Feedback: Level 5 Groups 5 & 3
Ali Gerami
Ali demonstrated excellent listening skills as he could understand his questions without any difficulties. He used modals when giving advice and could speak in various tenses well. He needs to work on expanding his answers more as he often had to be prompts to gain additional information and he did not use many examples either. Also, he did not use comparative adjectives when comparing.
Hosein Kohansal
Hosein spoke at a steady pace and used some suitable vocabulary in his replies. He also had good pronunciation as he was able stress words accurately. However, he ought to focus on his grammar more as he made several mistakes, such as, using ‘I’d’ when speaking about his likes, also, he muddled up his tenses and used past simple to give advice and did not use full sentences every time. Finally, he should focus on his comprehension and listening more as when asked about gestures, he could only demonstrate them rather than saying why they are important..
Nooshin Khodadadi
Nooshin demonstrated good ideas and could use some appropriate vocabulary for her questions. She spoke clearly and used the verb to ‘be’ in the correct form in her answers. However, she should focus on her listening much more as she struggled to comprehend many of her questions, which resulted in an inaccurate answer. Also, she confused some past participles and nouns as she said ‘customer’, but meant ‘custom’.
Niloofar Khodadadi
Niloofar used a wide range of vocabulary which was always suitable for each of her questions. She had good pronunciation and was able to use the correct form of a verb. Having said this, she tended to use ‘I’d’ when using the present simple to speak on her movie likes. Furthermore, she often gave very brief replies, so she would benefit from developing her answers further.
Raziyeh Khodaparast
Raziyeh spoke in full sentences and was able to speak in the present simple tense correctly. Furthermore, she used an array of words and could understand the majority of her questions. However, she should work on the present perfect tense because she was not able to replies in this tense. Also, she made a few grammar mistakes as she said ‘on the future’ and misplaced object pronouns, such as, ‘make happy me’.
Sedighe Khodaparast
Sedighe had very good listening skills as she could grasp all of her questions relatively easily. She used fitting vocabulary like ‘imitate’ and spoke clearly at a good pace. She should work on her pronunciation as she tended to use a rising intonation when it was not necessary. Also, she should work on expanding her answers and knowing how to construct present perfect sentences as she answered using the present simple instead.
Mehrdad Khodaparast
Mehrdad used modals for giving advice and could use complete full sentences in her replies. She was able to form the present simple tense well, but was not able to use the past simple correctly as she used ‘go’ rather than ‘went’. Furthermore, she used present simple time expressions when referring to the past and pronounced her ‘v’ as a ‘w’ when saying ‘violent’
Behyar Zaeridoost
Behyarwas able to speak in the present perfect tense well and used appropriate adverbs. He could comprehend many of his questions, apart from the one on small talk, and he used full sentences and examples. He should work on his pronunciation as she pronounced ‘guests’ with two syllables and he made a couple of word collocation mistakes like, ‘I have exciting activities’.
Fereshteh Jahangiri
Fereshteh was a confident speaker who could speak in various tenses, including the present perfect, easily. She supported her answers with suitable examples and used adverbs correctly. She needs to use modals more when giving advice and she would benefit from using conditional structures more to give a more developed response.
Mohsen Gholami
Mohsen gave a detailed introduction and could form present simple sentences well. He used appropriate lexis, like concierge, and gave detailed answers throughout. He made a couple of errors with pronouns as when speaking about movies he used ‘it’ instead of ‘they’. Also, he pronounced ‘v’ words with a ‘w’.
Seyedezahra Moosavi
Seyede was able to use examples well in her answers and always spoke in full sentences. She demonstrated very good listening skills as she did not struggle with any of her questions, and, she used excellent vocabulary. She made a couple of verb form mistakes as she said, ‘it have’ and one or two of her answers fell a little short, so she should expand all of her answers. Finally, she would benefit from rephrasing the question in her answers.
Nooshin Arjang
Nooshin used an array of words in her answers and demonstrated good listening and comprehension. She could speak in the present simple and present perfect tense correctly, with only one mistake with ‘gone’ as she said, ‘I have gone snorkelling’. She would benefit from using more examples to develop her answers more, such as giving examples of countries which have different customs. Also, she used definite article with plural nouns.
Ayatollah Dehghan
Ayatollah was able to comprehend the majority of his questions relatively well and spoke clearly. Furthermore, he had good pronunciation and could speak in the present simple tense correctly. He needs to work on his grammar more as he used singular verbs instead of plurals and he missed out verbs from some of his sentences, such as, ‘I haven’t a car’. Finally, he used ‘gone’ rather than ‘been’.
Ali Zarehasanabadi
Ali understood his questions well and spoke in complete full sentences. He did not struggle with giving an answer and even if he could not remember exactly, he gave an alternative response. He also spoke in the past simple tense correctly when using regular verbs, but when he had a few problems when using irregular verbs. Also, he should try to use more examples to further expand his answers.
Zahra Sedaghatkish
Zahra was a clear speaker who could use simple full sentences. She constructed the present simple tense well and used fitting vocabulary. However, she needs to work on her comprehension more as she was not able to answer some of her questions. Also, she could not use the present perfect and would benefit from supporting her answers with suitable examples.
Hengameh Rahmani
Hengameh gave a detailed introduction and had good grammar skills as she could use various tense well and used relative clause in her answers. She also had good listening skills as she did not struggle with any of her questions. Having said this, she used ‘to’ incorrectly once or twice as she said, ‘more to respect to others’ and she was not sure of the meaning for ‘funniest’, so she ought to concentrate on superlatives.
Saber Ganji poor
Saber spoke in the present simple tense well used quantifiers and could comprehend his questions easily. He used opening expressions for example, ‘first of all…’ and spoke at a natural pace. However, he did not use past simple verbs and misplace pronouns in phrasal verbs as he said, ‘wake up me’. So he should focus on his grammar slightly
Marziyeh Haji
poor Marziyeh could construct present perfect structures well and used a wide range of vocabulary. She could comprehend her questions and spoke clearly. She made a couple of mistakes with word forms as she used an adjective instead of a noun because she said ‘Turkish’, not ‘Turkey’. Also, she confused her word order as she said ‘shuttle airport’.
Sara Jamali
Sara could expand her answers well by using examples; she also was able to give detailed answers every time and used modals for advice. Furthermore, she used opening expressions correctly and understood all of her questions. She should watch her prepositions as she used ‘in’ instead of ‘on’ once or twice. Also, she made slight mistakes with her word order because she placed the subject at the end of a sentence.
Mosayeb Eraafi
Mosayeb spoke in the present simple tense correctly and used excellent expressions, such as, ‘as a matter of fact’. Also, he used appropriate language and used prepositions well. He should work on his pronunciation as he mispronounced ‘see’ and he should work on expanding his answers more because many of them were quite brief. Finally, he struggled to comprehend the question on tourists, so he should work on his listening slightly.
Masood Nazari
Masood used modals correctly and was able to use adverbs in his answers. He used an array of words and could speak in the present simple tense well. However, he struggled to use the present perfect tense and opted to respond using the past simple instead, so he should work on this more. Furthermore, he needs to improve his listening as he had to have the majority of his questions repeated several times before he could answer them.
Maryam Ashraafi
Maryam used some examples well and spoke in simple sentences correctly. She spoke clearly and had good pronunciation because she could stress words correctly. She should work on her grammar as she made some word order mistakes because she said ‘sitting baby’, also, she could not use the present perfect tense and used the present simple tense instead. Finally, she sometimes struggled to give additional details, so she should try to lengthen her answers more.