Interview Feedback Level 4,8
Arezo Gholami
Arezo was able to comprehend her questions with ease and demonstrated a good level of listening skills. She could use second conditional structures accurately and used comparative language well. Having said this, she was not able to expand her answers so she needs to develop them much more. Furthermore, she could not form present perfect sentences correctly as she said, ‘I ever to read’ and used adjectives instead of adverbs.
Maziyar Mohammadi
Maziyar used a brilliant array of vocabulary such as ‘breathe taking’ and ‘immoral’. Also, he used a few opinionative phrases and used a range of modals. He needs to expand a little more as some answers fell a little short and he should work on his comprehension slightly as he could not understand ‘author’. Furthermore, he had used an incorrect verb collocation once or twice.
Aslant Ghorbani
Aslant could comprehend his questions well and supported his ideas with examples. In addition, he used some appropriate expressions like ‘it’s a hard question’ and gave detailed responses throughout. He should work on his superlative adjectives as he said, ‘the badest earthquake’. Also, he missed an ‘s’ off plural nouns and used a singular verb form instead of a plural one, for example ‘most of the people doesn’t agree’.
Forod Eilani
Forod was a clear speaker who was easy to follow and had good listening skills. He used some appropriate examples and could use comparative structures correctly. However, he should work on his plural nouns because he missed an ‘s’ off some such as ‘all invention’. In addition, he the verb to ‘be’ on several occasions.
Sana Basiri
Sana had good pronunciation and could use conditional structures properly. Furthermore, she used a range of time expressions well like ‘some years ago’ and used adverbs well. Having said this, she tended to use ‘actually’ slightly too much so she should use more synonyms. Also, she used present simple verbs to refer to the past and should expand her answers more with examples.
Omid Zare
Omid demonstrated a wide range of vocabulary as he said, ‘mountainous place’. Also, he used comparative adjectives properly and had very good listening skills as he responded immediately. He needs to work on his verb patterns as he would use ‘to’ incorrectly, for example ‘can call to each other’. Furthermore, he should use more opening expressions to start his replies next time.
Samaneh Dehghani
Samaneh used some opening phrases well like ‘I think’ and could use personal examples. Also, she spoke using some useful lexis like ‘impolite’. Having said this, she needs to work on her listening and comprehension much more because she could not answer many of her questions due to the fact that she was unsure of what was being asked. In addition, when she could give a response, they would lack in detail.
Ghasem Zare
Ghasem used a range of modals and could support his answers with various examples. Furthermore, he used discourse markers to give a balanced argument and gave a lot of detail. However, he used the first conditional to respond to a second conditional question because he said ‘I will invent’. Also, he made one or two mistakes with word stress and intonation.
Mehrdad Sheybani
Mehrdad used opinionative expressions well like ‘to tell you the truth’ and used a few idiomatic phrases fittingly. Also, he used appropriate vocabulary like ‘cynical’ and ‘self-pity’. He should try to expand his answers a bit more as some fell a little short and be careful with his modal structures as he used –ing instead of infinitive once or twice, for example, ‘we should waiting’.
Majid Fasihani
Majid used examples really well and used an excellent range of idioms like ‘look on the bright side’. He had excellent listening and comprehension skills as he never struggled with his questions. Furthermore, he used various grammatical structures correctly like obligation structures and spoke at a good pace. He made a few mistakes with ‘to’ as he said, ‘I decided to help to people’. Also, he should try to use a few more opening expressions.
Arman Sadat
Arman used opening phrases well and demonstrated very good listening skills. He was able to respond well to subjective questions and pronounced many words accurately. Having said this, he should focus on his comprehension slightly more as he could not respond properly to a broader question. Also, he used ‘to’ inappropriately several times like ‘go to play to soccer’ and made a couple of verb collocation errors.
Zahra Forozan
Zahra used sequencing words correctly and could extend her sentences by using times phrases. She had good comprehension, used a range of adjectives like ‘friendly’ and could form past simple verbs. However, she would benefit from expanding her answers on her own as she had to be asked ‘why’ to get addition information a few times. Also, she used definite article with plural nouns and used an incorrect verb, for example ‘I am swimming’ not ‘I go swimming’.
Abas Bahrami
Abas used a range of vocabulary and could speak in complete sentences. He had good listening skills and could speak in the present simple tense correctly, using third person structures. He should use modal verbs to talk about ‘possible problems’ and work on his preposition and past simple verbs because he said, ‘I go to party last weekend’.
Reza Khlili
Reza used frequency adverbs fittingly and could use some comparative verbs like ‘better to look formal’. Furthermore, he used opinionative expressions like ‘absolutely not’ and could comprehend his questions. However, he needs to work on his oral speed as sometimes he spoke slower and this hindered his fluency. Also, he should expand his sentences just that little bit more and use pronouns instead of nouns to avoid repetition.
Shabnam Jalali
Shabnam could speak in a range of tense well including, present perfect and simple. She used opening phrases suitably and used accurate linkers. She should however, be careful when speaking in the present perfect tense as she confused her word form once or twice like ‘I have climbing’. Also, she misheard her last question on advice for a tourist, so she should work on her comprehension slightly.
Sepideh Yosefi
Sepideh could speak in the past simple tense accurately and use modal structures well. She used correct verb patterns such as ‘pay attention to’ and had an appropriate range of lexis. Having said this, she would benefit from expanding on her own more because she had to be asked ‘why’ a couple of times and she should work on her listening more because she misunderstood her question on gestures. Finally, she used an incorrect verb choice as she said, ‘played jet ski’.
Elaheh Ahmadi
Elaheh used a range of modals like ‘must’ and ‘should’ and had no difficulties with comprehending her questions. She used adjectives fittingly and was able to use complete present simple sentences throughout, with a few examples to support. However, she should work on past simple verbs as she said, ‘it has’ and ‘it take’ to refer to past actions. Also, she stressed a few nouns incorrectly.