Listening Script
Narrator
Listen to a conversation between a student and her geology professor.
Man
Mary, I'm so glad I ran into you.
Woman
Oh hello, Professor Jensen.
Man
Listen, I know it's short notice . . . and maybe you've already made plans for spring break . . . but... one of my students just dropped out of the field trip to the Smithson River Caves. You're next on the waiting list, so now there's room for you to come along.
Woman
You're kidding! [disappointed I didn't think there was a chance ... and ... well, it's a three-day trip, right? I agreed to spend next week helping Professor Clark set up the new museum exhibition. I think she's really counting on me.
Man
Yeah, three days. But you know... if you'd rather come on the field trip, why not speak with her and see if she has anyone to replace you?
Woman
Yeah, I'd hate to miss out on the caves. I'll definitely ask Professor Clark if there\'s someone else who could help her.
Man
You know... we don't leave until Wednesday. If you still have to help out, any chance you could get the museum setup done before then?
Woman
Oh yeah.. not until Wednesday... so then yeah ... maybe that's possible too.
| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-10 | Turkmen | 60.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-08-02 | dshah6611 | 66.00 | Check this speaking |
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- Talk about an important news event that happened recently in your country. Describe the event and explain why it was important. 80
- Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which of the two solutions from the conversation you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation. 61
- Talk about a time when a friend or family member helped you in the past. Describe how the person helped you. Then explain why this was important to you. 66
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 604.0 599.738853503 101% => OK
No of words: 167.0 158.596602972 105% => OK
Chars per words: 3.61676646707 3.77925476217 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.59483629437 3.54123138178 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.75347909753 1.79916674678 97% => OK
Unique words: 95.0 95.8789808917 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.568862275449 0.607024082132 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Syllable count: 197.1 189.005732484 104% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.19129511677 101% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.0779263391026 0.0831539838537 94% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 4.0 4.29936305732 93% => OK
Average paragraph length: 42.0 70.8089261375 59% => OK
STD paragraph length: 54.6214243681 23.6022091992 231% => Paragraph length changes often.
Average paragraph duration: 15.4375 25.9380837976 60% => OK
STD paragraph duration: 19.0529307129 8.54438981162 223% => The duration of acoustic paragraphs changes often.
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 57.0 40.7070063694 140% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 2.9298245614 4.24305496596 69% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 2.99625291792 3.29867071766 91% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 0.972456140351 1.4825078846 66% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.751763495615 1.02222390891 74% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 55.0 38.0 145% => It means the content is not pronounced smoothly or it is pronounced slowly. It is word by word.
Total acoustic silence duration: 10.8 7.14643312102 151% => It may have a lot of silences or every silence is too long.
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.196363636364 0.189447223375 104% => OK
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.159560346365 0.156783300276 102% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 43.45 46.7170700637 93% => OK
Average word duration: 0.260179640719 0.297490414073 87% => OK
STD word duration: 0.153402421945 0.186336302485 82% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 5.0 7.29723991507 69% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 3.99 5.7916985138 69% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 5.06 3.38276008493 150% => It may have issues on recording quality or have issues on silences or disfluencies.
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 61.75 59.3491295117 104% => Need to finish the speech on time.
Compare to expected duration: 1.02916666667 0.989152158528 104% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.890688259109 0.642608181899 139% => Less acoustic silences wanted.
Rate of speech: 2.7044534413 2.6701766005 101% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.53846153846 1.61481078811 95% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.18642117376 2.05366198651 106% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.271708323353 0.327712499341 83% => OK
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Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.