Band 6+: Do you feel that people now are healthier than people previously?

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

The response addresses the question directly and provides a clear stance. To improve the score and reach a higher band, the answer should move away from specific observations (like hospital capacity or personal spending) and instead focus on broader, more generalized societal factors. For example, discussing the shift from physical labor to sedentary lifestyles, or the impact of processed foods versus traditional diets, would provide the depth and generality required for a Band 9 Task Response. Additionally, expanding on the 'why' behind the medical advancements not preventing illness would add more substance to the argument.

The speaker manages to maintain a flow of speech and answers the question directly. However, there is some repetition of ideas, and the connection between 'medical advancements' and 'people being unhealthy' could be more logically bridged with cohesive devices (e.g., 'Paradoxically' or 'Despite this'). To improve, work on using more sophisticated linking words to show contrast and cause-effect relationships.

The vocabulary used is functional but quite basic (e.g., 'healthy life', 'spending a lot of money', 'full of patients'). To reach a higher band, you should use more precise collocations and topic-specific vocabulary. Instead of 'spending a lot of money', try 'incurring high medical expenses'; instead of 'full of patients', try 'overburdened healthcare systems' or 'high prevalence of chronic illnesses'.

There are several grammatical inaccuracies in the raw transcript that hinder the score. For example, 'It comes to my opinion' should be 'When it comes to my opinion', and 'not that much healthy' should be 'not as healthy'. There is also a lack of complex sentence structures. You should practice using comparative structures (e.g., 'not as... as...') and subordinate clauses (e.g., 'Even though...') more accurately to demonstrate range.