Interview Feedback Level 5 Group 1
A common problem was that the students did not listen carefully to the question. For example, I asked what their name was, and some of them introduced themselves with lots of information (this wasn’t what I had asked). Also, I asked if it was important to know about customs of other cultures, and if gestures were important, and the students gave me a list of customs of gestures. It is important to listen to the question!!!
Henri
Really good grammar in present tense, good constructions such as ‘especially when…’, ‘it depends…’ Vocabulary good, although mistakes in plural eg, ‘womans’ and ‘mens’, and vocab errors: ‘pick up the laundry’ and ‘take off the dish’, ‘men’s don’t shake with women’.
Mina
Good vocabulary, able to correctly use present tense, some grammatical errors in terms of word order, eg ‘about know’ (correct: know about). Using adjective instead of verb -‘respectful other country’ (correct: respect each other)
Mona
Clear, great grammar and vocab, with good examples. Sometimes didn’t understand the question, eg I asked her to introduce herself, and she told me her beauty regime. Good use of must, should… one error with ‘women don’t allowed laugh’ (correct: women are not allowed to laugh).
Samra
Good use of present tense with must, should, it is better not to…. Also good use of past simple tense. Error with use of noun instead of verb, ‘to communication well to people…’ (correct: to communicate well with people..) Samra did not understand the word abroad, so I needed to explain this.
Azam
Vocabulary good, and was able to give many examples.
However, grammar was poor, generally the problem was the lack of a verb, especially lack of the verb ‘to be’, eg, ‘in Spanish bad…’ ‘because very interesting…’ ‘I am action dangerous in my life’, ‘I favourite hang gliding…’
There were a lot of pauses throughout the conversation, which affected the flow.
Afsane
Good use of ‘usually’, great grammar, lovely phrases,
One grammatical error (but not a big error!)- ‘he or she had better wear modest clothes…’ –you should use ‘should’ instead of ‘had better’ in this instance.
Shiva
Correct use of various tenses, present simple, present perfect, conditional. Good grammar. A couple of errors, such as -‘we can use communicate better’, and misuse of superlative- ‘with best service’ (correct: the best service, or a good service’) Could have given more examples of hotel facilities.
Fateme
Was able to use a variety of examples and a range of vocabulary. Plural error with ‘mens and womens’, and verb error with ‘gestures is very important’. Vocab errors eg, ‘when I meet family person’ (correct: a familiar person), ‘the talk’ (correct: speech or talking).
Sohaila
Good grammar and very good vocabulary, especially good answer about whether children should watch violent movies- ‘no, because they copy and imitate behaviour’.
Errors with articles, eg using definitive article instead of indefinite article in this instance: ‘when I meet the familiar person…’, and lack of article where the indefinite should be used in this instance: ‘when I meet new person…’
Pronunciation errors with ‘familiar’ and ‘stories’…
Fateme
Good grammar in present tense and good use of phrases with ‘when…’
Able to use appropriate vocab to answer questions on variety of topics
Lack of verb in phrase ‘speaking not everything’, and vocab error ‘comfort hotel’ (correct: comfortable hotel)
Samane
good use of ‘if’ phrases, use of ‘usually’, ability to use tenses flexibly, mixture of present simple, present perfect, conditional , great grammar
preposition error ‘on the town’ (correct: in town), error with verb ‘like’- ‘I like it’s…, I like it has…’ (correct: I like it to be, I like it to have…use of infinitive after I like)
Hadis
Ability to speak in present tense and use a variety of vocabulary
Grammar error- ‘my country have …’ (correct: has), errors with plural/singular eg, ‘has many garden’, ‘the best place are the gardens’.
He didn’t understand the word ‘abroad’.
Farnaz
Able to use positive and negative in present tense, good use of modal should, able to answer in present perfect tense.
Word order and verb error ‘ it’s very important services’ (correct: the services are very important.’ Also, to improve use the relative pronoun ‘which’- ‘I like a hotel it has interesting places’. (correct: I like a hotel which has …)
Zohre
Good examples for small talk and gestures.
Some grammar errors which affected flow of conversation. For example, lack of verbs eg ‘In Lebanon are muslims and no much different culture.’ Errors with superlative-remember ‘the’! eg, the most interesting, the best, …
Fateme
Able to talk about a variety of topics using a variety of vocabulary.
Able to use simple past.
Good use of adjectives such as terrific, exciting, old, friendly
Grammar fairly poor, errors for example, ‘too important’ (correct: very important), I like dangerous (correct: I like danger). The poor grammar in sentences sometimes affected my understanding, for example, ‘Sometimes gestures are we talk about other country.’
laila
Great use of simple past when describing holiday, lots of examples.
Grammar error-use of because instead of that, eg ‘it’s important because when I go to another culture I know culture…’ (correct: it’s important that when I go to another culture…’) Also, people is muslim (correct: people are muslim)
Maryam
Ability to answer questions with appropriate vocab. Good phrases such as, ‘for people’s connection’ and ‘body language is very important’
Vocab error ‘shake my shoulder’, and pronunciation not clear for two words, ‘handshake’, and ‘helpful’ (it sounded like healthy’).Grammar error ‘ very very facilities’ (correct: a lot of facilities’.
Monire
Good use of past simple tense, present perfect and future
Good use of relative pronoun ‘that has many historical places’
Good use of adjectives eg, ‘strange, magnificent’
Very few grammatical errors, only one error in present perfect, ‘I’ve not go to another country’ and vocab ‘I’m not very adventure’ (correct: adventurous)