Speaking topics in text
Some students would choose to study a subject because it brings plenty of
job opportunities. Instead, others would choose to study a subject which
really interests them, although it probably doesn’t sell well in the job
market. Which opinion do you agree with? Explain why.
Speaking recording
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This speaking topic by users
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-24 | mgrajapt | Check this speaking | |
| 2019-05-14 | leematt1214 | Check this speaking | |
| 2018-10-28 | germennn | 60.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-10-30 | germennn | 70.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-10-28 | germennn | 50.00 | Check this speaking |
Speaking category
Speakings by user germennn
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- Do you agree or disagree that kids prefer to do activities outside instead of reading books? 70
- When a new technology is released, some people like to try it right away, whileothers prefer to wait until the technology becomes more established and popular. Howdo you feel about new technology? Explain your answer with details and examples. 66
- Some believe that in comparison with those never attended college, peopleattended college will be more successful in career. Do you agree or disagreewith this statement? Please give specific reasons for your opinion. 83
- Which of the following cities would you most like to visit and why? (1) Moscow in Russia; (2) New Delhi in India; (3) Rome in Italy. 60
- Would you like to live in a big city or a small town? Use reasons to supportresponse. 60
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 683.0 444.711560045 154% => OK
No of words: 159.0 116.580246914 136% => OK
Chars per words: 4.29559748428 3.81502700369 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.55098862472 3.28032121604 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.22493999388 1.8723322822 119% => OK
Unique words: 105.0 76.076318743 138% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.660377358491 0.655143326166 101% => OK
Syllable count: 205.2 141.574747475 145% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.21358024691 107% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0116210335766 0.0738818816272 16% => 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: 1.0 3.20202020202 31% => OK
Average paragraph length: 159.0 60.3232687746 264% => The average paragraph length is high.
STD paragraph length: 0.0 17.3634065801 0% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 58.91 22.9064221017 257% => 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: 35.0 31.1548821549 112% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 4.54285714286 4.0588447711 112% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 4.47432585277 3.18357895611 141% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.64742857143 1.46810986539 112% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 1.26995465129 1.01537252472 125% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 24.0 28.6644219978 84% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 3.37 5.28593714927 64% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.140416666667 0.187982170178 75% => Maybe the speech rate is too fast.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.14219936611 0.154715141812 92% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 48.99 35.408047138 138% => OK
Average word duration: 0.308113207547 0.306236595465 101% => OK
STD word duration: 0.177428060756 0.198589292138 89% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 2.0 6.3164983165 32% => Good job, the lower, the better.
Total_disfluencies_duration: 1.5 5.14435465769 29% => Good job. The lower, the better.
Total acoustic noise duration: 4.56 2.80480359147 163% => It may have issues on recording quality or have issues on silences or disfluencies.
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 58.91 45.0716498316 131% => Need to finish the speech on time.
Compare to expected duration: 1.30911111111 1.00159221848 131% => It is over the expected time.
Rate of silence: 0.407401120353 0.637764685501 64% => OK
Rate of speech: 2.69903242234 2.58495923209 104% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.78237990154 1.68816559523 106% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.14329454991 2.15290372801 100% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.353675308176 0.343871460585 103% => OK
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The speech is either too short or too long. It should be in 45 seconds.
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.