Joint Presentation - IELTS Listening Answers & Explanations
From Expert on Cambridge IELTS 10 Academic Listening Test 1 · Part 3 · Questions 21–30
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Questions 21–30 Form Completion
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Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Joint Presentation
Self-evaluation Form
Title: The application of robotics in a non-industrial setting
Date: 21
Insert your names and comments on the following aspects of the presentation.
| Mark | Anna | Suggestions: Tutor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| General impression | Worked well | Not thorough or 22 enough | No comment |
| Hand-outs | 23 looking | The best part | Reduce by 24 |
| Middle of presentation | Power-point
Slides not in 25 |
Overestimated 26 | More practice with the equipment |
| Aims and objectives | Very focused | Clearly 27 | No comment |
| Delivery | Performance was 28 | Difficult to coordinate speaking and presentation | Needs the 29 |
| Score | Six | 30 |
Answers & Explanations Summary
| # | Answer | Evidence | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q21 | 2nd December / 2 December / December 2 / December 2nd | presentation on the application of robotics in a non-industrial setting to the group on 2nd December | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript states that the students gave their presentation on the topic to the group on the 2nd of December. Answer Explanation: The answer refers to the specific day of the year, December 2nd, when the presentation took place. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is confirmed right at the beginning of the conversation. The tutor refers to the students' presentation by its title, "the application of robotics in a non-industrial setting", and specifies the exact date they gave it to the group: "2nd December". Therefore, this date completes the "Date" field on the form. |
| Q22 | academic | I agree with Mark, but I'm not sure we were comprehensive or academic enough | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Anna explaining her doubt about whether their presentation was deep enough or sufficiently scholarly. Answer Explanation: The answer means related to serious study, school, or scholarly work. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is "academic" because when discussing her general impression of the presentation, Anna mentions that she was unsure whether they were "comprehensive or academic enough." In the form, "comprehensive" is represented by "thorough," making "academic" the exact word needed to fill in the blank. |
| Q23 | professional | They had a very professional appearance as we bound them into a booklet | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows that the printed booklets looked very well-made and professional. Answer Explanation: The answer means looking neat, high quality, and suitable for a serious work or school setting. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is "professional" because Mark describes the paper hand-outs he made. In the transcript, he says they had a "professional appearance." The word "appearance" matches the word "looking" on the form. |
| Q24 | about a third / one third / 1 / 3 | Perhaps, you could have cut the hand-outs by about a third | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows the teacher suggesting that the students should have made their printed materials shorter by approximately one-third. Answer Explanation: The answer means that the size or amount of the hand-out papers should be decreased by roughly one out of three parts (around 33 percent). Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is "about a third" (or "one third" / "1/3"). In the form, the tutor's suggestion under the "Hand-outs" category asks how much to "Reduce by". In the discussion, the tutor advises, "Perhaps, you could have cut the hand-outs by about a third." Here, the verb "cut" is a synonym for "reduce". |
| Q25 | sequence | I think that was my fault when I got the power-point slides out of sequence and I had difficulty getting back on track | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript explains that Mark made a mistake because he showed the slides in the wrong order. Answer Explanation: The answer "sequence" means the proper order in which things follow one another. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is "sequence" because Mark explains what went wrong in the middle of their talk. He mentions that he mixed up the PowerPoint slides and got them "out of sequence", which matches the form's note: "Slides not in sequence". |
| Q26 | technical ability | Anna: Mmm. I also think we rated our technical ability too highly especially when operating under pressure | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Anna admitting that she and Mark thought their skills with the technical equipment were better than they really were when working under pressure. Answer Explanation: The answer means the skill and knowledge needed to use machines, computers, or technical equipment. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is "technical ability" because the form asks what Anna felt they overestimated during the middle of the presentation. In the recording, Anna says, "I also think we rated our technical ability too highly". The phrase "rated... too highly" directly means "overestimated". |
| Q27 | set out | Anna: Yeah, I think they were clearly set out | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Anna agreeing that the aims and objectives of their presentation were organized and explained clearly. Answer Explanation: The answer "set out" means presented, arranged, or stated clearly. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is "set out" because the tutor moves on to the feedback form section titled "The aims and objectives". In this section, after Mark comments that they were very focused, Anna states: "Yeah, I think they were clearly set out." Therefore, to complete the prompt "Clearly " under Anna's column, the words "set out" are needed. |
