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Band 6+: Describe a piece of advice that had a significant impact on your life. You should say: - Who ga5ve you the advice - What the advice was about - When it was given And explain why it had such a big impact on you.

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I would like to talk about a piece of advice that had a significant impact on my life. When I was in grade 11, I struggled with deciding which faculty or field I should apply to when entering university. I had been thinking about it for several days on my own without asking someone for help. However, after a few days, I decided to ask a school counselor, my parents, and a senior. The results were different from each one. When I asked the counselor about my faculty, she responded with unnecessary information that I could have searched up on the internet. When I went back home, I asked the same question of my parents, and they suggested I go into a stable faculty like medicine, which involves specialized knowledge. After that, I asked my senior about different faculties in Thailand, and he told me that I should choose based on my interests and preferences so I could learn with happiness, not frustration and stress. I believe this advice has influenced my decisions a lot.

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I would like to talk about an advice that had a significant impact on my life. When I was in grade 11, I struggled on deciding which faculty or field should I apply on when I entered university. I had been thinking about it several days on my own without asking someone for help. However, after a few days, I decided to ask school counselor, parents, and senior. And the results are different from each one. When I asked a counselor about my faculty, she responded with unnecessary information that I could search up on the internet. When I went back home, I asked the same question with my parents and they suggest me to go on a stable faculty like doctors that includes specialized knowledge. After what, I asked my senior about different faculty in Thailand and he told me that I should choose it based on my interests and preference so I could learn with happiness, not frustrations and stress. I believe this advice has influenced my decisions a lot.

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Vocabulary Repetition:

about: 4

that: 4

when: 4

with: 3

faculty: 3

asked: 3

advice: 2

which: 2

should: 2

after: 2

counselor: 2

parents: 2

senior: 2

different: 2

could: 2

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Pronunciation

Your pronunciation is quite good. Working on consistency and tackling difficult sounds may enhance clarity.

Task Response

The answer addresses the topic by describing a piece of advice and who gave it, and it explains the situation. However, it could be more fully developed. The response mentions three sources of advice but does not clearly specify which one had the significant impact until the end, and the explanation of how the advice influenced decisions or actions is brief and lacks specific examples or personal reflection. To improve, focus on one piece of advice, provide more details about the context and the person who gave it, and elaborate on how it specifically shaped your choices or actions with concrete examples.

Fluency & Coherence

The answer is generally coherent and follows a logical sequence, but there are some issues with fluency. The student uses simple connectors like 'however' and 'after that', but there is noticeable hesitation and repetition (e.g., 'I had been thinking about it several days on my own without asking someone for help. However, after a few days, I decided to ask...'). The ending is abrupt and lacks a clear explanation of how the advice influenced decisions. To improve, use a wider range of cohesive devices (e.g., 'as a result', 'consequently') and expand on the impact with specific examples.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary is adequate but limited and imprecise. The student uses basic words like 'advice' (instead of 'piece of advice'), 'struggled on deciding' (should be 'struggled with deciding'), and 'unnecessary information'. There is some attempt at topic-specific vocabulary ('faculty', 'specialized knowledge'), but it lacks sophistication. To improve, use more precise and varied vocabulary (e.g., 'dilemma', 'guidance', 'pursue', 'fulfilling career') and avoid repetition.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The grammar contains several errors and limited range. Examples include: 'an advice' (should be 'a piece of advice'), 'struggled on deciding' (should be 'struggled with deciding'), 'should I apply on' (should be 'should I apply to'), 'the results are different' (should be 'were different'), 'my parents suggest' (should be 'suggested'), 'go on a stable faculty' (should be 'go into a stable faculty'). The student uses mostly simple and compound sentences with few complex structures. To improve, practice using a mix of tenses correctly and incorporate more complex sentences (e.g., conditional clauses, relative clauses).

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