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Some people enjoy spending their free time alone in activities such as reading, thinking, or writing. Others enjoy spending their free time in shared activities with other people. Which do you prefer and why?
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| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-22 | mahabub | 50.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-08-23 | Mrudula | 70.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-10-24 | mgrajapt | 50.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2016-09-22 | may82 | 70.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-05-30 | Elena Cristina | 60.00 | Check this speaking |
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Speakings by user Elena Cristina
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- Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which of the two solutions from the conversation you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation. 73
- Explain the concept of carrying capacity using the example of the moth and Ragwort 49
- Using the example of the albatross and the fulmar, explain two special adaptations that have developed to help seabirds find food. 66
- 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
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 419.0 444.711560045 94% => OK
No of words: 108.0 116.580246914 93% => 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: 3.87962962963 3.81502700369 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.22370979547 3.28032121604 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.08485541107 1.8723322822 111% => OK
Unique words: 65.0 76.076318743 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.601851851852 0.655143326166 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Syllable count: 137.7 141.574747475 97% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.21358024691 107% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0793285565366 0.0738818816272 107% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 1.0 3.20202020202 31% => OK
Average paragraph length: 108.0 60.3232687746 179% => OK
STD paragraph length: 0.0 17.3634065801 0% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 42.93 22.9064221017 187% => OK
STD paragraph duration: 0.0 6.49597621602 0% => The duration of acoustic paragraphs keeps same.
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 22.0 31.1548821549 71% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 4.90909090909 4.0588447711 121% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 3.08823413663 3.18357895611 97% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.835 1.46810986539 125% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 1.06330424108 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: 19.0 28.6644219978 66% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 5.45 5.28593714927 103% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.286842105263 0.187982170178 153% => Maybe the pauses are too long.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.152869143614 0.154715141812 99% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 33.0 35.408047138 93% => OK
Average word duration: 0.305555555556 0.306236595465 100% => OK
STD word duration: 0.178612623114 0.198589292138 90% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 8.0 6.3164983165 127% => It may have 'ehn' in the speaking, or it has hesitations or overlapping speeches.
Total_disfluencies_duration: 5.66 5.14435465769 110% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 3.11 2.80480359147 111% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 42.93 45.0716498316 95% => Talk more. Do not save time. People can talk 4-5 words in one second.
Compare to expected duration: 0.954 1.00159221848 95% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.442580945726 0.637764685501 69% => OK
Rate of speech: 2.51572327044 2.58495923209 97% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.51409270906 1.68816559523 90% => More unique words wanted.
Rate of word duration by unique words: 1.9696969697 2.15290372801 91% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.353971277778 0.343871460585 103% => 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.