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TPO 40 - Question 2
Some people think that materials printed on paper, such as books and newspapers, will one day be replaced by electronic versions of those materials. Others believe that printed materials will always be popular. Which point of view do you agree with? Explain why.
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| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-07 | gongxue0102 | 66.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2020-01-11 | brk1 | Check this speaking | |
| 2016-09-09 | mgrajapt | 70.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2020-01-14 | brk1 | 50.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2017-01-31 | hipax | 50.00 | Check this speaking |
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Speakings by user hipax
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- TPO 43 - Question 1People set a variety of goals for themselves throughout their lives. Describe one goal you would like to achieve in the future, and explain why this goal is important to you. Include specific details in your explanation. 70
- Students study in a variety of ways. Explain how your study habits are different from those of other students you know. 66
- TPO 23 - Question 1There can be several advantages to spending time living in another country. Talk about one advantage and explain how living in another country provides that advantage. Use details and examples in your response. 90
- TPO 44 - Question 5Briefly summarize the problem the speaker are discussing. Then state which solution you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation. 75
- A friend of yours is looking for a new place to live and has asked for your advice. What do you think is the most important characteristic of a good neighborhood? Use details and examples to explain your answer. 74
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 763.0 444.711560045 172% => OK
No of words: 219.0 116.580246914 188% => Need less no. of words.
Chars per words: 3.48401826484 3.81502700369 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.84690116678 3.28032121604 117% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.67808063865 1.8723322822 90% => OK
Unique words: 120.0 76.076318743 158% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.547945205479 0.655143326166 84% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Syllable count: 255.6 141.574747475 181% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.21358024691 99% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0500107800342 0.0738818816272 68% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 1.0 3.20202020202 31% => OK
Average paragraph length: 219.0 60.3232687746 363% => The average paragraph length is high.
STD paragraph length: 0.0 17.3634065801 0% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 76.57 22.9064221017 334% => 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: 46.0 31.1548821549 148% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 4.76086956522 4.0588447711 117% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 3.64861368914 3.18357895611 115% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 1.64717391304 1.46810986539 112% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 1.05975317685 1.01537252472 104% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 44.0 28.6644219978 154% => It means the content is not pronounced smoothly or it is pronounced slowly. It is word by word.
Total acoustic silence duration: 4.2 5.28593714927 79% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.0954545454545 0.187982170178 51% => Maybe the speech rate is too fast.
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.0890978661477 0.154715141812 58% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 68.85 35.408047138 194% => Less content wanted.
Average word duration: 0.314383561644 0.306236595465 103% => OK
STD word duration: 0.187740613113 0.198589292138 95% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 17.0 6.3164983165 269% => It may have 'ehn' in the speaking, or it has hesitations or overlapping speeches.
Total_disfluencies_duration: 13.04 5.14435465769 253% => Somehow the hesitation is serious.
Total acoustic noise duration: 0.83 2.80480359147 30% => Good job. The lower, the better.
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 76.57 45.0716498316 170% => Need to finish the speech on time.
Compare to expected duration: 1.70155555556 1.00159221848 170% => It is over the expected time.
Rate of silence: 0.574637586522 0.637764685501 90% => OK
Rate of speech: 2.86012798746 2.58495923209 111% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.56719341779 1.68816559523 93% => More unique words wanted.
Rate of word duration by unique words: 1.74291938998 2.15290372801 81% => Need more unique words.
Average articulation rates: 0.310846611872 0.343871460585 90% => 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.