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Okay, we can get started now. To begin, can you tell me your full name? My Korean name is Sang Only, but I go by Sean. It's S-E-A-N. Okay, and tell me, Sean, are you working or studying right now? I'm a student currently. I'm studying electrical engineering at a university in Hong Kong. Do you enjoy your studies? Yes, I do. I never expected myself to be an engineer until the last year in high school, but somehow I'm enjoying it. Cool. How is Hong Kong?

Hong Kong? From fourth grade in preschool all the way to high school graduation, I lived in China, Shanghai, so Chinese culture was really familiar to me. It was not a hard decision for me to move to Hong Kong for university.

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? I used to read books a lot, but since freshman year in university, I started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It's a grappling-based martial art, and I'm spending a lot of time training in my free time.

Alright. And what is your hometown? How would you describe your hometown? I would describe my hometown as Seoul, my hometown. From five years old to third grade in preschool until I moved to China, I lived in Seoul in a place called Kangzok. I still consider it to be my hometown.

What things do you like about your hometown? Oh, it's a chill place with a lot of good restaurants, but probably I have a lot of good memories in my childhood attached to my hometown.

Okay, good. And what things do you not like about it? It's chill, but also it's boring. There are not a lot of fun things to enjoy, so that's one thing I don't like about my hometown.

Okay, good. Now we'll talk about handwriting briefly. Do you often write with a pen? I used to until high school. From college, I used iPads and laptops a lot, so I would say no.

When you have to write by hand, is your handwriting easy to read for other people? Yes, I would say yes for English and Korean, but when I write Chinese, it's still bad.

Do you like to receive cards with handwritten notes or words in them? Yes, especially for my birthday. My dad used to write me a handwritten letter on my birthdays, so I'd like to receive handwritten letters for my birthday especially.

Can you tell someone's personality from his or her handwriting? Oh, that's, I think, a really insightful question. So yes, I think the handwriting somehow reflects the person's personality. If I see a scribble, I would assume the person has a hastening personality. If I see small, neat handwriting, I assume the person is really careful, but not 100%. It often goes wrong.

Sure, that's true. And finally, what's the difference between writing with a pen and typing on a computer? Typing on a computer has more formality. It's neater, of course. So when I need to write for my assignments and work, I use a laptop. But when I want to show my sincerity to people I love, I use my handwriting.

Sure. Okay, now we can move to part two. For part two, you're going to have one question, and you'll have one minute to prepare and then up to two minutes to give your answer. Here is your question, and you can make notes to help guide you. Take a minute to prepare, and then we'll get started.

Okay, that is a minute. When you're ready, you can describe an application or program you use on your phone or computer.

The application I use on my phone or computer is Google, of course. Google here incorporates YouTube and ChatGPT for me. It's used generally as a search engine. I can search for information, papers, research papers, videos, and all sorts of things I want to know about. I use it for every purpose, actually. I started to use it in middle school and high school when I was doing assignments and had to do my research assignments. I use Google, and that's how I started my first usage of Google. Later, ChatGPT came out, and I use it for assignments as well. It's an AI that literally tells you anything you want to ask or know. I use it because it has high credibility, but I can't really trust it 100% because I should use my own judgmental skills to assess the credibility of the source. I think I'll keep using it until I find a better replacement for Google, YouTube, and ChatGPT. Thank you for listening.

Okay, sure. Yeah, we can move on now to part three. First question: which phone app is the most popular in your country?

I would also say Google and YouTube for this. It leads to cultural trends. Even nowadays, broadcasts use Google and YouTube to market their idols and TV shows. I think even my friends and the young generations watch YouTube a lot more than TV. So my answer is Google and YouTube.

Do you think parents should limit the time that their children spend on the phone?

Yes, because, to use my own experience, I used to play a lot of games in high school. It's good to use YouTube. It's good to watch YouTube, but the more time you spend on YouTube, the less time you can spend on social life and sports. So there are downsides. I think parents should limit their kids' watching time on YouTube.

Do you think people depend on cell phone apps too much these days?

Yes. One example is the map function on your phone or computer, the navigation. When you go on a trip, if you depend too much on your app to find roads or find your way, you don't really remember how you got there. Also, cameras. The more you use a camera to take pictures, the less time you spend actually viewing the place you went for travel.

Do you think some apps will help people study?

It depends on the person. It's no for me, but yes for some friends I know. There's an app called Quizlet. People use it to memorize vocabulary and terms, but it doesn't work for me. I know my friend who uses it all the time to study his biology terms, so I can't really make a judgment. It's no for me.

