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Some people prefer to make decisions quickly. Others prefer to take their time. Which do you prefer and why? Please use specific reasons and examples to support your response.
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| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-30 | Christine hanna | 66.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2016-04-21 | Feng CHEN | 70.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-10-16 | dorpon | 60.00 | Check this speaking |
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Speakings by user Christine hanna
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- Some people like to read classic works of literarure. Others prefer watching film versions of the same stories. 90
- TPO 32 90
- Some people who unexpectedly receive a large amount of money spend it on practical things, while others spend it for pleasure only. Which do you think is better and why? 66
- Some university students choose to take difficult classes even if they know they might not get a good grade in the class. Other students prefer to take easier classes in which they know they will get a good grade. Which do you prefer? Explain why. 66
- TPO6 81
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 599.0 444.711560045 135% => OK
No of words: 148.0 116.580246914 127% => OK
Chars per words: 4.0472972973 3.81502700369 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.48791127476 3.28032121604 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.37194884937 1.8723322822 127% => OK
Unique words: 100.0 76.076318743 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.675675675676 0.655143326166 103% => OK
Syllable count: 198.0 141.574747475 140% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.21358024691 107% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0874652841744 0.0738818816272 118% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 1.0 3.20202020202 31% => OK
Average paragraph length: 148.0 60.3232687746 245% => The average paragraph length is high.
STD paragraph length: 0.0 17.3634065801 0% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 47.12 22.9064221017 206% => Need to control the rhythm of the speech
STD paragraph duration: 0.0 6.49597621602 0% => The duration of acoustic paragraphs keeps same.
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 26.0 31.1548821549 83% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 5.69230769231 4.0588447711 140% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 6.12541509281 3.18357895611 192% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.78769230769 1.46810986539 122% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 1.63423072397 1.01537252472 161% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 26.0 28.6644219978 91% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 3.82 5.28593714927 72% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.146923076923 0.187982170178 78% => Maybe the speech rate is too fast.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.134272089739 0.154715141812 87% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 40.51 35.408047138 114% => OK
Average word duration: 0.273716216216 0.306236595465 89% => OK
STD word duration: 0.187221073273 0.198589292138 94% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 10.0 6.3164983165 158% => It may have 'ehn' in the speaking, or it has hesitations or overlapping speeches.
Total_disfluencies_duration: 7.39 5.14435465769 144% => Somehow the hesitation is serious.
Total acoustic noise duration: 1.03 2.80480359147 37% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 47.12 45.0716498316 105% => Need to finish the speech on time.
Compare to expected duration: 1.04711111111 1.00159221848 105% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.551782682513 0.637764685501 87% => OK
Rate of speech: 3.14091680815 2.58495923209 122% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 2.12224108659 1.68816559523 126% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.4685262898 2.15290372801 115% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.469449601351 0.343871460585 137% => OK
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Maybe the speech is too long. It should be in 45 seconds.
Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.