You will now read a short passage and listen to a conversation on the same topic.
The recreational services department will receive special funding from this year’s budget to increase the number of exercise machines in the campus gym. The increase is in response to numerous student complaints regarding the insufficient number of machines available. Recreational services agrees that, due to an increase in university enrollment, more students are using the gym. They, therefore, welcomed the proposal, adding that it would encourage even more students to exercise and would help to promote a healthier lifestyle among students.
The woman expresses her opinion about the plan described in the announcement. Briefly summarize the plan. Then state her opinion about the plan and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-22 | kap | 75.00 | Check this speaking |
- It is generally believed that for many organisms, there is a specific time period, a so-called “window of opportunity,” during which the organism must receive crucial input from its environment in order for normal development to occur. This period is 83
- Many universities now offer academic courses over the Internet. However, some people still prefer learning in traditional classrooms. Which do you think is better? Explain why.
- Advertisers often try to sell you things by exaggerating about the quality of their products. It helps them get your attention. And exaggeration in advertising is usually considered acceptable, but not always. In the United States, there are laws to help 56
- 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
- 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. 50
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 413.0 593.389002037 70% => Need more words or more difficult words.
No of words: 123.0 154.784114053 79% => 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: 3.35772357724 3.82920900774 88% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.33024571262 3.52088357496 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.40342253719 1.81998168104 77% => Word Length is similar.
Unique words: 66.0 93.7942973523 70% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.536585365854 0.608046397892 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Syllable count: 123.3 185.724439919 66% => The syllable count is low.
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.0 1.20224032587 83% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0 0.0833886788687 0% => 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: 2.0 3.90020366599 51% => OK
Average paragraph length: 62.0 71.3690273242 87% => OK
STD paragraph length: 61.0 24.1299301424 253% => Paragraph length changes often.
Average paragraph duration: 21.97 26.8388033085 82% => OK
STD paragraph duration: 21.34 8.89323425527 240% => The duration of acoustic paragraphs changes often.
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 44.0 40.266802444 109% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 2.79545454545 4.20756893501 66% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 2.65072499049 3.23972648638 82% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 0.964090909091 1.51236819293 64% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.769011520725 1.0352206224 74% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 40.0 37.9022403259 106% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 5.89 7.22384928717 82% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.14725 0.193825474362 76% => Maybe the speech rate is too fast.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.136344921064 0.16431695912 83% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 34.37 46.6644602851 74% => Need to talk more.
Average word duration: 0.279430894309 0.304040633073 92% => OK
STD word duration: 0.14707611443 0.193491353168 76% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 6.0 8.88594704684 68% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 3.86 6.97134419552 55% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 1.95 3.21433808554 61% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 43.94 59.1375356415 74% => Talk more. Do not save time. People can talk 4-5 words in one second.
Compare to expected duration: 0.732333333333 0.985625594026 74% => Some seconds left. Need to talk more.
Rate of silence: 0.910332271279 0.643888735843 141% => Less acoustic silences wanted.
Rate of speech: 2.79927173418 2.61565628039 107% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.50204824761 1.58604529434 95% => More unique words wanted.
Rate of word duration by unique words: 1.92027931335 2.01333574461 95% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.253531699187 0.322651457988 79% => 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.