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Band 5+: Describe a short-term job you would like to do in a foreign country

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I would like to talk about a short-term job I want to have in a foreign country. As a Chinese teacher, I would go to a university in that country. I want to get a Chinese teaching job in my free time for two reasons. Firstly, I want to go to a local family's home and teach their children some Chinese. I think it can improve my personality and enhance my English because, in the local family, I must speak English with them. I believe I can gain more knowledge about their country, which will help me adapt to the local culture. Teaching children can also improve myself, and I really like children; I think they are very cute and friendly. Secondly, to be honest, I want to earn some money alongside my studies to relieve some stress for my family. I think it's a good way to improve myself and will help me in the future to find a job.

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I like to talk about a short-term job I want to have in a foreign country. If a Chinese teacher, I will go to the university in the foreign country. So I want to get a Chinese teacher’s job in my free time. There are two reasons. Firstly, I want to go to a local people family and teach their children, study some Chinese. I think it can improve my personality and improve my English because in the local family I must speak English in their language for people and I think I can study more knowledge about their country. It can help me be used to the local culture. And I think I teach some children can improve myself and also more I really like children I think they are very cute and friendly and secondly to be honest I want to get some money beside of my study to reduce some stress of my family I think it’s It’s a good way to improve myself and help me in the future to find a job.

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Overall Band Score

5.5

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

Vocabulary Repetition:

want: 4

country: 3

chinese: 3

local: 3

some: 3

think: 3

improve: 3

would: 2

about: 2

teaching: 2

their: 2

children: 2

english: 2

family: 2

myself: 2

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Pronunciation

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

Task Response

The response addresses the topic and provides several relevant reasons for wanting the job, such as cultural immersion, language improvement, and financial independence. To improve the score, the candidate should aim to expand on the specific details of the 'foreign country' and the 'short-term' nature of the job. For instance, naming a specific country or describing the duration of the work would make the answer more fully developed. Additionally, providing more specific examples of how teaching children would 'improve personality' would add depth to the response. The answer is direct but could benefit from more descriptive language to reach a higher level of detail.

Fluency & Coherence

The speaker manages to maintain a flow of speech, but the coherence is limited by repetitive structures and a lack of sophisticated cohesive devices. The use of 'Firstly' and 'Secondly' is a good start, but the transitions between ideas (e.g., moving from teaching children to wanting money) are somewhat abrupt. To improve, work on using a wider range of linking words such as 'Furthermore,' 'In addition to this,' or 'From a financial perspective' to connect your ideas more smoothly.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary used is functional but very basic (e.g., 'good way,' 'improve myself,' 'get some money,' 'cute and friendly'). There is significant repetition of words like 'improve' and 'think.' To reach a higher band, you need to use more precise and less common lexical items. Instead of 'get some money,' use 'earn a living' or 'supplement my income.' Instead of 'improve my personality,' consider 'broaden my horizons' or 'develop my interpersonal skills.'

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

There are several grammatical errors that affect the precision of the message. For example, 'If a Chinese teacher, I will go...' is a fragmented conditional structure, and 'I think I teach some children' should be 'I think teaching children...' There is also a lack of complex sentence structures; most sentences are simple or joined by 'and.' You should practice using conditional sentences (e.g., 'If I were to work as a teacher, I would...') and relative clauses to increase your grammatical range.

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