because my hobbies is not too much … and I like to watch some videos about some Korean idols’ boy groups. 

 

E: Why? 

S: I hate Korean boys’ groups when I was a secondary stu, students, because I cannot realize their … what is so attractive about them. And but when I was a university students and I watch a Korean movie called Hulu, then I think that one of the boys is so attractive and I start concerning about the boys' group and I watch some var ... variety shows called ‘Weekly Idol’ and I found that they are so funny and so attractive. And therefore, I love them and I start watch their V-Live and different variety shows and their MV and I think that they are so attractive.  

 

E: Do you prefer to spend most of your free time indoors or outdoors? 

S: Excuse me? In ... 

E: Do you prefer to spend most of your free time indoors or outdoors? 

S: Ah, indoors and outdoors. I prefer spending my time indoors rather than outdoors. It is because I hate the sun. And I think the sunlight may make me become more black and because us ... many peoples always laugh at me and said that I'm so black and I hate that. So I prefer indoors activities more … rather than outdoor activities because of the sunlight. 

General Descriptions:

FLUENCY AND COHERENCE

General description 

Repetition: 6 times 

Self-correction: 2 times 

Discourse markers (11 times) 

I think: 6 times 

Like: 2 times 

Actually: 1 time 

OK: 1 time (Filler) 

Connectives (51 times) 

And: 32 times 

Because: 5 times 

When: 4 times 

Also: 2 times 

But: 2 times 

So: 2 times 

Because of: 1 time 

Since: 1 time 

Then: 1 time 

Therefore: 1 time 

Average length of response: 

Total duration: 211.21s ÷ 7 responses = 30.17s/response 

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LEXICAL RESOURCE

General Description 

Less common words: no less common word is identified. 

Paraphrase: 1 paraphrase is coded. 

Do you like to travel → I love [to] travel 

Idiomatic expressions: no idiomatic expression is identified. 

Collocations: no collocation is identified. 

Appropriacy of the words used: 12 inappropriate uses of words are coded. 

Inappropriate word choice: 9 times  
(my hobbies … too much → my hobbies … too few;  
I cannot realize → I cannot understand;  
I start concerning about → I start following;  
more black → more tanned;  
I’m so black → I’m so tanned;  
as other people → as much as other people;  
but I also love → but I still love;  
watch different things → see different things;  
very amazed about → really amazed about) 

Inappropriate collocation: 1 time  
(I'm so admire their culture ^ → I admire their culture so much) 

Inappropriate word form: 1 time (the cultural of Japan → the culture of Japan) 

Meaning unclear: 1 time (Temple street is last for very, very night) 

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GRAMMAR

General Description 

Error (30 times) 

Inappropriate tense: 12 times  
(I’m dreaming → I have been dreaming;  
hate … when I was … because I cannot … what is so → I hated … when I was … because I could not … what was so;  
when I was … I watch → when I was … I watched;  
think one of the boys is … I start … and I watch → I thought one of the boys was … I started … and I watched;  
I found that they are → I found that they were;  
and I start → and I started;  
many people laugh … and said → many people laugh … and say) 

Singular/ plural noun/ pronoun form: 7 times  
(when I was a secondary students → when I was a secondary student;  
when I was a university students → when I was a university student;  
many peoples always laugh → many people always laugh;  
as other peoples → as other people;  
when tourist … they → when tourists … they;  
some market → some markets;  
things … that is → things … those are) 

Inappropriate verb form: 6 times  
(I start ^watch → I started to watch;  
I’m not love ^ travel → I don’t love travelling / to travel;  
I also love ^travel → I also love travelling / to travel;  
I love ^travel → I love travelling / to travel;  
Temple Street is last → Temple Street lasts) 

Subject-verb agreement: 3 times  
(my hobbies is → my hobbies are;  
when tourist comes … they → when tourists come … they;  
things … is very cheap → things … are very cheap) 

Missing verb: 1 time (I … as other people ^ → I … as [much as] other people do) 

Redundant verb: 1 time 

Complex verb group (2 times) 

Present continuous 

Subordinate clause (23 times) 

Adverbial clause: 11 times 

Noun clause: 10 times 

Relative clause: 2 times 

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PRONUNCIATION

General description 

Consonant error: 23 times (to; videos; movie; thinkthem; V-Live; MVthat; make

Vowel error: 3 times (concerning; as; admire) 

Syllable stress error: 3 times (actually; money; harbour

Sentence stress error: 10 times 

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