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The students discuss a problem and two possible solutions. Briefly summarize the problem. Then state which of the two solutions you prefer and explain why.
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This speaking topic by users
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-03 | chandr | 63.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-08-07 | dshah6611 | 78.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-06-27 | Elena Cristina | 83.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-07-20 | Elena Cristina | 71.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-09-26 | chandr | 73.00 | Check this speaking |
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Speakings by user Elena Cristina
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- Briefly summarize the problem the professors are discussing. Then state which of the two solutions from the conversation you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation. 60
- Some people have one career throughout their lives. Other people do different kinds of work at different points in their lives. Which do you think is better? Explain why. 66
- Using the examples of the eel and the angler fish, explain two types of adaptations that help animals survive in the deepest parts of the ocean. 90
- When a brand new device of modern technology (for example, a cell phone or a computer) comes out, should you buy it immediately or should you wait before you buy it? Give some reasons to support your opinion. 80
- Explain how the example of the television advertisement for pots and pans from the lecture illustrates the technique of refute-and-persuade. 81
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 603.0 599.738853503 101% => OK
No of words: 158.0 158.596602972 100% => More words wanted. You may: choose simpler words or speak faster or remove hesitations or remove long pauses, and fully use the time, do NOT save one or two seconds.
Chars per words: 3.8164556962 3.77925476217 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.54539209256 3.54123138178 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.83785306638 1.79916674678 102% => OK
Unique words: 113.0 95.8789808917 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.715189873418 0.607024082132 118% => OK
Syllable count: 189.9 189.005732484 100% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.19129511677 101% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0979712155367 0.0831539838537 118% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 6.0 4.29936305732 140% => OK
Average paragraph length: 26.3333333333 70.8089261375 37% => The average paragraph length is low.
STD paragraph length: 13.2497379429 23.6022091992 56% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 9.73833333333 25.9380837976 38% => The speaking content is not well organized.
STD paragraph duration: 5.02687582456 8.54438981162 59% => OK
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 36.0 40.7070063694 88% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 4.38888888889 4.24305496596 103% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 2.98401088933 3.29867071766 90% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.53777777778 1.4825078846 104% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.947192081632 1.02222390891 93% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 35.0 38.0 92% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 5.01 7.14643312102 70% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.143142857143 0.189447223375 76% => Maybe the speech rate is too fast.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.129830030173 0.156783300276 83% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 48.94 46.7170700637 105% => OK
Average word duration: 0.309746835443 0.297490414073 104% => OK
STD word duration: 0.161307746473 0.186336302485 87% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 8.0 7.29723991507 110% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 5.81 5.7916985138 100% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 2.46 3.38276008493 73% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 58.43 59.3491295117 98% => OK
Compare to expected duration: 0.973833333333 0.989152158528 98% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.599007359233 0.642608181899 93% => OK
Rate of speech: 2.70409036454 2.6701766005 101% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.93393804552 1.61481078811 120% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.30894973437 2.05366198651 112% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.266057816456 0.327712499341 81% => OK
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.