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Band 4+: Describe a person who encouraged you to achieve a goal.

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I'm always surrounded by intelligent and successful people. They all tend to help me with my problems and encourage me towards achieving my goals, but my father is the best among them all. He always believes in me and my decisions, and supports me to achieve my dreams. Whenever I feel down, I talk things over with him, and he processes my thoughts and comforts me. Sometimes, he even treats me to ice cream. It sounds silly, but it always works.
Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

I am always surrounded by intelligent and successful people. All of them tends to help me with my problems and choose me towards achieving my goal, but my father is best among all the people Always it is in me and my decision supports me to achieve my dream whenever I feel down and talk things with him, and he processes my thoughts and comforts me with ice cream treat. It sounds silly, but it always works sometimes.

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Overall Band Score

4.5
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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
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Vocabulary Repetition:
always: 3
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Pronunciation

6
Your pronunciation is above average. However, you may find complexity in certain words challenging. Regular practice should aid in improvement.

Task Response

4
The student provides a clear description of their father and how he encourages them. However, the answer lacks specific details about the student's goal and how their father helped them achieve it. More specific examples would improve the response. The response could be expanded as it currently feels quite brief.

Fluency & Coherence

5
The student speaks fluently with a few minor repetitions and self-corrections. The answer is well-organized and easy to follow.

Lexical Resource

4
The student uses a good range of vocabulary, but there are some instances of less precise language, such as "tends to help" and "choose me towards achieving my goal." More specific and sophisticated vocabulary would enhance the response.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

4
The student demonstrates good grammatical control, but there are a few minor errors, such as "Always it is in me" and "and he processes my thoughts and comforts me with ice cream treat." More accurate and varied grammatical structures would improve the response.

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