Speaking topics in text
TPO 22 - Question 4
Irrational Commitment
When people have devoted time and resources to a certain project, they generally wanted to see it succeed. However, they may grow so attached to the idea of a successful outcome that even if it starts to look like the project will fail, and the disadvantages are outweighing the benefits; they will nevertheless increase their attachment to the project rather than give up. This is known as irrational commitment. This tendency to continue with a project when it would make better sense to quit can be especially strong when people feel they may be judged by others for their eventual success or failure with the project.
Speaking recording
Votes
This speaking topic by users
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-25 | bijan54 | 66.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2016-10-15 | mgrajapt | 80.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-12-21 | Bobby1987 | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2017-01-04 | mgrajapt | Check this speaking | |
| 2017-08-07 | mahabub | 66.00 | Check this speaking |
Speaking category
Speakings by user dshah6611
:
- Some parents educate their own children at home. Others insist that their children should be sent to school. Which way of learning do you think is preferable and why? 50
- TPO 23 - Question 3No More International NewsFor the past few years, the daily campus newspaper has included a one-page international news section covering a few of the major stories in world news. Starting next month, the section will be eliminated. One 83
- Talk about an important news event that happened recently in your country. Describe the event and explain why it was important. 80
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Why or why not? Use details and examples to support your answer.For learning job skills, workplace training is better than a university education. 50
- Some people think that family members are the most important influence on young adults. Other believe that friends are the most important influence. Which do you agree with? Explain why. 50
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 323.0 592.248995984 55% => Need more words or more difficult words.
No of words: 95.0 155.574297189 61% => More words wanted. You may: choose simpler words or speak faster or remove hesitations or remove long pauses, and fully use the time, do NOT save one or two seconds.
Chars per words: 3.4 3.80514564318 89% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.12198564135 3.525876923 89% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.5245361676 1.79077849142 85% => OK
Unique words: 66.0 93.7148594378 70% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.694736842105 0.604071249207 115% => OK
Syllable count: 113.4 185.844578313 61% => The syllable count is low.
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.19417670683 100% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.029263570462 0.0650381309087 45% => 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: 5.0 4.35341365462 115% => OK
Average paragraph length: 19.0 68.503853103 28% => The average paragraph length is low.
STD paragraph length: 13.4014924542 21.3332995233 63% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 8.616 25.9943957902 33% => The speaking content is not well organized.
STD paragraph duration: 5.67681107665 7.84667146824 72% => OK
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 30.0 42.0642570281 71% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 3.16666666667 4.02192344571 79% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 1.59338912036 3.1217529195 51% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.35766666667 1.45093177766 94% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.747327163222 0.99851816184 75% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 29.0 39.0421686747 74% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 5.89 7.12997991968 83% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.203103448276 0.185688545393 109% => OK
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.189992802918 0.155154303396 122% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 32.44 47.1480722892 69% => Need to talk more.
Average word duration: 0.341473684211 0.305395592593 112% => OK
STD word duration: 0.174186641708 0.189427763521 92% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 7.0 7.94979919679 88% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 5.31 6.2937751004 84% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 3.46 3.39508032129 102% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 43.08 59.7592369478 72% => Talk more. Do not save time. People can talk 4-5 words in one second.
Compare to expected duration: 0.718 0.995987282463 72% => Some seconds left. Need to talk more.
Rate of silence: 0.673166202414 0.656000678711 103% => OK
Rate of speech: 2.2051996286 2.60215298798 85% => Need to bring more content.
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.53203342618 1.56821927147 98% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.03452527744 1.99336655568 102% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.380293231579 0.317803793328 120% => OK
---------------------
Rates: 51.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 15.5 Out of 30
---------------------
Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.