Band 6+: Do you listen to music while doing other things?

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

The response fails to address the core of the question. The question asks about a personal habit (listening to music while multitasking), but the answer focuses on the educational values and parental expectations regarding music as a subject in China. To improve, ensure that the answer directly addresses the prompt. If the answer is 'no,' explain why listening to music while working or studying is a distraction, rather than discussing the academic importance of music classes. Additionally, in Part 3, while you should avoid overly personal anecdotes, you must still answer the specific topic raised. In this case, the response drifted into a discussion about career prospects and curriculum rather than the act of listening to music during activities.

The answer is coherent and follows a logical progression, but it suffers from a significant 'relevance' issue. The question asks if you listen to music while doing other things (a personal habit), but you answered why you don't study music (a cultural/parental expectation). In IELTS, answering the specific question asked is crucial for coherence. To improve, ensure you directly address the prompt before expanding into related cultural contexts.

You used some good collocations and terms such as 'professional musicians,' 'higher incomes,' and 'unnecessary and useless.' However, the vocabulary is somewhat repetitive and basic. To reach a higher band, try to use more sophisticated synonyms for 'good' (e.g., prestigious, exceptional) or 'useful' (e.g., practical, indispensable).

You demonstrated an ability to use complex structures, such as relative clauses ('which means...'). However, there were several grammatical inaccuracies in the raw transcript, such as 'hope their children to spend' (should be 'hope their children spend') and 'good diploma of famous university' (should be 'from a famous university'). Work on prepositional accuracy and verb patterns to improve your score.