In general, animals act i ways that help them to survive within their specific habits. However, sometimes an animal species may display a behavior that no longer serves a clear purpose. The original purpose for the behavior may have disappeared long ago, even thousands of years before. These behavior, known as relict behaviors, were useful to the animal when the species' habitat was different; but now, because of the changed condition, the behavior no longer serves its original purpose. left over from the earlier time, the behavior remains as a relict, or remnant, long after the environment circumstance that influenced its evolution has vanished.
In general, animals act i ways that help them to survive within their specific habits. However, sometimes an animal species may display a behavior that no longer serves a clear purpose. The original purpose for the behavior may have disappeared long ago, even thousands of years before. These behavior, known as relict behaviors, were useful to the animal when the species' habitat was different; but now, because of the changed condition, the behavior no longer serves its original purpose. left over from the earlier time, the behavior remains as a relict, or remnant, long after the environment circumstance that influenced its evolution has vanished.
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-16 | vivianrodriguez1974 | 90.00 | Check this speaking |
- State whether you agree or disagree with the following statement. Then explain your reasons. Using specific details in your explanation. Students should not be allowed to bring cell phones (mobile phones) into classroom. 90
- Describe a time when you experienced a natural disaster or unusual weather event.Explain what happened and how it affected you. 80
- The school is planning to build a coffee shop in the campus library. Describe the advantages and disadvantages. 83
- Would you prefer to take the TOEFL test or a math test? Use reasons and detailsto support response. 90
- Some people like to have their cell or mobile phone with them at all times. Other people prefer not to bring their cell or mobile phone with them everywhere they go, or they choose not to own one at all. Which do you prefer? Explain why. 90
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 649.0 592.248995984 110% => OK
No of words: 160.0 155.574297189 103% => OK
Chars per words: 4.05625 3.80514564318 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.55655882008 3.525876923 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.89488414883 1.79077849142 106% => OK
Unique words: 107.0 93.7148594378 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.66875 0.604071249207 111% => OK
Syllable count: 200.7 185.844578313 108% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.19417670683 109% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0610008811757 0.0650381309087 94% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 1.0 4.35341365462 23% => Need more acoustic paragraphs.
Average paragraph length: 160.0 68.503853103 234% => The average paragraph length is high.
STD paragraph length: 0.0 21.3332995233 0% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 53.13 25.9943957902 204% => 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: 21.0 42.0642570281 50% => Need more acoustic sentences. Maybe the speech rate is too fast.
Average acoustic sentence length: 7.61904761905 4.02192344571 189% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 5.34055633339 3.1217529195 171% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 2.4419047619 1.45093177766 168% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 1.47112402458 0.99851816184 147% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 20.0 39.0421686747 51% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 4.22 7.12997991968 59% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.211 0.185688545393 114% => OK
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.158521291945 0.155154303396 102% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 44.29 47.1480722892 94% => OK
Average word duration: 0.2768125 0.305395592593 91% => OK
STD word duration: 0.152062371558 0.189427763521 80% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 2.0 7.94979919679 25% => Good job, the lower, the better.
Total_disfluencies_duration: 1.3 6.2937751004 21% => Good job. The lower, the better.
Total acoustic noise duration: 2.75 3.39508032129 81% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 53.13 59.7592369478 89% => Talk more. Do not save time. People can talk 4-5 words in one second.
Compare to expected duration: 0.8855 0.995987282463 89% => Some seconds left. Need to talk more.
Rate of silence: 0.376435159044 0.656000678711 57% => OK
Rate of speech: 3.01148127235 2.60215298798 116% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 2.01392810088 1.56821927147 128% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.41589523594 1.99336655568 121% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.3814582125 0.317803793328 120% => OK
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.