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Some people prefer reading newspapers or magazines to get news; others prefer watching television or listening to radio to get news. Which way do you prefer and why?
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This speaking topic by users
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-08 | vivianrodriguez1974 | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2016-04-22 | Feng CHEN | 70.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-11-08 | vivianrodriguez1974 | 88.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2016-05-22 | Laura123 | 70.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-01-08 | spvpr | 83.00 | Check this speaking |
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Speakings by user MHP
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- Some parents educate their own children at home. Others insist that their children should be sent to school. Which way of learning do you think is preferable and why? 90
- 2)Some students would rather write a paper than take a test. Other students would rather take a test instead of writing a paper. Which option do you prefer and why? 58
- Some people enjoy taking risks and trying new things Others are not adventurous: they are cautious and prefer to avoid danger. Which behavior do you think is better? Explain why. 70
- More and more people are buying items on the Internet and from magazines or catalogs. Other people prefer shopping in a store. Which do you prefer and why? 60
- Some people like to use the Internet while others like to use books in the library when they look for information. Which option do you prefer and why? Include details in your explanation. (2) 61
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 396.0 444.711560045 89% => Need more words or more difficult words.
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: 3.66666666667 3.81502700369 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.22370979547 3.28032121604 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.80020574956 1.8723322822 96% => OK
Unique words: 67.0 76.076318743 88% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.62037037037 0.655143326166 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Syllable count: 128.7 141.574747475 91% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.21358024691 99% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.140685173163 0.0738818816272 190% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 6.0 3.20202020202 187% => OK
Average paragraph length: 18.0 60.3232687746 30% => The average paragraph length is low.
STD paragraph length: 15.4488403017 17.3634065801 89% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 7.115 22.9064221017 31% => The speaking content is not well organized.
STD paragraph duration: 6.26521281894 6.49597621602 96% => OK
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 38.0 31.1548821549 122% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 2.84210526316 4.0588447711 70% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 2.46583300529 3.18357895611 77% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.05763157895 1.46810986539 72% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.815534807449 1.01537252472 80% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 33.0 28.6644219978 115% => It means the content is not pronounced smoothly or it is pronounced slowly. It is word by word.
Total acoustic silence duration: 5.54 5.28593714927 105% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.167878787879 0.187982170178 89% => OK
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.140189429761 0.154715141812 91% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 33.18 35.408047138 94% => OK
Average word duration: 0.307222222222 0.306236595465 100% => OK
STD word duration: 0.163394735246 0.198589292138 82% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 5.0 6.3164983165 79% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 3.74 5.14435465769 73% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 2.48 2.80480359147 88% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 42.69 45.0716498316 95% => Talk more. Do not save time. People can talk 4-5 words in one second.
Compare to expected duration: 0.948666666667 1.00159221848 95% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.773014757554 0.637764685501 121% => Less acoustic silences wanted.
Rate of speech: 2.52986647927 2.58495923209 98% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.56945420473 1.68816559523 93% => More unique words wanted.
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.01928872815 2.15290372801 94% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.399702944444 0.343871460585 116% => 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.