| Q28 | average | Mark: Well, I think our performance was average | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Mark describing how well they did during the delivery part of their talk, directly calling their performance "average". Answer Explanation: The answer means medium, standard, or okay—not extremely good and not terrible. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is confirmed when the tutor asks about the delivery of the presentation. Mark gives his self-evaluation by directly stating, "Well, I think our performance was average." This matches the blank on the form under Delivery for Mark: "Performance was average". |
| Q29 | most improvement | To me this is the area that requires the most improvement | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows the tutor stating that delivery is the specific part of their presentation that needs to be improved the most. Answer Explanation: The answer means the thing that needs to be made better more than anything else. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is confirmed by the tutor's feedback on the delivery of the presentation. In the table under 'Delivery', the tutor offers a suggestion. When discussing delivery, the tutor explains that both speakers kept standing in front of the projector and states that this is the area that 'requires the most improvement'. Therefore, the phrase that completes 'Needs the...' is 'most improvement'. |
| Q30 | 7 / seven | Anna: I think for me it's perhaps a seven | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Anna stating that, in her opinion, the score for the presentation is a seven. Answer Explanation: The answer is the number 7 (or "seven"), which is the final score that Anna gave to their joint presentation. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is "7" or "seven" because the tutor asks both students what overall mark out of 10 they would give their presentation. After Mark says he would give it a score of six, he asks Anna for her rating. Anna directly states that she would give it "a seven". Therefore, Anna's score on the form is 7. |
Transcript
Tutor: Now, Mark, and Anna, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed your joint presentation on the application of robotics in a non-industrial setting to the group on 2nd December and it is clear that you have both devoted quite a lot of time and effort to it. Have you had a chance to fill in the self- evaluation form for the session?
Mark: Yes, we have.
Tutor: So Mark, what do you think overall?
Mark: Well, generally, I felt the presentation worked very well; in fact, we seemed to hold the attention of the others throughout. And the pace of delivery was fairly even as were the range of activities we organized.
Anna: I agree with Mark, but I'm not sure we were comprehensive or academic enough.
Tutor: No comment really except that I don't think there was any question of it not being thorough.
Anna: I think we were a bit too chatty and too jokey at times rather than formal.
Tutor: Okay. What do you think were the best areas and which do you think can be improved on?
Mark: Everything could have been improved on. I felt very good about the hand-outs; we had spent a lot of time putting them together. They had a very professional appearance as we bound them into a booklet.
Anna: To me the hand-outs were the best part as we had a very extensive bibliography and the booklet seemed to go down well.
Tutor: The booklet you did for the hand-outs certainly showed you had done a lot of work. But I think that you put too much material into it and people got distracted by it. Perhaps, you could have cut the hand-outs by about a third.
Mark: I see. When I come to think about it, maybe you are right.
Anna: Okay.
Mark: But there were times in the middle of the presentation where things did go a bit astray. I think that was my fault when I got the power-point slides out of sequence and I had difficulty getting back on track.
Anna: Mmm. I also think we rated our technical ability too highly especially when operating under pressure. I had never done a presentation with technical equipment before, so it was a steep learning curve for me in particular.
Tutor: Yes, I think you could have done with a bit more practice with the equipment beforehand.
Tutor: What about the next item on the feedback form? The aims and objectives?
Mark: I think they were very focused and we followed them through well, I think. We wanted to show how Europe was lagging behind other areas of the world.
Anna: Yeah, I think they were clearly set out.
Tutor: Yes. Agreed. No comment there.
Mark: The diagrams and charts were appropriate.
Anna: Yes. I have put that too.
Tutor: They did work well in helping to illustrate and break up the presentation by cutting down on the number of words and text on the screen. What about delivery?
Mark: Well, I think our performance was average.
Anna: It was difficult to coordinate speaking and presenting the material at the same time. I was quite self-conscious of what I was doing. It was down to a lack of experience.
Tutor: Unfortunately, both of you had the habit of standing in front of the projector so you kept blocking the image on the screen. To me this is the area that requires the most improvement.
Mark: The section on the predictions of the commercial application in the future, I think appeared a bit haphazard. To me it was a weak point of the presentation. And I think that some of the slides could have had fewer words.
Anna: And we could have done some fancy graphics with the words.
Tutor: If you had to give yourselves a mark overall how much would you give it out of 10?
Mark: Six maybe. I would be happy with that, though bits were probably nearer a seven. So I'd say a six. Anna, what do you think?
Anna: I think for me it's perhaps a seven.
Tutor: Okay. Did you find the task and the evaluation useful?
Anna: I think...