We are happy to announce that Professor Fox will be filling the vacant Dean of Students position. Strong organizational skills are important for this position. Professor Fox has demonstrated such skills in her role as Head of the Philosophy Department, where she has coordinated department affairs for five years. Additionally, the Dean of Students must be someone who is able to work well with students, since responsibilities include counseling and advising students who are dealing with personal problems. As our head women’s soccer coach, Professor Fox has proven to be a supportive role model for team members, always offering assistance when they ask for personal guidance.
Female student I don’t like this at all.
Male student Why not? She’s done a lot for the philosophy department . . . like, well, hiring some great new teaching assistants . . . and putting together seminars.
Female student Well, she has trouble organizing schedules.
Male student Whadda’ya mean?
Female student Well, she only realized last minute that she didn’t have enough teaching assistants in the department, so some classes got cancelled.
Male student Oh!
Female student And I wanted to take a special two-week philosophy course in Europe . . . she was supposed to sign all the paperwork, but she didn’t do it in time so I missed the whole trip!
Male student Oh, wow. So organization’s not her strong point, I guess.
Female student Yeah. Besides, she’s always critical. A lot of us on the team have complained to the university about her aggressive coaching style.
Female student I don’t like this at all.
Male student Why not? She’s done a lot for the philosophy department . . . like, well, hiring some great new teaching assistants . . . and putting together seminars.
Female student Well, she has trouble organizing schedules.
Male student Whadda’ya mean?
Female student Well, she only realized last minute that she didn’t have enough teaching assistants in the department, so some classes got cancelled.
Male student Oh!
Female student And I wanted to take a special two-week philosophy course in Europe . . . she was supposed to sign all the paperwork, but she didn’t do it in time so I missed the whole trip!
Male student Oh, wow. So organization’s not her strong point, I guess.
Female student Yeah. Besides, she’s always critical. A lot of us on the team have complained to the university about her aggressive coaching style.
Male student Oh, really? I met her . . . I mean, I thought she was nice.
Female student Humph! Well, my friend . . . she had some serious problems in her family. She went to talk to Professor Fox and . . .
Male student Yeah? What happened?
Female student Well, she wanted emotional support from someone she looked up to, but instead Professor Fox made all kinds of critical comments. Maybe she’s good at philosophy, but she’s not a counselor. When students go to the dean, they go because they need someone to talk to, not so someone can criticize them.
Narrator The woman expresses her opinion about the change described in the article. Briefly summarize the change. Then state her opinion about the change and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-03 | kap | 65.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-10-29 | yoamdai | Check this speaking | |
| 2019-10-30 | kap | 50.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-10-29 | yoamdai | Check this speaking |
- When we speak with other people face-to-face, the nonverbal signals we give—our facial expressions, hand gestures, body movements, and tone of voice—often communicate as much as, or more than, the words we utter. When our nonverbal signals, which we o 50
- What do you miss most about your home when you are away? Use specific details in your explanation. 50
- Choose a place you go to often that is important to you and explain why it is important. Please include specific details in your explanation. 66
- Talk about a city or town you have visited in the past. Explain what you liked most about the city and why. Include specific reasons and examples in your response. 90
- Some people enjoy watching movies or television in their spare time. Others prefer reading books or magazines. State which you prefer and explain why. 60
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 381.0 593.389002037 64% => Need more words or more difficult words.
No of words: 121.0 154.784114053 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: 3.14876033058 3.82920900774 82% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.31662479036 3.52088357496 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.2898917696 1.81998168104 71% => Word Length is similar.
Unique words: 66.0 93.7942973523 70% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.545454545455 0.608046397892 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Syllable count: 126.9 185.724439919 68% => The syllable count is low.
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.0 1.20224032587 83% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0167251773968 0.0833886788687 20% => It may have issues on recording quality or the content is not so closely related to content.
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 3.0 3.90020366599 77% => OK
Average paragraph length: 40.3333333333 71.3690273242 57% => OK
STD paragraph length: 24.7296493213 24.1299301424 102% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 14.9733333333 26.8388033085 56% => OK
STD paragraph duration: 9.92727667703 8.89323425527 112% => OK
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 40.0 40.266802444 99% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 3.025 4.20756893501 72% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 2.26370824092 3.23972648638 70% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.0555 1.51236819293 70% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.759799151092 1.0352206224 73% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 37.0 37.9022403259 98% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 7.32 7.22384928717 101% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.197837837838 0.193825474362 102% => OK
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.13768619109 0.16431695912 84% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 34.03 46.6644602851 73% => Need to talk more.
Average word duration: 0.281239669421 0.304040633073 93% => OK
STD word duration: 0.183373214912 0.193491353168 95% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 8.0 8.88594704684 90% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 6.32 6.97134419552 91% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 1.92 3.21433808554 60% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 44.92 59.1375356415 76% => Talk more. Do not save time. People can talk 4-5 words in one second.
Compare to expected duration: 0.748666666667 0.985625594026 76% => Some seconds left. Need to talk more.
Rate of silence: 0.823686553874 0.643888735843 128% => Less acoustic silences wanted.
Rate of speech: 2.69367764915 2.61565628039 103% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.46927871772 1.58604529434 93% => More unique words wanted.
Rate of word duration by unique words: 1.93946517778 2.01333574461 96% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.277393966942 0.322651457988 86% => 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.