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Band 6+: How do smartphones affect our sleep?

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Smartphones are very useful, and often we can't imagine life without them. But they can be harmful as well. For example, people can get addicted to smartphones. As with any other addiction, this can lead to various problems. So, does it affect our sleep? To find out, we asked 1,000 students to complete two questionnaires. This helped us determine how many of them suffer from smartphone addiction. It also showed how many suffer from poor sleep. We found that smartphone addiction is pretty common among young students. We also found a strong connection between smartphone addiction and poor sleep.

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Smartphones are very useful and often we can’t imagine life without them. But they could be harmful as well. For example, people can get addicted to smartphones. As with any other addiction, this can lead to various problems. So, does it affect our sleep? To find out, we asked 1,000 students to complete two questionnaires. This helped us determine how many of the sleep suffer from smartphone addiction. It also showed how many suffer from poor sleep. We found out that smartphone questionnaires is pretty common among young students. We also found a strong connection between smartphone addiction and poor sleep.

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Overall Band Score

6.5

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
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Vocabulary Repetition:

addiction: 4

smartphone: 3

smartphones: 2

students: 2

suffer: 2

sleep: 2

found: 2

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Pronunciation

7.5

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

Task Response

5.5

The answer is quite brief and lacks depth. While it addresses the topic and mentions a research study, it does not provide sufficient detail about the study's methodology or findings. Including more specific data from the questionnaires and elaborating on the connection between smartphone addiction and sleep problems would significantly improve the response. Consider discussing different ways smartphones affect sleep, such as the blue light emitted from screens or the habit of checking notifications before bed. The response could be expanded as it currently feels quite brief.

Fluency & Coherence

The answer is coherent and mostly fluent. There is a slight stumble in the middle section where the phrasing could be improved for clarity. Consider rephrasing "how many of the sleep suffer from smartphone addiction" to something like "how many students suffer from smartphone addiction." Overall, the ideas flow logically.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary is adequate and mostly accurate. The word "questionnaires" is used incorrectly in one instance. While the vocabulary is functional, using more precise and sophisticated language would elevate the response. Consider replacing 'pretty common' with a more academic term like 'prevalent'.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

There are some grammatical inaccuracies, primarily in the sentence structure and article usage. The sentence "We found out that smartphone questionnaires is pretty common among young students" is grammatically incorrect. Improving grammatical accuracy and sentence structure will significantly improve the score. Focus on subject-verb agreement and correct article usage.

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