Interview Feedback
01/06/12
1.) Ali Reza Deghani (level 5)
Ali Reza tried very hard to provide detailed and extended answers to my questions. He included a range of modals in his advice for tourists visiting Iran and a variety of expressions of frequency when discussing his free time habits. A couple of areas for Ali Reza to work on include the accuracy of his subject verb agreements and differentiating between nouns, verbs and adjectives.
2.) Farzaneh Hajhashemi (level 5)
Farzaneh was able to provide lots of topic-specific vocabulary and included a modal verb for advice to tourists visiting Iran. She also used a good
time-buying expression, (‘Let me see...’) which worked well and allowed her the time to construct her response to my question. Two areas on which Farzaneh could consider focusing are her use of prepositions and her ability to differentiate between nouns, verbs and adjective with which she made a few mistakes during the interview.
3.) Elham Mohseni Fard (level 5)
Elham included a range of grammatical forms including a conditional and the past simple which is excellent to see at this level. She also showed a good range of topic-based vocabulary and a variety of modals for advice. Elham would have been in a position to receive more marks from this interview if she had pushed herself a little harder to expand her answers without me having to prompt her. This should be a focus of hers, going forward. She must also pay attention not to forget the inclusion of the main verb in her sentences.
4.) Najmeh Mojab (level 5)
Najmeh used a variety of adverbs of frequency when discussing her free time activities and accurate examples of both the past simple and a zero conditional. Although her answers were fairly short, Najmeh spoke with a good level of fluency. Unfortunately, she made a number of mistakes in confusing her nouns, verbs and adjectives which she will need to work on in order to progress.
5.) Rahim Malek Poor (level 5)
Rahim understood my questions well and provided interesting and well-developed answers. He also self-corrected a couple of his grammatical errors which shows a nice attention to detail and produced a good mix of topic-based vocabulary. Rahim would benefit from a little work on improving his pronunciation slightly and must be careful with his he/she subject mistakes.
6.) Iman Mehdiabadi (level 5) ABSENT/100
7.) Yasra Khatib (level 5)
Yasra understood my questions well and was able to provide short but interesting answers. Grammatically, she was generally quite accurate and included a range of vocabulary and adverbs of frequency. Unfortunately, Yasra did not push herself to provide developed answers which she is clearly capable of doing and which lost her some marks on this occasion. Going forward, Yasra must try to expand her answers rather than rely on the examiner for prompts. She must also remember to use plurals when talking in generalisations e.g., ‘read book(s)’ and ‘watch movie(s)’.
8.) Hamed Hashemi (level 5)
Hamed did well to include a number of different grammatical devices in his interview including accurate examples of the present perfect and past simple, which is great to see. He also self-corrected a couple of mistakes showing a nice attention to detail. Going forward, Hamed could consider spending some time trying to improve his pronunciation slightly. He must also watch out for confusing his nouns and adjectives e.g., ‘violence(t) films’.
9.) Samira Tasdighi (level 5)
Samira’s pronunciation is fine and her grammar was generally fairly accurate. She included an accurate example of the present perfect and a good range of free time activities. Although Samira’s topic-based vocabulary is good, she would benefit from obtaining some more general vocabulary, in particular, adjectives, which would allow her allow more variety of expression. She must also watch to make sure she does not forget to include the main verb in her sentence.
10.) Aliakbar Mirheydari (level 5)
Aliakbar provided a good introduction to himself and his family and was able to understand my questions without difficulty. Grammatically, he included a ‘going to’ future which is great to see at this level, and possesses a wide range of both general and topic-related vocabulary. Unfortunately, Aliakbar seems to struggle with his sentence structure and instead is forced to rely on pre-learned answers and sentences, which affects the natural flow of his speech. He should prioritise improving this structure as a priority. He must also remember not to confuse the verbs ‘to learn’ and ‘to teach’.
11.) Alireza Khosravian (level 5)
Alireza spoke with confidence and was able to understand my questions, without difficulty before providing thoughtful answers. He included modals for advice and the past simple to discuss a recent holiday. He must remember, however, to use plurals for generalisations and to introduce adverbs, where necessary e.g, ‘Men and women great each other different(ly)’. He should also be aware that ‘gone’ is the past participle of ‘to go’ and should not be used as the past simple (went).