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Some people enjoy taking risks and trying new things Others are not adventurous: they are cautious and prefer to avoid danger. Which behavior do you think is better? Explain why.
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This speaking topic by users
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-26 | vhb | 55.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-08-20 | Christine hanna | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-08-29 | chandr | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-05-13 | JuliaKubo | 70.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2019-10-29 | Seema Modak | 96.67 | Check this speaking |
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Speakings by user MHP
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- Would you prefer to go to the opera or to a football game? Use reasons and detailsto support response. 60
- Many people prefer watching music videos on television or the Internet rather than listening to the songs on their own. Which way of experiencing music do you think is preferable and why? 80
- Some people think that government should spend as much money as possible on developing technology. Other people disagree and think that this money should spent on more basic needs. Which opinion do you agree with and why? 75
- Choose one of the following transportation vehicles and explain why you think it has changed people’s lives.automobiles or bicycles or airplanesUse specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 70
- Some people like to use the Internet while others like to use books in the library when they look for information. Which option do you prefer and why? Include details in your explanation. (2) 61
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 407.0 444.711560045 92% => OK
No of words: 109.0 116.580246914 93% => 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: 3.73394495413 3.81502700369 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.231146315 3.28032121604 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.70074026966 1.8723322822 91% => OK
Unique words: 74.0 76.076318743 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.678899082569 0.655143326166 104% => OK
Syllable count: 128.7 141.574747475 91% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.21358024691 99% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0860682249109 0.0738818816272 116% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 10.0 3.20202020202 312% => Need less acoustic paragraphs.
Average paragraph length: 10.9 60.3232687746 18% => The average paragraph length is low.
STD paragraph length: 3.50570962859 17.3634065801 20% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 4.391 22.9064221017 19% => The speaking content is not well organized.
STD paragraph duration: 1.47362444334 6.49597621602 23% => The duration of acoustic paragraphs keeps same.
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 28.0 31.1548821549 90% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 3.89285714286 4.0588447711 96% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 3.19976880542 3.18357895611 101% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.39535714286 1.46810986539 95% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.921956313432 1.01537252472 91% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 23.0 28.6644219978 80% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 4.29 5.28593714927 81% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.18652173913 0.187982170178 99% => OK
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.149887166131 0.154715141812 97% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 34.57 35.408047138 98% => OK
Average word duration: 0.317155963303 0.306236595465 104% => OK
STD word duration: 0.166645763636 0.198589292138 84% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 7.0 6.3164983165 111% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 4.88 5.14435465769 95% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 3.63 2.80480359147 129% => It may have issues on recording quality or have issues on silences or disfluencies.
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 43.91 45.0716498316 97% => Talk more. Do not save time. People can talk 4-5 words in one second.
Compare to expected duration: 0.975777777778 1.00159221848 97% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.523798679116 0.637764685501 82% => OK
Rate of speech: 2.4823502619 2.58495923209 96% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.68526531542 1.68816559523 100% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.14058432167 2.15290372801 99% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.334838990826 0.343871460585 97% => OK
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.