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Band 5+: Let's move on to talk about accommodation. Tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in.

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I live in a boarding school in Makassar. It's not a house or an apartment, but a school where I stay with the students. I don't have to go home or stay anywhere else. I live at the boarding school, so I'm always surrounded by students.

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The kind of accommodation I live in, uh, not at house or not in the park, in the apartment or in the flat. Uh, I live in, um, one of boardary school in Makasar. So that, uh, I don’t have, uh, stay. I don’t have to stay, stay at home or anywhere. I have to stay in the board school with the students.

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Vocabulary Complexity:
A2 - Upper Beginner
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Vocabulary Repetition:

school: 3

boarding: 2

students: 2

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Pronunciation

6.5

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Task Response

The student provides a clear answer to the question, but the initial hesitation and repetition ('not at house or not in the park, in the apartment or in the flat') suggests some difficulty in expressing the concept of accommodation. The student could benefit from using more specific vocabulary to describe the type of accommodation, such as 'dormitory' or 'residence hall' instead of 'boarding school'.

Fluency & Coherence

The student's speech is somewhat hesitant and repetitive, particularly at the beginning. The answer lacks a clear structure and could be more concise. The student could improve fluency by planning their answer before speaking and using more connecting words to link their ideas.

Lexical Resource

The student uses basic vocabulary to describe their accommodation. While the student uses 'boarding school' correctly, they could expand their vocabulary by using more specific terms related to accommodation, such as 'dormitory,' 'residence hall,' or 'shared room.'

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The student demonstrates a basic understanding of grammar, but there are some errors in sentence structure and word choice. For example, the phrase 'I don't have to stay, stay at home' is grammatically incorrect. The student could improve their grammatical accuracy by practicing using different sentence structures and paying attention to subject-verb agreement.

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