Topic:

Part 1: Hometown
(Overall: 7)

1. Where is your hometown?

2. Do you like your hometown?
3. Are there any old buildings in your hometown?
4. Would you prefer to live somewhere else? Why?

FLUENCY 8 GRAMMAR RANGE 6 LEXICAL RESOURCES 7 PRONUNCIATION 7

1. Talking at length 1. Using a range of sentence 1. Using a range of words and 1. Able to be understood
structures paraphrasing throughout the test
You spend about 20
seconds for each Good: because, relative clause Some words need to be  0:19 – 0:21: has
question. This is Suggestion/Correction: paraphrased to avoid repetition. many ??? 
suitable as you have  Complex structure can be Suggestion: incomprehensible
time to answer the used: My hometown is Ha  My hometown is Ha Noi   1:10 – 1:14:
question and expand in Noi. It is the capital city of Where I grew up is Ha Noi/ incomprehensible

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one or two sentences Vietnam.  My hometown
2. Talking with some is Ha Noi which is the
capital city of Vietnam.
pauses or hesitations
 The connection between
You answer quite phrases can be improved:
fluently but sometimes, it is the capital city of
the pauses should be at Vietnam, the politic and
the right places. cultural center.  …which
is not only the capital city
3. Talking with some
of Vietnam but also the
self-correction
politic and cultural center.
You answer is well
 Confusing use of relative
developed with
clause: I was born and live
accuracy, so self-
for over 20 years where I
correction is not
kept so much memories of
frequent throughout the
childhood  I was born
answer.
and have been living for
4. Able to be over 20 years with a lot of
understood memories associated with
this place
The answers are direct
to the point. 2. Using a range of grammar
Specifically, you always tenses
answer the question the
Good: past tense, present tense,
first sentence and then
present perfect tense
you expand the
Suggestion:
answers. This is good
 You can emphasize the
My homeland is Ha Noi
 Ha Noi has a number of
old buildings  Ha Noi
has a number of ancient
constructions
2. Using collocation and less
common vocabulary
Good:
• Politic and cultural center
• Historical value
• Challenge oneself
• To be keen on
Incorrect:
 Confusing word choice
“likely = high chance of
something”: I am also
likely to challenge myself
in new environment  I
am also willing to
challenge myself in new
environment
Suggestion (at least 5 good
collocations/phrases):
 be developed with
increasing number of
infrastructures and
2. Able to use intonation
You have used intonation
suitably throughout every
answer. The intonation is
really natural and makes
the answers more
interesting to listeners.
3. Accent does not affect
understanding
Your accent is good. It
does not interfere with
the expression of ideas.
4. Inaccurate word and
sound pronunciation
Your pronunciation of
most words is accurate.
In fact, some of them are
pronounced in a fairly
native-like way.
However, there are some
parts that are really
difficult to hear as above.
 Foreign
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as you can cover the event that last until now establishments
question but still give by using present perfect: I  imposing local buildings:
more information. was born and lived for visually impressive
over 20 years  I was buildings
5. Using linking devices
born and have been living  amenities: organizations,
Good: to be honest, for for over 20 years businesses, or buildings
instance providing a service in a
particular location
 vibrant: full of energy and
enthusiasm
 local delicacy: something
that is good to eat
belonging or relating to a
particular area or
neighborhood

Dream on, dear