Fluency: 7 – could drop to a 6 bc of all the uhs / repeating

yourself / yeah
Vocabulary: 7 – strong throughout
Grammar: 6 – lots of little mistakes
Some of these get fossilized – you’ve made them so long that
its hard to correct
Recording yourself, listening back – checking the grammar –
fixing it – recording again
Pronunciation: 6 – sounds good mostly – some words a little
hard to understand
https://howtodoielts.com/google-voice-search-ielts-speaking/
try the strategy in there to work on pronunciation
Overall: 6.5 / 6

Living
well actually currently im living in ...
It’s a city thats located in the southwest of china

Yeah I def like it here

This is where I was born and raised as
I do enjoy the company
Besides im also a big fan of the food here
Finger licking food
The spicy boiled fish

Cars
1. Did you enjoy traveling by car when you were a kid?
Oh well if my memory serves me right
I seldom travled by car bc my family couldn’t afford it back then
/ the infrastructure in china wasn’t quite as developed so not
many people in general drove cars
I was excited about it
Bc I could enjoy the stunning Scenery from the window
Look out the window and take in the scenery
Use as many phrasal verbs as possible

2. What types of cars do you like?

As a matter fact Im not a big fan of cars
if I had to choose id go with
the type of car you can live in – I think they’re called mobile
homes
I think these kinds of car
I can drive to ....
picturesque

3. Do you prefer to be a driver or a passenger?

Yeah well actually I prefer to be the driver
I like the sense of having everything under control

4. What do you usually do when there is a traffic jam?

I think that depends
If im the driver
If I encounter serious traffic congestion
I usually just switch on the radio and ...
I need to also focus on the road conditions
Keep my eyes on the raod
If im the passenger I usually watch some short videos on ...
So that I can kill time

TV program
1. What kinds of TV programs do you often watch?
well I like to watch various tv programs
American tv series especially
Many of them actually I think well the stories are well
constructed / well-laid out
And the characters have nice personalities and are very well
acted
For example im a big fan of one show in particular - theres a tv
series called the big bang theory
Ive watched every episode of it at least once / twice
Ive watched and rewatched it

Describe something you do that can help you concentrate on

work/study
You should say:
What it is
How it helps you concentrate
When you do it
And explain how you feel about it

Alright
Speaking of something that I usually do to help me to
concentrate better
Turn on some music and mute my cell phone at the same time
Put my phone on silent
There are so much distractions From cell phones
Im the kind of person who usually cant helped checking my ...
Any updates if something happens
Usually watch some videos on tiktok which can take up several
hours
By turning on some music I think it’s a good reminder for me
that I should stop distracting myself/wasting time and focus on
the task at hand
I think that’s a good method and im pretty used to it now
when I start working
I usually listen to some Mozart
Among his great pieces of music
Which is very popular among the Chinese
Find this music Very beneficial when we are really trying to lock
in on an assignment

Part3
1. Why is it more difficult for children to concentrate
nowadays than in the past?
Id say maybe bc of the development of technology
You see many children can now get access to a wide range of
apps and websites
They can play videogames on their phone
Which takes up a lot of time
Have a consumer electronic device like an ipad
Only watch cartoons
Its make it harder for them to ...

2. Do you think technology will harm children' s ability to

concentrate?
Well that’s a tough q lemme think about it
Actually I think it will prob add to the difficulty to concentrate
Every time we have to shift through more information
From the outside of the world in order to really get down to the
the task at hand
We can communicate with each other in a so convenient way
We can send instant messages to each other

3. What kinds of jobs require high concentration at work?

well I would say the people who need to be very creative would
be scientists or various kinds of designers
Really need to find some inspiration and ...
Any distractions could result in wasting time / wasted attempts
Waste a lot of time
Start over