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Some people like having a wide variety of friends and acquaintances they can spend time with. Others like to spend most of their free time with the same small group of close friends. Which do you prefer? Explain why.
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| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-02 | bishoy | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-11-02 | bishoy | 83.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-10-17 | Anonymous (not verified) | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2020-01-14 | brk1 | 60.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-05-31 | latha | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
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Speakings by user brk1
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- Some think the college education is very important. Others believe thatcollege education is not of vital importance in one’s life. What’s your opinionand why? 66
- Some people feel they perform better when they have to finish by a strict time. Others feel they do better work if they do not have time pressure. Which best describes you? Explain why. 83
- Some people like to study in public places where there are other people around. Others prefer to study in places where there are few or no people around. Which kind of place do you prefer ? Explain why. 66
- Some people prefer a job which deals with the same tasks everyday. Others prefer a job which deals with many different tasks. Which do you prefer and why? 66
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 470.0 444.711560045 106% => OK
No of words: 118.0 116.580246914 101% => OK
Chars per words: 3.98305084746 3.81502700369 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.29587325169 3.28032121604 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.90442415714 1.8723322822 102% => OK
Unique words: 77.0 76.076318743 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.652542372881 0.655143326166 100% => OK
Syllable count: 147.6 141.574747475 104% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.21358024691 107% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.162692657735 0.0738818816272 220% => Good job. The more, the better.
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 6.0 3.20202020202 187% => OK
Average paragraph length: 19.6666666667 60.3232687746 33% => The average paragraph length is low.
STD paragraph length: 14.962917125 17.3634065801 86% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 8.16333333333 22.9064221017 36% => The speaking content is not well organized.
STD paragraph duration: 5.4923785578 6.49597621602 85% => OK
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 28.0 31.1548821549 90% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 4.21428571429 4.0588447711 104% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 3.34191073294 3.18357895611 105% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.64821428571 1.46810986539 112% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 1.06455575433 1.01537252472 105% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 25.0 28.6644219978 87% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 5.14 5.28593714927 97% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.2056 0.187982170178 109% => OK
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.196877220622 0.154715141812 127% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 39.83 35.408047138 112% => OK
Average word duration: 0.337542372881 0.306236595465 110% => OK
STD word duration: 0.204300943031 0.198589292138 103% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 11.0 6.3164983165 174% => It may have 'ehn' in the speaking, or it has hesitations or overlapping speeches.
Total_disfluencies_duration: 8.64 5.14435465769 168% => Somehow the hesitation is serious.
Total acoustic noise duration: 2.52 2.80480359147 90% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 48.98 45.0716498316 109% => Need to finish the speech on time.
Compare to expected duration: 1.08844444444 1.00159221848 109% => It is over the expected time.
Rate of silence: 0.51041241323 0.637764685501 80% => OK
Rate of speech: 2.40914659045 2.58495923209 93% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.57207023275 1.68816559523 93% => More unique words wanted.
Rate of word duration by unique words: 1.93321616872 2.15290372801 90% => Need more unique words.
Average articulation rates: 0.448156110169 0.343871460585 130% => OK
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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.