Female student: How’s the calculus class going? You’re doing better?
Male student: Not really. I just can’t get the hang of it. There are so many functions and formulas to memorize, you know? And the final…it’s only a few weeks away. I’m really worried about doing well.
F: Oh…You know, you should go to the tutoring program and ask for help.
M: You mean, in the Mathematics building?
F: Ya. Get a tutor there. Most tutors are doctoral students in the math program. They know what they’re talking about, and for the final test, you know, they’d tell you what to study, how to prepare, all of that.
M: I know about the program…but doesn’t it cost money?
F: Of course. You have to register and pay by the hour…but they’ve got all the answers.
M: Hmm…
F: Another option, I guess, is to form a study group with other students. That won’t cost you any money.
M: That’s a thought…although once I was in a study group, and it was a big waste of time. We usually ended up talking about other stuff like what we did over the weekend.
F: But that was for a different class, right? I’ve actually had some pretty good experiences with study groups. Usually, students in the same class have different strengths and weaknesses with the material…if they’re serious about studying, they can really help each other out. Think about it.
Prompt:
Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which solution you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation.
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| 2018-08-05 | sanjuc | 80.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-08-05 | sanjuc | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
- Critical period 90
- TPO 05 - Question 5 71
- Music Coming to CafeteriasMary Dixon, Director of the Student Life Committee, announced yesterday that beginning next semester, university cafeterias will broadcast classical music during mealtimes. “Music will foster a more relaxed atmosphere,” said 50
- TPO 07 - Question 1 If friends from another country were going to spend time in your country, what city or place would you suggest they visit? Using details and examples, explain why. 83
- If your are going to choose a roommate which is the following qualities is the most important to you 1 cleanliness 2 friendliness 3 quietness 69
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 704.0 599.738853503 117% => OK
No of words: 170.0 158.596602972 107% => OK
Chars per words: 4.14117647059 3.77925476217 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.61087313685 3.54123138178 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.14010962433 1.79916674678 119% => OK
Unique words: 115.0 95.8789808917 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.676470588235 0.607024082132 111% => OK
Syllable count: 215.1 189.005732484 114% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.19129511677 109% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0926672038678 0.0831539838537 111% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 5.0 4.29936305732 116% => OK
Average paragraph length: 34.0 70.8089261375 48% => The average paragraph length is low.
STD paragraph length: 21.8632111091 23.6022091992 93% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 11.87 25.9380837976 46% => OK
STD paragraph duration: 7.62483048992 8.54438981162 89% => OK
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 37.0 40.7070063694 91% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 4.59459459459 4.24305496596 108% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 3.78088692197 3.29867071766 115% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.53675675676 1.4825078846 104% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 1.00023525356 1.02222390891 98% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 34.0 38.0 89% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 8.06 7.14643312102 113% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.237058823529 0.189447223375 125% => Maybe the pauses are too long.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.223679516164 0.156783300276 143% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 45.96 46.7170700637 98% => OK
Average word duration: 0.270352941176 0.297490414073 91% => OK
STD word duration: 0.149240800752 0.186336302485 80% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 7.0 7.29723991507 96% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 5.0 5.7916985138 86% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 3.23 3.38276008493 95% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 59.35 59.3491295117 100% => OK
Compare to expected duration: 0.989166666667 0.989152158528 100% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.572872788543 0.642608181899 89% => OK
Rate of speech: 2.86436394271 2.6701766005 107% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.93765796125 1.61481078811 120% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.50217580505 2.05366198651 122% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.398602905882 0.327712499341 122% => 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.