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Level 5 G 2
1/03/12
Shahrzad Rasekh
Sharhrzad was able to use examples well in her answers and she used opening expressions correctly. Furthermore, she used a wide range of vocabulary and was able to speak in full sentences properly. However, she had a couple of issues with her tenses as when she was asked speaking about a past event, she used a present tense verb, such as, ‘I go to Dubai’. Also, she sometimes used a past participle form verb instead of a past simple one.
Dariyosh Saadat
Dariyosh could use comparative adjectives well and was able to give detailed answers. Also, he used emphasising word, like, ‘so’. He should work on his listening as he misheard a couple of questions and this resulted with him giving an inappropriate reply. For example, when he was asked about the funniest film he had ever seen, he spoke about his favourite film instead. Finally, he sometimes used an incorrect possessive pronoun as he referred to a person as ‘it’ rather than ‘he/she’.
Nima EbrahimiFard
Nima used opening phrases well to begin each of her answers and when she spoke about abilities, she could use the correct grammatical structure. However, she needs to work on her pronunciation more as she made a few mistakes with certain words, especially ones beginning with a ‘b’ because she would pronounce them with a ‘p’ sound, for example ‘dump and dumper’ for a funny film she had seen. Also, she would add articles with uncountable nouns.
Shahrokh Shojaei
Shahrokh was able to speak in the present simple tense properly and used a wide range of vocabulary which directly related to each question. Furthermore, he used correct verb patterns and had good pronunciation skills. Having said this, he often used a past participle form of a verb instead of the past tense form, such as, ‘I gone snorkelling’. Also, he used the definite article with cities, so he should work on this area too.
Ali Kiyanizadeh
Ali demonstrated good listening skills as he was able to comprehend the majority of his questions and his ideas related specifically to each question. In addition, he used past simple tense accurately and tried to speak in full sentences. Having said this, he used the present form of an auxiliary verb when using the past continuous form, such as, ‘when I saw him, I’m laughing’. Furthermore, he was not able to form conditional sentences properly and often missed out articles and unstressed words.
Mehran Jona
Mehran was able to use opening expressions and opinionative language well in his answers. Also, he appeared to have very good listening skills as he was able to answer all of his questions, and he could expand his responses well. However, he needs to work on his pronunciation more as he pronounced a ‘b’ as a ‘p’, for example, ‘dump and dumper’. Furthermore, he did not use third person verbs correct, so he should work on this more.
Amir Fazilat
Amir was able to form short answers in the correct tense well. Furthermore, he used correct verb patterns as he could reproduce the right pattern for ‘advise’ because he said ‘I could advise them to…’. He should work on ways to expand his answers as at times, he gave quite brief replies, also, he used an incorrect preposition, so he should work on his grammar further.
Mahsa Bayat
Mahsa was a confident speaker with excellent pronunciation skills. Also, she spoke at a natural pace and was able to follow. Furthermore, she used an array of words and placed adverbs in the right place in her sentences. She should focus on her grammar a little more as there were a few occasions when she used the wrong form of a verb when speaking in the past tense or used a noun instead of the adjective form.
Sara Aghababaei
Sara could form conditional structures correctly in her answers and was able to use various types of verbs, including phrasal and modals. In addition, she used suitable vocabulary throughout. She needs to work on articles more because she would sometimes leave these out, for example ‘it isn’t good idea’. Also, she missed out auxiliary verbs a few times in her sentences.
Malakeh Gheysarani
Malakehspoke in the past simple tense well and could use correct pronouns too. Furthermore, she was able to use advising vocabulary suitably and used a variety of words in her answers. However, she made a few errors with third person verbs because she would miss the ‘s’ of them in positive present statements, like, ‘it make me happy’. Also, she would miss articles out so she ought to work on her certain grammar points.
Saeed Sheykhi
Saeed was able to comprehend the majority of his questions as he did not need them repeating much. Also, he had good pronunciation skills as he stress words correctly. However, he needs to work on using complete sentences as he would give his ideas, but not put them into full sentences and this reduced his fluency. Finally, he would give quite brief response, so he should also use more examples to fill them out.
Amin Rezaei
Amin had excellent pronunciation skills as was able to speak at a natural pace. Furthermore, he was able to talk at length for each of his questions and always used appropriate vocabulary throughout and used examples to support his views. Having said this, he made a couple of grammatical mistakes, including when he used the passive voice, he did not use a suitable verb, for example, ‘were destructed’ instead of ‘destroyed’. Also, he use an incorrect preposition once or twice.
AbdolRasoul SalehiAfroz
Abdol was a clear speaker who could use a suitable amount of lexis and he could use examples to expand his answers. However, he sometimes got the word order wrong as he put the adjective after a noun, e.g. ‘movie comedy’. Also, he did not use ‘to’ after certain verbs like ‘prefer’ and he tended to miss out articles and prepositions in his sentences.
Mohamad AminNematolahi
Mohamad used a wide range of vocabulary and phrases in his answers. Also, he was able to speak in the present simple tense well and had good pronunciation skills as he used correct intonation. However, he sometimes tried to use conditional language, but he would only use part of it and then more onto a different answers, for example, ‘if we smoke in public places…’ but without the second clause. Finally, he made a couple of mistakes with propositions.
Saeed Zarei
Saeed was able to use advising language well in his responses and could speak in full sentences. Furthermore, he used verb patterns correctly and could comprehend the majority of questions. Having said this, he was not able to understand ‘abroad’ and had to have this questions rephrases and he sometimes used an incorrect prepositions, such as, ‘on the theatre’.
Gholam RezaMansori
Gholam was a controlled speaker who could understand his questions with ease. Also, he used a variety of adverbs and adjectives in his answers and could speak in the present tense. However, he was not able to use past tense sentences when he should have or he missed out main verbs when using certain tenses, such as the present perfect tense because he said, ‘I have many things in my life’. Finally, he needs to use contractions more as he often avoided this when speaking.