Interview Feedback Level 3 Group 4
Ali
Errors: My father names is…, ‘he doesn’t have moustache’, some problems with months
Good points: good phrase to answer: ‘Yes, of course’, using adverbs of frequency ‘always’ and ‘sometimes’, good understanding of my extra questions about university, good descriptions with lots of adjectives and use of negative e.g., ‘he doesn’t have a moustache’.
Ghazele
Errors: ‘If I want hungry I go restaurant.’( correct: if I am hungry I go to a restaurant.’
Good points: vocab e.g., ‘I have two siblings’, good phrases to answer: ‘well, let me think’, ‘well…’, ‘yes, of course’, adverbs of frequency – sometimes, always, about 2 years…,able to talk fluently about self and others
Shormela
Errors: ‘I have big family’ (lack of indefinite article ‘a’), ‘two sister’ (lack of ‘s’ in plural),’parents have more time for education children’, didn’t understand when I asked for explanation on one of the points about preferring a small family, ‘I am study now’ (correct: I am studying now)
Good points: talked about self and others fluently and with detail, use of comparative ‘older’ and ‘better’, use of ‘well’ in order to begin answers.
Saeede
Errors: ‘he’s beautiful’ (correct: handsome, to describe men), pronunciation of January sounded like June, didn’t understand my question about his mother’s job although I repeated it twice, ‘my parents is engineering mechanical’ (not clear what was meant, whether father or mother, and error in vocab. Correct: a mechanical engineer), ‘I study engineering chemistry (correct: chemical engineering)
Good points: ability to mix present and past and contrast with ‘but’: e.g., ‘ I live in shiraz but I was born in…’, able to talk well about self and others, use of ‘excuse me’ when a mistake was made, correct vocab for days and months.
Mohsen
Errors: used present continuous instead of present simple, and used incorrect prepositions: ‘I’m working in the company’ (correct I work in a company’), I living on … (correct: I live at…), ‘I have one siblings’ (need to use singular), didn’t understand my question initially about how old his brother was, ‘my brother has 17 years old’ (correct: my brother is 17 years old).
Good points: great vocabulary such as ‘they can help each other’ and ‘they don’t get bored’, use of adverbs of frequency such as sometimes and often, good vocab to describe appearance.
Soolmaz
Errors: ‘my father is in average height and average tall’ (doesn’t make sense. Correct: my father is average height), ‘my brother and I are twin’ (correct: twins),
Good points: great descriptions with lots of vocab and adjectives, great grammar to describe self and others, good adverbs of frequency such as usually, occasionally, sometimes, 3 times a week,
Mehdi
Errors: ‘I like go on a picnic…’ (correct: I like going to a picnic), sometimes listen to music, (correct: sometimes I listen to music),
Good points: great comparatives ‘she’s taller than me and more beautiful than me’, good response ‘yes, of course’, use of ‘only’ e.g., ‘I only have a sister’, able to speak about self and others using correct verb forms.
Farzad
Errors: ‘go swimming’ (need to use ‘I’ at the beginning), ‘she’s black and straight hair’ (correct: she has straight, black hair – need to say ‘she has’ as two separate words, and order of adjectives important), ‘about 2 years’ (need to say ‘about 2 years ago’),
Good points: able to use present and past in various forms e.g. ‘ I was born in … and grew up there, but I live in Shiraz…my family moved to Shiraz….’, able to talk about different topics comfortably.
Ali
Errors: misunderstood my question about parents’ appearance, use of ‘he’ to describe mother, ‘I’m play’ (correct: I play), ‘business mans’ (correct: plural is ‘men’),
Good points: generally correct verb forms for various people, ability to use past tense ‘I was born in Shiraz’, lots of description with numbers e.g., 180 cm tall and 80kg, use of ‘just’ e.g., ‘I just play soccer’.
