Headphones— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Be more concise and correct grammar. Start with a clear topic sentence, then give one or two specific reasons with linking words. Avoid repetition and awkward phrasing (e.g., "majoring in interpreting", "I need them more than students in other majors").

Example: Yes, I often use headphones because I am majoring in interpreting. For example, I use them to listen to recordings and practice pronunciation, so they are essential for my study.

Suggestion: Give a clear, fluent description and reduce hesitations. Use a topic sentence naming the type, then one detail about why or how often you use them. Replace filler words and correct tense/number ("many time" → "many times").

Example: I usually use in-ear earphones that plug directly into my ears. I have used them for many years because they are portable and block out some noise when I study.

Suggestion: Make the sentence structure smoother: give a clear time or situation, then a reason. Use linking words like "because" or "when" correctly, and correct awkward phrasing ("it is implied to play the sound on my phone out").

Example: I use headphones when I practice interpreting, especially in the library, because I cannot play audio out loud and I need to hear recordings clearly.

Suggestion: Structure the answer: state the condition, give the main reason, and add one specific consequence. Improve grammar ("when I travel to work or home on the subway"), and avoid run-on sentences.

Example: I wouldn't use headphones when I travel on the subway to work or home because the background noise makes it hard to hear, and using loud headphones in noisy places can damage my ears.

Suggestion: Give a direct opinion then explain with a specific example or consequence. Use correct tense and avoid repetition ("after an hour… I have to take them off").

Example: No, they're not very comfortable for me, especially after about an hour. For instance, I usually take them off and give my ears a break because they start to feel sore.

× Yes, I often use my headphones especially for my studies because I'm majoring in the interpreting.

✓ Yes, I often use my headphones, especially for my studies, because I'm majoring in interpreting.

Use of the definite article 'the' before 'interpreting' is incorrect here. In English, academic subjects generally do not take an article: say 'majoring in interpreting' not 'the interpreting'. Also added commas for clarity.

× In this major I need headphones that other majors I think, so I often use them.

✓ In this major I need headphones more than students in other majors, I think, so I often use them.

Original sentence has unclear comparative structure and missing verb agreement. 'That other majors I think' is ungrammatical. Rephrased to 'more than students in other majors' to make the comparison explicit and grammatically correct.

× I saw, I saw the uh, normal type of headphones that uh, directly plugged in your ears and that's the one I have only used and many time and other types of headphones I have never used.

✓ I mean the normal type of headphones that plug directly into your ears; that's the only kind I have used many times, and I have never used other types.

Problems: unnecessary past 'saw, I saw' and incorrect verb forms like 'plugged in your ears' and 'have only used and many time'. Use present 'plug' for general description and correct present perfect 'have used' with 'many times'. Rearranged for clarity.

× I use my headphones during I practice my interpreting skills because when I when I'm in library it is implied to play the sound on my phone out, so I must put headphones on my ear.

✓ I use my headphones while I practice my interpreting skills because when I'm in the library it is inappropriate to play sounds from my phone out loud, so I must put headphones on my ears.

Several issues: use 'while' instead of 'during' with a clause. Add article 'the' before 'library'. 'It is implied to play the sound on my phone out' is incorrect; use 'inappropriate to play sounds from my phone out loud'. 'Headphones on my ear' should be plural 'on my ears'.

× I would not use headphones when I travel on work or to home that is I'm in a subway cause the noise around the surrounding me OK interfere me into the noise can be harmful to my ears if I had wear headphones.

✓ I would not use headphones when I travel to or from work or when I'm on the subway because the surrounding noise can interfere and using headphones there could be harmful to my ears.

Original sentence has multiple structural problems: 'travel on work or to home' incorrect prepositions; 'that is I'm in a subway' is redundant; 'cause the noise around the surrounding me OK interfere me into the noise' is ungrammatical. Corrected prepositions, combined clauses, and used proper verbs 'interfere' and modal phrasing 'could be harmful'.

× No, definitely not, especially when I use them for as long as one hour. So after an hour of using headphones I had to put them down and make my ears relax.

✓ No, definitely not, especially when I use them for as long as an hour. So after an hour of using headphones I have to take them off and let my ears rest.

Tense mismatch: 'I had to' implies past; context is a general habit so use present 'I have to'. 'Put them down' is unnatural for headphones; use 'take them off'. 'Make my ears relax' should be 'let my ears rest'. Also use 'an hour' not 'one hour' for natural phrasing.