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Band 5+: Describe a technological device that you find essential in your daily life. You should say: - What this device is - When and how you started using it - What you mainly use it for And explain why it is so important to you.

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Okay, I think the most essential technology in my life is my handphone, because I need it so much. I can gain more knowledge and make more friends with it. I use my cell phone every day. I learned to use it by just playing with my phone, and I can do it by myself. It is essential to me because, like I said before, I need more friends. I cannot be alone; I feel loneliness within myself, and I just need friends in my life.

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Okay, I think the most technology that is essential in my life is handphone, because I just need it so much. I can gain more knowledge or make more friends in that and I use it quite often about every I think I use my cell phone every day actually I learn it just I I just play my phone and I can do it with myself and it is so essential to me because like I said before I just need more friends and I cannot be alone like I feel loneliness in myself and I just need friends in my life.

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Vocabulary Complexity:
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Vocabulary Repetition:

need: 3

more: 3

friends: 3

essential: 2

because: 2

phone: 2

myself: 2

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Pronunciation

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Task Response

The response addresses the topic but could benefit from more specific details and elaboration. For example, you could expand on the types of knowledge you gain and how your phone helps you make friends. Providing more concrete examples would strengthen your answer and make it more engaging. The response could be expanded as it currently feels quite brief.

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Band 5+: Describe a technological device that you find essential in your daily life. You should say: - What this device is - When and how you started using it - What you mainly use it for And explain why it is so important to you.

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Describe a technological device that you find essential in your daily life. You should say: – What this device is – When and how you started using it – What you mainly use it for And explain why it is so important to you.

Describe a technological device that you find essential in your daily life. You should say: – What this device is – When and how you started using it – What you mainly use it for And explain why it is so important to you.

Describe a technological device that you find essential in your daily life. You should say: – What this device is – When and how you started using it – What you mainly use it for And explain why it is so important to you.

Describe a technological device that you find essential in your daily life. You should say: – What this device is – When and how you started using it – What you mainly use it for And explain why it is so important to you.

Describe a technological device that you find essential in your daily life. You should say: – What this device is – When and how you started using it – What you mainly use it for And explain why it is so important to you.

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