Maryam
Errors: ‘I’m blonde hair’ (correct: I have…), ‘I was born in 1371…’ (I asked her if this was correct and she said yes), ‘because of I don’t like…’ (correct: because I don’t like),
Good points: able to describe self and others with correct verb forms, adverbs of frequency such as sometimes, three times a week and often, correct order of adjectives e.g., short, blonde hair,
Bita
Errors: ‘I’m large black hair’ (correct: I have…), ‘my father is manager’ (lack of indefinite article ‘a’), ‘more monies’ (always say money),
Good points: use of past and present ‘I was born in Shiraz, I live in Shiraz’, use of because e.g. ‘ no I don’t because I’m very busy’, able to say days and months perfectly,
Farhad
Errors: didn’t understand my first question, ‘my parents is retired’ (correct: are retired), ‘I don’t have more time and more money’ (correct: much time and much money), ‘he has no beard’ (correct: he doesn’t have a beard)
Good points: Good personal description and description of parents with a variety of adjectives, e.g., long, curly, black hair, able to say day and months, good phrase ‘right now’.
Ehsan
Errors: I’m soldier now (need to use indefinite article ‘a’), ‘from a year ago I can’t exercise’ (correct: I haven’t been able to exercise for a year), he used ‘I think’ too much and not always correctly e.g., ‘my major was bodybuilding I think’(you should know what your major was! Not just think it!)
Good points: phrases with when and if e.g., ‘when I’m not tired I…, if the weather’s good I ...’, mix of past and present and use of ‘still’ to describe present, great pronunciation and flowing, confident conversation!
Mina
Errors: ‘I go to the garden’ (correct: I go in the garden), ‘she has medium brown hair’ (correct: she has medium length brown hair’,
Good points: lovely grammar, conversation flowed nicely, able to describe self and others well in present and past, able to say days and months.
Fahreda
Errors: ‘I like go the cinema etc’ (I like going to…), misunderstood my question ‘who do you play golf with?’, mixed up Thursday and Tuesday in days of the week.
Good points: correct grammar and vocab to describe self and others, able to explain opinion with because and give sufficient reasons.
Morvarid
Errors: ‘he don’t have hair’, (correct: he doesn’t), ‘he’s businessman’ (need to use indefinite article), my mother…long hair’ (need to use ‘has’), not able to say the months of the year.
Good points: able to use first and third person in affirmative form, able to use comparative ‘she is older than me’, able to describe frequency ‘4 times a week’, adequate vocab.
Sahar
Errors: I have any sisters (correct: I don’t have any sisters), not very detailed descriptions of parents.
Good points: able to say days of week and months of year, able to use adverbs of frequency such as sometimes and usually, used correct prepositions e.g., in the morning and at night.
Fereshta
Errors: ‘my mother…he has…’ (correct: she),
Good points: able to say days and months, able to say how often she does something, correct grammar and able to use verb and an object e.g., ‘my sisters can help me’.
Seyyed Reza
Errors: ‘my father is teacher’ (need to use indefinite article ‘a’ with jobs), ‘I listen music’ (correct: I listen to music),
Good points: good explanation with ‘because I believe…’, able to describe how often he does something, interesting description of father as he mentioned his eyebrows!, able to say days and months.
Zohre
Errors: didn’t understand the question ‘what do your father and mother look like?’ (She initially described what they like and the compared herself with her parents appearance), ‘I dancing…’ (correct: I dance …), I did study (correct: I studied)
Good points: spoke fluently about self and others using correct grammar and was comfortable with vocab, able to use correct prepositions e.g. ‘in the morning before I go to work’.
Mehdi
Errors: ‘after 10 years they are more relations’ (correct: there are…), I don’t translator very well (correct: translate), ‘my brother don’t have children’ (correct: doesn’t have)
Good points: able to combine present and past and use different verb forms, good grammar construction ‘one of them is married’, paid careful attention to aspects such as correct prepositions ‘at college’, and adverbs such as ‘very well’, good vocab including days and months.
Amirreza
Errors: ‘my father taller than…’ (correct: …is taller than…),’my father is an engineering’ (correct: an engineer), unable to say months of the year.
Good points: good pronunciation, good understanding, able to use conditional, able to use time expression in past ‘3 years ago’, able to use comparatives e.g., ‘taller than…’, ‘faster than…’ (however remember to use ‘is’ or ‘are’ in front of the comparative).