Listening Script
Narrator
Listen to a conversation between a student and her geology professor.
Man
Mary, I'm so glad I ran into you.
Woman
Oh hello, Professor Jensen.
Man
Listen, I know it's short notice . . . and maybe you've already made plans for spring break . . . but... one of my students just dropped out of the field trip to the Smithson River Caves. You're next on the waiting list, so now there's room for you to come along.
Woman
You're kidding! [disappointed I didn't think there was a chance ... and ... well, it's a three-day trip, right? I agreed to spend next week helping Professor Clark set up the new museum exhibition. I think she's really counting on me.
Man
Yeah, three days. But you know... if you'd rather come on the field trip, why not speak with her and see if she has anyone to replace you?
Woman
Yeah, I'd hate to miss out on the caves. I'll definitely ask Professor Clark if there\'s someone else who could help her.
Man
You know... we don't leave until Wednesday. If you still have to help out, any chance you could get the museum setup done before then?
Woman
Oh yeah.. not until Wednesday... so then yeah ... maybe that's possible too.
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-22 | alta | 50.00 | Check this speaking |
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 438.0 599.738853503 73% => Need more words or more difficult words.
No of words: 123.0 158.596602972 78% => 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: 3.56097560976 3.77925476217 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.33024571262 3.54123138178 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.86602634835 1.79916674678 104% => OK
Unique words: 73.0 95.8789808917 76% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.593495934959 0.607024082132 98% => OK
Syllable count: 143.1 189.005732484 76% => The syllable count is low.
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.19129511677 101% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0813008130081 0.0831539838537 98% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 8.0 4.29936305732 186% => OK
Average paragraph length: 15.5 70.8089261375 22% => The average paragraph length is low.
STD paragraph length: 14.7139389696 23.6022091992 62% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 6.51625 25.9380837976 25% => The speaking content is not well organized.
STD paragraph duration: 6.18572739761 8.54438981162 72% => OK
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 46.0 40.7070063694 113% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 2.67391304348 4.24305496596 63% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 1.93429402722 3.29867071766 59% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.05239130435 1.4825078846 71% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.641530726441 1.02222390891 63% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 48.0 38.0 126% => It means the content is not pronounced smoothly or it is pronounced slowly. It is word by word.
Total acoustic silence duration: 6.95 7.14643312102 97% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.144791666667 0.189447223375 76% => Maybe the speech rate is too fast.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.149735733646 0.156783300276 96% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 40.43 46.7170700637 87% => Need to talk more.
Average word duration: 0.328699186992 0.297490414073 110% => OK
STD word duration: 0.170856090967 0.186336302485 92% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 12.0 7.29723991507 164% => It may have 'ehn' in the speaking, or it has hesitations or overlapping speeches.
Total_disfluencies_duration: 8.15 5.7916985138 141% => Somehow the hesitation is serious.
Total acoustic noise duration: 2.95 3.38276008493 87% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 52.13 59.3491295117 88% => Talk more. Do not save time. People can talk 4-5 words in one second.
Compare to expected duration: 0.868833333333 0.989152158528 88% => Some seconds left. Need to talk more.
Rate of silence: 0.920774985613 0.642608181899 143% => Less acoustic silences wanted.
Rate of speech: 2.35948590063 2.6701766005 88% => Need to bring more content.
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.40034529062 1.61481078811 87% => More unique words wanted.
Rate of word duration by unique words: 1.80558990848 2.05366198651 88% => Need more unique words.
Average articulation rates: 0.326990341463 0.327712499341 100% => OK
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 15.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.