Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Oh yes, I have uh, when I was a child, uh, my father bought me a bike. So I like to ride a bike, but my bike was broken because I was slighted.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yeah, uh, Korea is very popular for a bike. Uh, uh, most parents abide a bike to child, so they tend to. Practice or bike?
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 52.0Gợi ý: Be more concise, use correct tense, avoid filler words, and clarify the final point. Start with a clear topic sentence, give one or two specific supporting details using linking words, and correct vocabulary (e.g., 'damaged' instead of 'slighted'). Keep to under five sentences.
Ví dụ: Yes. My father bought me a bicycle when I was a child, and I loved riding it around the neighborhood. However, it was damaged after I crashed into a fence, so I stopped using it for a while.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 40.0Gợi ý: Answer directly with a clear topic sentence, use correct grammar and collocations (e.g., 'bicycles are popular' and 'buy a bike for their child'), and provide one specific reason or example with a linking phrase. Avoid hesitations and incomplete sentences.
Ví dụ: Yes, bicycles are very popular in Korea. For example, many parents buy bikes for their children so they can ride to school or to parks, and as a result cycling is a common family activity on weekends.
× Oh yes, I have uh, when I was a child, uh, my father bought me a bike.
✓ Oh yes, when I was a child my father bought me a bike.
The student uses 'I have' unnecessarily at the start of a past narrative. The context requires past tense only. Remove the present 'I have' to maintain past-tense consistency and fluency. Suggestion: begin with 'When I was a child' or 'Oh yes, when I was a child my father bought me a bike.'
× So I like to ride a bike, but my bike was broken because I was slighted.
✓ So I liked to ride my bike, but it was broken because I fell off.
The sentence mixes present tense 'I like' with past context; use past tense 'liked'. Also 'was broken because I was slighted' is incorrect: 'slighted' is wrong word choice. If the intended meaning is that the student had an accident, 'fell off' is appropriate. Use 'it' to refer to the bike for clarity. Suggestion: 'I liked to ride my bike, but it was broken because I fell off.'
× Yeah, uh, Korea is very popular for a bike.
✓ Yeah, bikes are very popular in Korea.
'Korea is very popular for a bike' is ungrammatical: 'popular' should describe 'bikes', not 'Korea'. Also 'a bike' is singular and incorrect with 'popular' generalization. Use plural 'bikes' and the preposition 'in' to indicate location. Suggestion: 'Bikes are very popular in Korea.'
× Uh, uh, most parents abide a bike to child, so they tend to.
✓ Most parents buy a bike for their child, so they tend to do that.
'Abide' is the wrong verb; the correct verb is 'buy'. Also 'to child' is incorrect preposition and missing possessive; use 'for their child'. The sentence ends abruptly with 'so they tend to.' Complete the idea: 'so they tend to do that' or 'so they tend to buy bikes for their children.' Suggestion: 'Most parents buy a bike for their child, so they tend to do that.'
× Practice or bike?
✓ Do you mean 'practise riding' or 'using a bike'?,
The fragment 'Practice or bike?' is unclear and missing structure; it's a question but lacks proper pronouns and verbs. Clarify intent by adding auxiliary and subject or rephrase. Suggestion: 'Do you mean practising riding or just owning a bike?'