Interview Feedback Level 4 Group 69
Afsaneh Salehi
Afsaneh spoke clearly, had very good listening skills and was able to use a range of modal verbs such as ‘have to’ correctly. She used a wide range of suitable vocabulary and always used full sentences in her answers. She missed an ‘s’ off certain plural nouns and verbs as she said, ‘some special place’. Also, she used a singular verb instead of the plural form on a few occasions.
Mohammad MoslehShirazi
Mohammad gave a good introduction and used various adverbs appropriately. He was able to give some example to support his ideas and demonstrated good listening skills as he had no problems comprehending his questions. Having said this, he made several errors with verb patterns as he used ‘to’ after some verbs like ‘avoid to sweet food’. Furthermore, he used singular verbs when plurals were needed and was not able to form the 1st conditional correctly. Finally, although it was nice to see him use sequencers, he should try to vary them as he constantly used ‘after that’.
Farnaz Ramezani
Farnaz could use a variety of grammar structures correctly such as zero conditional and used correct verb patterns. Also, she used full sentences throughout and was able to bulk them out with examples. However, she should work on her tenses further as she used present continuous to talk about what kind of exercises she does. In addition, she made a few errors with prepositions as she said, ‘they do it for stay in shape’ and she misunderstood or misheard one question about which activities she does on vacation because she replied with an answer on possible vacation problems.
Maryam Sorayaneshan
Maryam gave excellent answers and always spoke as fully as possible expanding whenever possible. She was able to give additional examples to support her answers. Also, she used a range of sequencers and could easily speak in the present and past simple tense without any difficulties. Having said this, she tended to speak using a rising intonation and mispronounced one or two words like ‘suit’. Also, she missed out the verb to ‘be’ with one or two adjectives as she said, ‘people so friendly’.
Marziyeh MovahedMajd
Marziyeh was able to comprehend her questions with ease and her listening skills were to a high standard. She could develop her answers well and always used complete sentences. In addition, she used a wide range of vocabulary like ‘appropriate’ and ‘loaded with calories’. She made a couple of errors with adverbs at the start of a sentence and missed out the verb to ‘be’ when using the passive such as ‘maybe the flight delayed’.
Najmeh Joker
Najmeh demonstrated good listening skills as she did not struggle to understand her questions. She was able to speak in simple sentences and spoke at a steady pace and used correct prepositions. Having said this, she needs to expand her answers much more as she had to be asked ‘why’ several times and even when this was done, there were times when she struggled to state why. Therefore she would benefit from widening her English vocabulary. Also, she would use the present continuous when the present simple was need to refer to her routine. Finally, there were several mistakes with word order such as ‘room hotel’.
Kiyana Karimi
Kiyana gave a detailed introduction and was able to use a range of grammatical structures including first conditional. She used appropriate vocabulary like ‘conservative’ and adverbs well and supported her answers with examples. She made one or two errors with conjunctions as she used ‘and’ rather than ‘but’ to show a contrast. Although she used sequencers, she tended to use ‘after that’ so she ought to vary this more.
Fatemeh Salehi
Fatemeh gave good examples in her answers and used various modal verbs correctly. She used time expressions well and used suitable vocabulary throughout. Having said this, she was unsure of a couple of questions such as describing her typical evening. Also, she made several mistakes with prepositions like ‘go to a vacation’ and should try to give examples to expand her replies more.
Masoumeh Sorouhi
Masoumeh was able to give detailed replies throughout and used complete sentences. She had good vocabulary, especially when referring to clothes, and gave an excellent account of her trip to China. Also, she could speak in the present and past simple tense accurately and used adverbs correctly. However, she needs to work on her pronunciation further as she mispronounced ‘wear’ several times. Also, she needs to use sequencers when talking about her routine.
Saeid TayebiKhoram
Saeid used a range of opinionative phrases well like ‘I think’ and was able to use sequencers and time expressions accurately. He had very good listening skills and his vocabulary was to a high standard. He made a couple of mistakes with verb patterns as he said, ‘I avoid to go to bed late’ and used an incorrect preposition once or twice like ‘to become familiar to its culture’.
Reza Dehghani
Reza used a range of structures well like zero conditional and the passive. He could understand his questions with ease and constantly used full sentences. Also, he could speak in the present simple tense easily using adverbs and sequencers accurately. Having said this, he could have given examples to further develop his replies. Also, he should try to speak a little quicker to up his fluency and used an incorrect word form such as ‘… exercise for their healthy’.
Maedeh Molodi
Maedehhad good listening, used adverbs of frequency and a range of adverbs well. She spoke at a steady pace and could form simple sentences. She needs to work on expanding her answers much more as she gave very short replies and had to be asked ‘why’ most of the time to obtain additional details. Also, she should use more conjunctions and sequencers to expand her sentences and she would tend to list. For example when asked about her typical morning, she said ‘I go… I go swimming, I go college’.