Interview Feedback Level 3 Group 3
Maryam
Errors: ‘my father have a brown hair’ (correct: my father has brown hair), ‘he is pretty’ (correct: he is handsome), ‘my daughter study’ (correct: my daughter studies), ‘he is manager’ (correct: he is a manager)
Good points: able to use first person in simple present tense, able to say how often she does something, able to describe others and use 3rd person generally well, able to talk about hobbies, family, jobs, months and days.
Mehdi
Errors: I’m clerk (need to use indefinite article ‘a’, and be careful with pronunciation), ‘sometimes read books’ (need to use pronoun ‘I’)
Good points: able to talk about self and others with correct verb forms, demonstrated a good vocabulary, able to use adverbs of frequency such as ‘often,usually and sometimes’.
Mostafa
Errors: ‘I’m English student’ (correct: I’m an English student),’I graduated electrical technic at the University’ (correct: I graduated in electrical …? at University) – not sure which degree you did, ‘in my home’ (correct: at home),
Good points: speech sounded natural with the use of ‘well’ to begin sentences, able to use ‘if’ phrases well, used correct grammar in present and past, able to use direct object pronoun -‘if I have enough time to do it, good phrase ‘the parents can focus on their children…’
Marzie
Errors: ‘I like aerobic’ (correct: I like aerobics)
Good points: perfect grammar, used affirmative and negative sentences, able to say how often she does something, speech sounded natural with the use of ‘well’, added extra details to description such as ‘short, wavy grey hair’ and ‘a big nose’.
Morteza
Errors: ‘I have two brother’ (need to use plural), I asked ‘Why is an average family a happy family?’ ‘because I have many money’ (correct: they have a lot of money’),
Good points: used ‘has got’ to describe appearance, generally very good grammar, able to talk about self, family, looks, hobbies.
Diba
Errors: ‘I studied an architecture’ (remove indefinite article ‘an’), ‘he has medium weigh’ (need to pronounce ‘t’ at the end), ‘the parents have a little money’ (correct: the parents don’t have very much money’)
Good points: able to use present and past tense well in different verb forms, able to answer all questions with appropriate vocab
Mohammad
Errors: ‘I like play football’ (correct: I like playing football), ‘his eyes is brown’ (correct: are brown), ‘the parents have more time for children’ (correct: …for the children’),
Good points: speech flowed nicely, able to use appropriate vocab, able to use different verb forms,
Hamed
Errors: ‘I swimming’ (correct: I go swimming), ‘my father work’ (correct: my father works…), didn’t understand meaning of question ‘what does your father or mother look like?’, ‘I favourite sport football’ (correct: my favourite sport is football’),
Good points: able to talk about hobbies and family with appropriate vocab, generally uses present tense accurately.
Ahmad
Errors: ‘my father is engineering’ (correct: my father is an engineer), he had trouble understanding some questions, especially ‘How often do you play football?’, struggled with months, ‘my mother is heavy’ (we generally don’t say this in English. You could say my mother is big, or fat).
Good points: able to use appropriate vocab to talk about self and others, able to use first and third person.
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Hamed
Errors: ‘I’m work in a shop’ (correct: I work…), ‘a small family is more money’ (correct: a small family has more money), ‘my father don’t have a beard’ (correct: doesn’t have a beard),
Good points: appropriate vocab to answer questions, able to say days and months of year, able to use phrase with ‘when…’, able to use positive and negative in sentences,
Fakhrodin
Errors: didn’t understand ‘what do your parents look like?’, some problems with days and months (need to start with Monday for days, and missed April and May in months), ‘clean the house etc…’ (did not use ‘I …’), ‘do the room (tidy the room)
Good points: able to use correct verb forms for ‘I’ and ‘they’, demonstrated knowledge of appropriate vocabulary,
Reza
Errors: misunderstood question ‘what do your parents look like?, error with third person singular ‘my mother look like’ (remember final ‘s’),
Good points: able to say days and months (although in English we start with Monday), able to say how often he does something, able to use present simple and continuous and past tense to compare, able to use third person plural and demonstrated good grammatical knowledge eg, ‘both of them…’
Samira
Errors: answers were very short, some problems with question ‘What do your parents look like?’; ‘his eyes and black’ (correct: …are black), ‘my mother is look like and I’ (do you mean, ‘my mother looks like me?),’I go park and I go cinema’ (correct: I go to the park and I go to the cinema)
Good points: appropriate vocabulary to respond to questions about hobbies, family, jobs, days, (although start with Monday), able to say how often she does something, able to speak in first and third person singular and plural,
Mojtaba
Errors: ‘I’m civil engineering’ (correct: I’m a civil engineer), ‘watch movie’ (remember ‘movies’), ‘in Iran all of the family have any children’ (Do you mean, ‘all families have children’?)
Good points: able to use present and past tense, able to use first and third person, good range of vocabulary, added extra information about his favourite day and why.
Saeed
Errors: ‘my father is retired and is housewife’ (!), ‘I’m an electrical engineering’ (correct: an electrical engineer),
Good points: able to use first and third person, able to add extra information (about small family and days of the week), able to say how often and when he does something, able to use if phrase.
Shahram
Errors: pronunciation of January, ‘my father looks like to me’ (correct:…looks like me), ‘in the evening of Monday’ (on Monday evening’),
Good points: able to use present simple and continuous and past tenses, able to use first and third person, able to talk about different topics and say how often he does something
Mohammad Ali
Errors: answered question, what do you study? with ‘yes’, ‘I’m play soccer’ (correct: I play soccer), not able to say how often he exercises, didn’t understand ‘what do your parents look like?’, ‘your mother is a dentist’ (be careful! My mother is not a dentist!!)
Good points: appropriate vocabulary for variety of topics, including days of the week, able to use first and third person
Zahra
Errors: ‘I go at the cinema…’ (correct: to the cinema), ‘my mother…he has brown hair’ (correct: …she has…), when I asked ‘Do you look like your mother or father?’ she responded ‘like your father’ (be careful!!)
Good points: able to use different verb forms in present and past tense, able to say how often she does something, lots of description,
Anahita
Errors: ‘I dance one hours’ (correct: I dance for one hour), ‘he play football’ (remember the final ‘s’), ‘I play kickboxing’ (correct: I go/do kickboxing)
Good points: able to use different verb forms in present and past tense, lots of description and additional information, such as ‘my parents are a credit between all the people’ (although it’s better to say among all the people, but good phrase nonetheless!), able to use lots of vocab
Reza
Errors: ‘I’m a small family’ (correct: I have a small family), ‘I usually twice a week in the evening’ (don’t forget the verb!), ‘my mother is tall…he has blonde hair’ (correct: she has…)
Good points: able to use different verb forms in first and third person, able to use present and past tenses, appropriate vocabulary,
Ali Akbar
Errors: ‘I study at mechanic’ (Do you mean, ‘I study mechanics?’), was unable to explain why he likes having a big family, pronunciation of ‘busy’, ‘because the end of the month go to the gym’ (correct:’ at the end of the month I go to the gym’)
Good points: able to use first and third person, able to use appropriate vocabulary, able to use phrase with ‘if’.