Part 1
Giám khảo
Can you remember the dreams you had?
Thí sinh
No, I can't remember my dreams because I have a poor memory and I forget them as soon as I wake up. Sometimes I can recall a very vivid dream for a minute, but most of the time the details vanish unless I write them down immediately.
Giám khảo
Do you share your dreams with others? (or are you interested in others' dreams?)
Thí sinh
I usually don't share my dreams with other people because they are quite private and refer to keep them to myself. It makes me feel more comfortable and I'm also worried that others might judge me if I talk about them.
Giám khảo
Do you think dreams have special meanings?
Thí sinh
Yes, I sometimes take dreams have meanings. For example, when I dream that I lose my tooth, I wake up and wonder if it might be something important. So I often search online for symbolic interpretations of that to find out whether it means.
Giám khảo
Do you want to make your dreams come true?
Thí sinh
Yes, sometimes I do. For example, I once dreamed about my grandmother and a few days later she called me, which felt super rising and reserving because it seemed like more than a con coincidence.
Can you remember the dreams you had?
Điểm: 78.0Gợi ý: Make the answer more concise and natural, keep to 2–3 sentences, use clearer linking and correct small errors (e.g., "I forget them as soon as I wake up"). Add a brief specific example of a recent dream to enrich content. Avoid repetition like "I can't remember" and "I forget" back-to-back.
Ví dụ: I usually forget my dreams as soon as I wake up because I have a poor memory. Occasionally I can recall a vivid dream for a minute — for example, last week I dreamed I was lost in a city — but the details disappear unless I write them down right away.
Do you share your dreams with others? (or are you interested in others' dreams?)
Điểm: 70.0Gợi ý: Correct grammatical mistakes and make sentences more natural and concise. Replace awkward phrases like "refer to keep them to myself" with "prefer to keep them to myself." Add a brief reason and one linking word to improve coherence, and give a short example of a situation when you did share a dream if relevant.
Ví dụ: I usually prefer to keep my dreams to myself because they feel very private and I worry people might judge them. However, I once told a close friend about a strange recurring dream and we discussed what it might mean.
Do you think dreams have special meanings?
Điểm: 72.0Gợi ý: Fix grammatical errors and make the reasoning clearer. Use linking words (e.g., "for example", "so") correctly and add one specific detail about what you found online to make the answer more concrete. Keep it within 2–3 sentences.
Ví dụ: Yes, I sometimes think dreams have meanings. For example, when I dreamed my tooth fell out I looked it up online and found it often symbolizes anxiety about change, which made sense because I was starting a new job.
Do you want to make your dreams come true?
Điểm: 65.0Gợi ý: Clarify and correct vocabulary mistakes (e.g., "super rising and reserving" and "con coincidence"). Make the response more direct: say whether you try to make aspirations come true versus believing in prophetic dreams. Give one clear example and a brief comment on how it affected you.
Ví dụ: Yes, I sometimes hope to make my dreams come true, especially my personal goals. For instance, I once dreamed about my grandmother and she called a few days later; that coincidence felt meaningful and encouraged me to keep a closer relationship with her.
× I usually don't share my dreams with other people because they are quite private and refer to keep them to myself.
✓ I usually don't share my dreams with other people because they are quite private and I prefer to keep them to myself.
The sentence uses 'refer to keep' which is incorrect. The intended verb is 'prefer' followed by the infinitive 'to keep'. Use 'I prefer to keep them to myself' to express a personal preference. Also ensure the subject 'I' is present before 'prefer'.
× Yes, I sometimes take dreams have meanings.
✓ Yes, I sometimes think dreams have meanings.
'Take' is not the correct verb here; the speaker means 'think'. Use the present simple 'think' for habitual beliefs: 'I sometimes think dreams have meanings.' This fixes a lexical choice error and matches present tense usage.
× For example, when I dream that I lose my tooth, I wake up and wonder if it might be something important.
✓ For example, when I dream that I have lost a tooth, I wake up and wonder if it might mean something important.
The clause 'dream that I lose my tooth' is awkward because the result is perceived as a past event relative to waking; use present perfect 'have lost' to indicate the completed action in the dream. Also 'might be something important' is unnatural; use 'might mean something important' to express significance. This corrects verb aspect and word choice.
× So I often search online for symbolic interpretations of that to find out whether it means.
✓ So I often search online for symbolic interpretations to find out what it means.
The phrase 'interpretations of that' is clumsy and 'whether it means' is incomplete; use 'what it means' to ask for the meaning. Also omit the unnecessary 'of that'. The corrected sentence uses the correct wh-clause to request meaning.
× For example, I once dreamed about my grandmother and a few days later she called me, which felt super rising and reserving because it seemed like more than a con coincidence.
✓ For example, I once dreamed about my grandmother and a few days later she called me, which felt surprising and uncanny because it seemed like more than a coincidence.
The original uses nonstandard words 'super rising' and 'reserving' and the odd phrase 'a con coincidence'. Replace with appropriate adjectives 'surprising and uncanny' to convey emotion, and correct 'a coincidence' by removing 'con'. This fixes incorrect word choice and adjective use.