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Band 7+: 1. Can you find food from many different countries where you live? (Why/Why not) 2. How often do you eat typical food from other countries? (Why/Why not) 3. Have you ever tried making food from another country? (Why/Why not) 4. What food from your country would you recommed to people from other country? (Why?)

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Yes, I can. There are many different restaurants where I can find Italian, Japanese, or American cuisine in the place where I live. I think that mostly I eat Japanese food about twice a week, while I eat Hong Kong waffles with my friends once a week. I have tried to make kimchi, you know, Korean spicy cabbage, but it wasn't successful. Definitely Russian pancakes and mantas. Mantas are like pelmeni but have a different taste.

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Yes I can, there are many different restaurants where I can find Italian, Japanese or American cuisine in the place where I live. I think that mostly I eat Japanese food like twice a week broadly in contrast I eat Hong Kong baffles with my friends once a week. I have tried to make kimchi you know Korean spicy cabbage but it wasn’t successful. Definitely Russian pancakes and mantas. Mantas is like pelmeni but has different taste.

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Overall Band Score

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
Using more sophisticated words could be beneficial.

Vocabulary Repetition:

different: 2

where: 2

japanese: 2

mantas: 2

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Pronunciation

6.5

Your pronunciation is above average. However, you may find complexity in certain words challenging. Regular practice should aid in improvement.

Task Response

The response adequately addresses all parts of the question. Consider expanding on why you chose the specific dishes mentioned and providing more detail about your experience making kimchi. Elaborating on the reasons behind your food choices would further enhance your response.

Fluency & Coherence

The response is coherent and mostly fluent. Minor hesitations and a slightly unnatural phrasing ("broadly in contrast") are present, but overall the ideas flow well. Improving the linking words and sentence structure would enhance fluency.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary is adequate and mostly accurate. The use of words like "cuisine" and "pelmeni" demonstrates a good range. However, more precise language could be used in places. For example, instead of "broadly in contrast," a more natural phrase could be used to compare the frequency of eating different foods. More descriptive language when describing the food would also improve the score.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Grammar is mostly accurate with only minor errors. The sentence "I have tried to make kimchi you know Korean spicy cabbage but it wasn't successful" could be improved by adding a comma after "kimchi" and perhaps rephrasing slightly for better flow. While the range of grammatical structures is sufficient, using more complex sentence structures would improve the score.

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