Interview Feedback Level 9 Group2
Komeyl Sohrabi
Kamoyel used opinionative phrases well and was able to use a range of grammatical structures correctly, including conditionals and time clauses. He demonstrated a good level of comprehension and was able to develop his ideas well using appropriate vocabulary. He should work on his verb collocations as there were a few occasions when he used an incorrect verb such as ‘I feel headache’, and he used the wrong form of a word in certain sentences.
Hossein Hajizadeh
Hossein was able to use comparative language accurately and spoke at a steady pace. He could understand most of his questions and tried to use full sentences with suitable vocabulary in them. Having said this, he needs to work on his grammar much more as many of his sentences had errors running through them which made it harder to comprehend. Also, he should work on expanding his own English vocabuarlybecause he was not able to answers some questions due to him not knowing the key words.
Omid Manochehriyan
Omid used some appropriate vocabulary like ‘I see the glass is half full’ j was able to comprehend most of his questions well. Also, he could form simple sentences. However, he needs to work on expanding his answers more fully because he had to be prompted several times and focus on his listening and vocabulary because he was unable to answer some of his questions due to the key words or gave an answer which was not relevant to the question asked.
Zahra Manochehri
Zahra was able to use a range of grammatical structures such as first conditional and comparative language. She used a wide range of vocabulary like ‘keep a track on’ and spoke at a good pace. However, she needs to develop more of her answers and her comprehension because she struggled to answer questions which required a more in-depth response. Also, she used the incorrect word form, for example, ‘she is energy’ rather than ‘…energetic’.
Hamidreza Haghighifard
Hamidreza used a wide range of vocabulary like ‘big spender’ in his answers and was able to full responses. He demonstrated good listening skills as he could respond to most questions with ease. Having said this, he needs to use more complex structures and try to develop his answers even further, although they were long, they lacked depth. Also, he made a couple of errors with prepositions and articles.
Pedram Azadi
Pedram was able to speak in various tense such as present and past simple. He used some appropriate expressions like ‘crazy about’ and had good pronunciation. He should focus on expanding his answers as some of them were only one or two sentences long; and he used incorrect verb patterns like ‘can saving money’.
Maryam Hardan
Maryam was a confident speaker and was very descriptive when talking about music. She could use comparative language appropriately and used an array of vocabulary which fitted each topic well. However, she needs to work on her tenses more as she used the past simple when the present perfect was needed and would benefit from giving explicit reasons to support her examples. For example, when she gave an example of how music helped her learn, she could have linked this to the fact that listening to music could help when revising as this is what her example was about.
Raziyeh Azodi
Rezaiyeh had a really good accent and used an advanced range of vocabulary including idiomatic expressions. She use opinionative language well, like ‘to tell you the truth’ and was able to use empirical evidence to support her ideas. Also, her listening and grammar skills were of a high standard as she did not struggle to comprehend her questions and used a range of grammatical structures correctly. She made one or two errors with word order such as ‘they should more concentrate’ and used an incorrect preposition a few times.
Amirhamzeh Rezai
Amirhamzeh used a range of phrases like ‘put thing into perspective’ and used a variety of grammatical structures correctly. He was able to use idioms and future time clauses well, but struggled to place adverbs of frequency in the right place, for example, ‘they usually don’t...’. Also, he needed prompting a few times, so he should work on developing his answers on his own more.
Mohsein Akramzadeh
Mohsein demonstrated good listening skills and could use opinionative phrases in his answers like ‘as a matter of fact’. Also, he used excellent vocabulary relating to money and used correct verb patterns. He should try to expand his answers as some were too short and he he missed the ‘s’ off third person verbs in the present. Finally, he made a couple of pronunciation errors such as ‘financial’ as he pronounced the ‘c’ as ‘c’ instead of ‘sh’.
Gholamreza Mansori
Gholamreza spoke clearly and at a steady pace. He could form simple sentences well and appeared to be able to comprehend more questions easily. Having said this, he was unsure of his questions relating to money which may have been due to the fact that he was not familiar with the key words. Also, he needs to work on his grammar further because he made mistakes with modal verbs and adjectives, for example ‘I should optimistic’, used the present simple verb rather than past simple form and was not able to use future time clauses correctly.
Zohreh Vafapoor
Zohrehhad good listening skills and was able to switch from one tense to the other easily. She used a wide range of adjectives and expressions like ‘I live within my means’ and was very descriptive in her answers .She should work on her verb patterns as she said ‘for buying a new car’ instead of ‘to buy…’. Although her listening was of a high standard, she misheard one question which resulted in an inaccurate response as she thought I said ‘helpful’ but I actually said ‘harmful’.
Hosniyeh Saberi
Hosniyeh spoke at a good pace and was able to use a range of grammar structures like future time clauses and comparatives well. He gave lengthy responses throughout and developed his answers with appropriate examples. He made a couple of mistakes with third person verb forms as he said, ‘everybody need money’ and used definite articles with general nouns, so he should work on some areas of grammar further.
Reyhaneh Hossinzadeh
Reyhaneh used various phrasal verbs and idiomatic language accurately like ‘keep track of’, and supported her answers with examples. She was able to easily comprehend her questions and when responding paraphrased them, which was nice to see. There were a couple of misunderstandings with one or two questions due to her mishearing the key words. Also, she used an incorrect verb pattern a few times such as ‘by put some money in…’.
Iman Sheybani
Iman used opening expressions well and was able to form present simple sentences well .He used a range of adjectives and comparative language to give extra details in his replies. Having said this, he needs to focus on his grammar more as he used incorrect word forms and confused his verbs several times such as ‘they learn me anything’. Also, he made several pronunciation errors and should work on his comprehension further as he gave inappropriate answers to some of his questions.
Afsaneh Sharifhoseyni
Afsaneh demonstrated an excellent level of vocabulary and used them in accordance with the topic being spoken about. He could give some examples to support his ideas and used modal verbs correctly. Although he used opinionative expressions, he tended to use the same one (‘as a matter of fact’) so he should try to vary this more. Furthermore, he would benefit from forming more of his answers as many of them lacked depth for this level.
Shiva Sharifhoseyni
Shiva was able to use factual information to support her ideas and did not struggle with any of her questions which showed very good listening skills. She used a range of grammar structures well such as conditionals and past continuous. She made some mistakes with verb form as she said, ‘I usually be careful’ and she could try to develop her answers on her own next time because I had to use the odd prompt from time to time to gather additional information.
Sajad Ghadiriyan
Sajad used a range of phrases to express his opinion and used excellent descriptive language. Also, he used correct stress and intonation and did not struggle with his questions. However, he made a couple of errors with collocations such as ‘take motivation’ and should try to use more examples to deepen his replies. Also, some of his sentences were incomplete and this made it harder to follow his ideas.
Hamidreza Arshi
Hamidreza could use a range of grammatical structures like the passive and perfect tenses. He used a wide range of vocabulary like ‘cynical’ and used appropriate phrases to express his opinion. Having said this, he should work on his listening a little further as when asked about giving advice on money he spoke about himself, instead of what he would say to somebody else. Also, he used a past participle instead of the past simple verb once or twice.
Mohssen Bagheri
Mohssen demonstrated excellent listening skills and used advanced vocabulary which perfectly fitted each topic. He used various grammar structures correctly like future time clauses, for example, ‘when I am faced with a difficult situation’ and gave an excellent account on a life-changing experience. He made one or two errors with tenses as he used auxiliary verbs with certain past simple when using the active voice and missed a couple of articles out of his sentences a few times.