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PIV Oral
General Comments on Students Performance:
Part A: Role Play
Please pay attention to the following common errors and make corrections
accordingly:
Introduction:
z Some students started the role-play in an awkward manner e.g. Excuse me. Are
you busy now?
z Some students started the interview in a rude manner e.g. I want to ask
about
z Some students misunderstood the situation of the task, e.g. In session 2, students
should ask about the work of the social worker helping the Chinese immigrants
rather than the life of them.
z Students failed to specify or explain what the situation was before starting the
discussion.
z Students forgot to greet or thank the examiners before or after the examination.
Pronunciation:
Students failed to pronounce the following words.
z Session 1: Chris Wong, Mongkok, training centre (trading centre), the cost
(clothes) of computer
z Session 2: immigrate & immigrant ; show them the streets(sweets)( Session 2)
z Session 3: trapped (tripped); Yau Ma Tei; Prince Edward (queens) ; calm (clam,
clan) ; Tin Hau (Ten); between (beteen); dark (duck); crowded (crowd);
z Session 4: Doctor(daughter); cost (cause); $250 ($215); most (moss); light (like);
convenient (confident); mobile phone (marble phone)
Wrong sentence structures e.g.
z Can you answer me some questions? ( wrong insertion of the pronoun me)
z How often you will visit this center? (misplaced the subject verb order )
z Why you visit the center? (missed out the verb)
z What is the frequency of visits ( failed to use How often )
z Do she satisfy with.?
z They may afraid
z They are difficult to find jobs or make friends (Session 2)
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(Session 3) There was very hot inside; the electricity were gone off;
(Session 4) they can aware ( are aware ); I agree you (agree with you); they
across the road (cross); they back home (went); it will over $300 (will be)
Some students asked extra questions in the interview. This was highly
discouraged though there was no mark penalty.