{"id":640,"date":"2021-05-11T10:48:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T02:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/?page_id=640"},"modified":"2021-07-27T14:54:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T06:54:46","slug":"part_1_5-copy-copy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/?page_id=640","title":{"rendered":"Speaker 13 MP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tBand 5.0 &#8211; 5.5\n\t<\/h1>\n<h2>\n\t\tSpeaker 3:\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1020\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/38FDYfyPLOM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\n<h2>\n\t\tGeneral Comments:\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<nav>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-index=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">FLUENCY AND COHERENCE \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-index=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">LEXICAL RESOURCE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-index=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">GRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-index=\"3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">PRONUNCIATION \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFLUENCY AND COHERENCE \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are occasions when the candidate finds it difficult to respond or extend a response, but most questions are answered satisfactorily. There are some significant pauses in Parts 2 and 3, and while the rate of speech is generally appropriate, there are patches\u00a0of\u00a0speech\u00a0(again,\u00a0particularly in Parts 2 and 3)\u00a0when the candidate slows down appreciably.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A range of connectors is employed\u00a0though an over-reliance on the discourse marker,\u00a0<i>I think (x 24),\u00a0<\/i>is noticeable.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLEXICAL RESOURCE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The range of vocabulary presented allows the candidate to answer most questions but not always to extend the initial response. There is little evidence of an ability to collocate or paraphrase and the candidate\u00a0does not\u00a0use\u00a0any\u00a0less common words.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some errors may lead to confusion, particularly,\u00a0<i>my mother and father would not\u00a0<\/i><i>distract<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>me\u00a0<\/i>(in Part 1),<i>\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0the\u00a0repeated\u00a0use of\u00a0<i>formula (<\/i>instead of\u00a0<i>formally)<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>in Part 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>A range of complex structures is used, although the majority of these are noun clauses that follow the frequently used\u00a0<i>I think.\u00a0<\/i>Nonetheless, examples of all three types of subordinate clause are\u00a0provided.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The candidate is comfortable using the present simple tense and some future tense structures &#8211; past tenses forms are, however,\u00a0hardly ever\u00a0attempted\u00a0and the present tense is\u00a0often\u00a0incorrectly employed to refer to past actions (e.g.\u00a0<i>&#8230; I remember that I like\u00a0<\/i>[liked]<i>\u00a0playing &#8230;)<\/i><i>.\u00a0<\/i>Continuous tenses are attempted but this sometimes leads to error (<i>I&#8217;m wear; when we shopping).<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other error types include subject\/verb agreement\u00a0(e.g.\u00a0<i>some people is doing);\u00a0<\/i>singular plural forms (e.g.\u00a0<i>that clothes &#8211; other job);\u00a0<\/i>and article problems &#8211; with missing articles especially noticeable (e.g.\u00a0<i>I&#8217;m student; I&#8217;m child; go to park).<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Overall, while the meaning is generally reasonably\u00a0clear, errors are dense and this does have\u00a0some\u00a0impact on the ease with which the message can be followed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPRONUNCIATION \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The omission of consonants is a problem &#8211; final consonants (<i>student, outside,<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>T<\/i><i>-shirt)<\/i><i>;\u00a0<\/i>but also the omission of\u00a0<i>r<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>in consonant clusters<i>\u00a0<\/i>(<i>free, prefer, friend);\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0similarly\u00a0<i>l (place, clothes).\u00a0<\/i>There are also problems with<i>\u00a0<\/i><i>th<\/i><i>\u00a0(<\/i>rendered as\u00a0<i>f\u00a0<\/i>in, for example,\u00a0<i>think, clothes).\u00a0<\/i>However, while these phonetic issues are<i>\u00a0<\/i>frequent, they do not normally\u00a0lead to\u00a0a breakdown in meaning.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Intonation is sometimes used effectively but is not sustained. Sentence stress is also employed but sometimes results in an exaggerated lengthening of single syllable words or the final syllable of multi-syllable words. Some chunking is produced but hesitations and slow speech reduce the effectiveness of this and other\u00a0pronunciation\u00a0features\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/content -->\n\t<!-- \/tabs -->\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\tAnnotation\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<ul><li>Marked transcripts based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ielts.org\/-\/media\/pdfs\/speaking-band-descriptors.ashx?la=en\">official marking criteria<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/175.159.245.171\/?page_id=646\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTask 1\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/175.159.245.171\/?page_id=672\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTask 2\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/175.159.245.171\/?page_id=676\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTask 3\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Band 5.0 &#8211; 5.5 Speaker 3: General Comments: FLUENCY AND COHERENCE LEXICAL RESOURCE GRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY PRONUNCIATION FLUENCY AND COHERENCE There are occasions when the candidate finds it difficult to respond or extend a response, but most questions are answered satisfactorily. There are some significant pauses in Parts 2 and 3, and while the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/?page_id=640\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speaker 13 MP<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-640","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1369,"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/640\/revisions\/1369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}