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State whether you agree or disagree with the following statement. Then explain your reasons. Using specific details in your explanation. Students should not be allowed to bring cell phones (mobile phones) into classroom.
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This speaking topic by users
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-19 | Kumari Soni | 63.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2016-10-26 | vhb | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-11-02 | vivianrodriguez1974 | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-04-16 | dadfarfardad361 | 50.50 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-06-10 | latha | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
Speaking category
Speakings by user Elena Cristina
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- Do you think the government should legislate laws to fine people who use cell phones when crossing roads and intersections? 77
- Using points and examples from the talk, explain two different ways in which animals protect themselves with food. 85
- Some people like to have their cell or mobile phone with them at all times. Other people prefer not to bring their cell or mobile phone with them everywhere they go, or they choose not to own one at all. Which do you prefer? Explain why. 80
- Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which of the two solutions from the conversation you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendatio 65
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 505.0 444.711560045 114% => OK
No of words: 123.0 116.580246914 106% => OK
Chars per words: 4.10569105691 3.81502700369 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.33024571262 3.28032121604 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.89055421878 1.8723322822 101% => OK
Unique words: 85.0 76.076318743 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.691056910569 0.655143326166 105% => OK
Syllable count: 158.4 141.574747475 112% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.21358024691 107% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0655950250694 0.0738818816272 89% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 1.0 3.20202020202 31% => OK
Average paragraph length: 123.0 60.3232687746 204% => The average paragraph length is high.
STD paragraph length: 0.0 17.3634065801 0% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 46.18 22.9064221017 202% => Need to control the rhythm of the speech
STD paragraph duration: 0.0 6.49597621602 0% => The duration of acoustic paragraphs keeps same.
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 21.0 31.1548821549 67% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 5.85714285714 4.0588447711 144% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 3.85802459058 3.18357895611 121% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 2.11285714286 1.46810986539 144% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 1.24119428991 1.01537252472 122% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 21.0 28.6644219978 73% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 5.29 5.28593714927 100% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.251904761905 0.187982170178 134% => Maybe the pauses are too long.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.212011209219 0.154715141812 137% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 37.84 35.408047138 107% => OK
Average word duration: 0.307642276423 0.306236595465 100% => OK
STD word duration: 0.148849688469 0.198589292138 75% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 4.0 6.3164983165 63% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 2.82 5.14435465769 55% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 1.56 2.80480359147 56% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 46.18 45.0716498316 102% => Need to finish the speech on time.
Compare to expected duration: 1.02622222222 1.00159221848 102% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.454742312689 0.637764685501 71% => OK
Rate of speech: 2.66349068861 2.58495923209 103% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.8406236466 1.68816559523 109% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.24630021142 2.15290372801 104% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.308087609756 0.343871460585 90% => OK
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Maybe the speech is too long. It should be in 45 seconds.
Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.