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TPO 23 - Question 4
Reference Groups
Our thinking and behavior are often influenced by other people. When we admire and respect someone, we naturally try to imitate their behavior and attitudes. Groups of people whom we admire and whose behavior and attitudes we tend to imitate are known as reference groups. Reference groups provide a model--a frame of reference--that can shape how we think and behave. Over the course of a lifetime, we may be influenced by many different reference groups. As we grow older, or encounter new circumstances, our reference groups may change, and our attitudes and behavior may change accordingly.
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This speaking topic by users
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-11 | chandr | 53.33 | Check this speaking |
| 2017-04-28 | mgrajapt | 83.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-11-02 | Seema Modak | 66.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-09-27 | Rasna James | 66.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2017-01-04 | mgrajapt | Check this speaking |
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Speakings by user chandr
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- What was your favorite subject at school? Describe it and explain why this subject was your favorite one. 90
- What is the most efficient type of transportation in your country? Explain why you think it is efficient. Include specific reasons or examples. 66
- Who is your best friend? Describe this person and say why he/she is your best friend. 80
- The speakers discuss two possible solutions to the woman's problem. Briefly summarize the problem. Then state which of the solutions you recommend and explain why. 80
- A friend of yours is looking for a new place to live and has asked for your advice. What do you think is the most important characteristic of a good neighborhood? Use details and examples to explain your answer. 66
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 640.0 592.248995984 108% => OK
No of words: 156.0 155.574297189 100% => OK
Chars per words: 4.10256410256 3.80514564318 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.53411884305 3.525876923 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.98771704888 1.79077849142 111% => OK
Unique words: 105.0 93.7148594378 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.673076923077 0.604071249207 111% => OK
Syllable count: 203.4 185.844578313 109% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.19417670683 109% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0112293673898 0.0650381309087 17% => 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: 7.0 4.35341365462 161% => OK
Average paragraph length: 22.4285714286 68.503853103 33% => The average paragraph length is low.
STD paragraph length: 18.6536640817 21.3332995233 87% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 8.55714285714 25.9943957902 33% => The speaking content is not well organized.
STD paragraph duration: 6.88369650341 7.84667146824 88% => OK
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 38.0 42.0642570281 90% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 4.10526315789 4.02192344571 102% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 2.70272254241 3.1217529195 87% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.44236842105 1.45093177766 99% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.831556670255 0.99851816184 83% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 37.0 39.0421686747 95% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 11.57 7.12997991968 162% => It may have a lot of silences or every silence is too long.
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.312702702703 0.185688545393 168% => Maybe the pauses are too long.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.41124496973 0.155154303396 265% => The duration of acoustic silence changes often. It may have hesitations.
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 42.06 47.1480722892 89% => Need to talk more.
Average word duration: 0.269615384615 0.305395592593 88% => OK
STD word duration: 0.144811480524 0.189427763521 76% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 2.0 7.94979919679 25% => Good job, the lower, the better.
Total_disfluencies_duration: 1.5 6.2937751004 24% => Good job. The lower, the better.
Total acoustic noise duration: 4.23 3.39508032129 125% => It may have issues on recording quality or have issues on silences or disfluencies.
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 59.9 59.7592369478 100% => OK
Compare to expected duration: 0.998333333333 0.995987282463 100% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.617696160267 0.656000678711 94% => OK
Rate of speech: 2.60434056761 2.60215298798 100% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.75292153589 1.56821927147 112% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.49643366619 1.99336655568 125% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.312617679487 0.317803793328 98% => OK
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.