F: Hey, Jeff. How's it going?
M: Not too good. You know how I work as a lab assistant in one of the science labs?
F: Yeah.
M: Well, I was in there this afternoon, and I had some textbooks with me, and I accidentally left one of my psychology books in there; it's a special book our teacher loaned each student in the class, so I can't get It anywhere else. And now the lab's locked up for the night.
F: There's no way you can get back into the lab to get it?
M: No. And I have a psychology test tomorrow morning. And I really need the book to study.
F: So what're you gonna do?
M: Well, I could just study from my notes tonight, then go to the science building and get my book early tomorrow morning. The lab opens at six AM, and my test's at eight...
F: Six AM's pretty early.
M: Yeah. I mean, I could do it. But I'd have to get up at, like, five o'clock, and I wouldn't have much time to study the stuff in the book before the test...
F: Hmmm....
M: My other option would be to study with another student from that class.
F: Do you know someone you could study with?
M: Yeah, there's a guy who sits next to me in class, and he actually asked me if I'd be interested in studying for the exam with him tonight.
F: And he has the book?
M: Yeah.
F: Well, why not do that? Then you'd have more time to study the stuff in the book.
M: Well, he's not a very good student. He's missed a lot of classes and he doesn't take good notes during the lectures.
F: So you might spend a lot of time tutoring him instead of studying the stuff you need to study.
M: Exactly. But he does have the book...
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 recommendation.
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
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| 2019-09-21 | Seema Modak | 83.00 | Check this speaking |
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- tpo 9 task 4Using the professor's example, explain what an establishing shot is and how it is used. 66
- TPO 54-Q6Using points and examples from the lecture, explain what determines animals' 24-hour activity cycle. 66
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 639.0 592.248995984 108% => OK
No of words: 190.0 155.574297189 122% => OK
Chars per words: 3.36315789474 3.80514564318 88% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.71268753763 3.525876923 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.50777302714 1.79077849142 84% => OK
Unique words: 109.0 93.7148594378 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.573684210526 0.604071249207 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Syllable count: 207.0 185.844578313 111% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.1 1.19417670683 92% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0740925329728 0.0650381309087 114% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 1.0 4.35341365462 23% => Need more acoustic paragraphs.
Average paragraph length: 190.0 68.503853103 277% => The average paragraph length is high.
STD paragraph length: 0.0 21.3332995233 0% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 57.93 25.9943957902 223% => Need to control the rhythm of the speech
STD paragraph duration: 0.0 7.84667146824 0% => The duration of acoustic paragraphs keeps same.
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 46.0 42.0642570281 109% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 4.13043478261 4.02192344571 103% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 3.70433761991 3.1217529195 119% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.25326086957 1.45093177766 86% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.976321967448 0.99851816184 98% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 44.0 39.0421686747 113% => It means the content is not pronounced smoothly or it is pronounced slowly. It is word by word.
Total acoustic silence duration: 4.61 7.12997991968 65% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.104772727273 0.185688545393 56% => Maybe the speech rate is too fast.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.0995555723376 0.155154303396 64% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 50.39 47.1480722892 107% => OK
Average word duration: 0.265210526316 0.305395592593 87% => OK
STD word duration: 0.125231187871 0.189427763521 66% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 4.0 7.94979919679 50% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 2.68 6.2937751004 43% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 0.56 3.39508032129 16% => Good job. The lower, the better.
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 57.93 59.7592369478 97% => Talk more. Do not save time. People can talk 4-5 words in one second.
Compare to expected duration: 0.9655 0.995987282463 97% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.759537372691 0.656000678711 116% => OK
Rate of speech: 3.27982047298 2.60215298798 126% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.88158121871 1.56821927147 120% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.16312760468 1.99336655568 109% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.317664236842 0.317803793328 100% => OK
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It may have duplicated content. Need to use the words more efficiently.
Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.