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my personal grade: 3
Not enough vocabulary. Not clearly explaining why I love studying there. |
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:34 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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#2
my personal grade: 4
another "ready" answer, since I faced it before.
I think it is ok |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:35 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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listen to the problems I faced.
#3
my personal grade: 3
I ran out of time, but I think I covered all the points. |
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:39 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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#4
my personal grade: 3,5
not so bad, even if I could have missed some information |
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:53 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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#5
my personal grade: 3,5
Good content, don't know about fluency and pronounciation to receive a 4. |
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:56 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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#6
my personal grade: 2,5
I was unsure if I would give myself a 2,5 or a 3. There is some good information, but definitely I have low skills in summarizing something in English. |
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| #9 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 15:29 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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| m@zzi wrote: |
#1
my personal grade: 3
Not enough vocabulary. Not clearly explaining why I love studying there. |
I would agree with this assessment. You said it was large and quiet, but then said you won't see your friends and be bothered by them, which doesn't really follow. I did think your delivery deserved a 4 - only topic development was weaker |
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| #10 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 15:32 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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| m@zzi wrote: |
#2
my personal grade: 4
another "ready" answer, since I faced it before.
I think it is ok |
I agree with you - topic development and language use were good, the only fault would be the delivery, but I guess I would consider them "minor lapses", which are still ok for a 4. |
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| #11 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 15:45 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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| m@zzi wrote: |
listen to the problems I faced.
#3
my personal grade: 3
I ran out of time, but I think I covered all the points. |
Ha, when I first started listening to your response, I thought the question was "imagine you are taking a test and the recording device does not work - explain to the teacher the problems you had and ask to redo the test"
The listening passage used a lot of idioms - were you able to understand all of them? I think you should start off by saying that the new rules are tougher, with shorter check-out times, fewer allowed books, and higher fines {you said fees, but a penalty charge is called a fine} I also think you need to stress that the woman thinks the tougher rules will reduce the number of books needlessly checked out and so increase the availability of books in the library. You sort of addressed this point, but not really directly. I would say you are right in giving this a 3. |
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| #12 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 15:51 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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| m@zzi wrote: |
#4
my personal grade: 3,5
not so bad, even if I could have missed some information |
I think they may give this one a 4 - the only bad point was the large pause towards the beginning. Your content was very good though. I was surprised he kept saying "web two". I would always say "web two point oh", but your "web two point zero" is fine too. He sounded Australian to me - do you find some accents easier to understand that others? |
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| #13 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 15:55 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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| m@zzi wrote: |
#5
my personal grade: 3,5
Good content, don't know about fluency and pronounciation to receive a 4. |
I would give this a 4, I thought your fluency was fine and I didn't have any problems understanding any words. |
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| #14 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 16:03 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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| m@zzi wrote: |
#6
my personal grade: 2,5
I was unsure if I would give myself a 2,5 or a 3. There is some good information, but definitely I have low skills in summarizing something in English. |
I think I would give you a 3 - the information you present is good and well organized, you just missed some points - most importantly that the hands can do both delicate tasks as well as ones depending on strength. Also, we can feel textures and blind people actually "see" with their hands. Also, the term is "opposable" thumb, not "opposite", but the only time in English we ever use this word is when talking about thumbs, so I bet you have probably never heard it. So when you listen to this, do you write down the main points in Italian and translate as you are speaking? Just wondering. |
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| #15 (permalink) Fri Feb 10, 2012 17:24 pm Speaking Practice test #2 |
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Hey Luschen, your feedbacks really boost my confidence - I don't know if you are aware of this since you know I'm going to have my test tomorrow -.
Anyway,
#4 yes, the guy is Australian, but I cannot distinguish his different accent from an American speaker, to be honest.
#6 No I take notes in English, but I never heard of "opposable", so while listening and taking notes, probably I jotted down "opposite" since it is the only word I know.
According to your grades, I would receive a 27. This would be AMAZING!!!
Thank you so much Luschen |
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