Okay, good. Well, we made it to the end. Nicely done. Let's see, okay, we can move on to some feedback now. As you probably know, the IELTS is scored on four categories: fluency and coherence, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. You did a really nice job here today, so most of this is just good news. We can talk about each category individually briefly. The first two, fluency and coherence, which are together, and pronunciation. These are very strong. This is your natural speaking voice. No pauses other than to think of a word or consider the next direction for the answer. The pronunciation is native-like, so there's really no improvement to be made there. Those are very good. You have a wide range of vocabulary, really no problem with any of these questions. You described it in good detail, whether it was people's personality based on their handwriting, good vocabulary about hastening, or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as a grappling-based martial art, which is a very advanced and very specific way. Vocabulary is very good. Grammar is also good. Range of tenses, all very clear. I struggle to point out anything really at all, but I did notice a few times in part one that you might have forgotten to use an article. For example, you said typing on computer and use laptop. That could be either typing on computers to talk about it generally or typing on a computer, using laptops or using a laptop. If we're using the singular form, we want the article. This is a very, very small point. Maybe one collocation that was not quite natural. You mentioned judgmental skills, but those would be probably just judgment skills. There's really nothing else apart from maybe one in part three. When you were describing Quizlet, you mentioned that it would be helpful for learning vocabularies, but vocabulary is actually a non-count noun. You might be learning 2,000 words, but it's just vocabulary. This stuff is really small. Your language skills are very advanced and quite good. In terms of test approach, there are a few things to point out. Your part two answer was a minute and 25 seconds, which is not bad. The advice is to be between a minute and two minutes, but we always advise people to get as close as you can to two minutes. It's even okay to have the examiner tell you to stop. You have this window of time to show all of the vocabulary and grammar that you can use. If it is possible, it's always good to keep going further. That's for part two. For part three, your answers were good, but one thing that you don't have to do in part three is to give any summary. It's not like a paragraph that has a summary sentence at the end. You can just answer it and describe it and then finish. It's short enough that no summary is needed. The other point in that section is that you want to try to avoid giving a personal example. Rather than saying, "From my perspective, I think we should do this," part three really challenges you to think very broadly about what people in general would do, should do, or have done, depending on the shape of the question. Those can be hard to answer because it's hard to talk for everybody, but it is challenging you to speak generally in that way. It's a very strong test. If I had to, and I do have to estimate your score, I would say today was probably an 8.5, which is very good. It could be a nine with very small improvements. Really nice job. I have one question I

 want to ask you. The paper says, "Describe an application you usually use on your phone or computer," but I used three, YouTube, Google, and ChatGPT. I tried my best to incorporate and make them into one form. Is it okay? I am actually glad you asked. I wrote it down and kind of forgot to mention it. It would be good in this question to describe an application. It would be to really focus on one application. That would be hard to do with Google. I mean, I guess Google is a program, but Google has become so big and it does so many things that it gets hard to talk about it as a single entity because I guess it owns YouTube. I don't think it owns ChatGPT. I think that's a Microsoft product. Yes, a very good question. You would want to try to focus this one on one. I think you did. You mostly talked about Google, but you did talk about ChatGPT, which loses the focus a little bit. Yes, really good question. Cool. Any other questions? That's it. All right. Well, nicely done again and thanks for coming in. Thanks for having me here. Good luck.

好的，我们现在可以开始了。首先，你能告诉我你的全名吗？我的韩文名字是Sang Only，但我用Sean这个名字，是S-E-A-N。好的，Sean，请问你现在是工作还是学习？我现在是学生，我在香港的一所大学学习电气工程。你喜欢你的专业吗？是的，我喜欢。我没想到自己会成为一名工程师，直到高中最后一年，但不知为何我很享受。很酷。香港怎么样？

香港？从幼儿园四年级一直到高中毕业，我都住在中国上海，所以中国文化对我来说非常熟悉。对我来说，搬到香港上大学并不难决定。

你在空闲时间喜欢做什么？我以前经常读书，但自从大学一年级以来，我开始练习巴西柔术。这是一种以摔跤为基础的武术，我在空闲时间花了很多时间训练。

好的。你的家乡是哪里？你会怎么描述你的家乡？我会把我的家乡描述为首尔，我的家乡。从五岁到幼儿园三年级，我住在首尔的一个叫江南的地方，直到我搬到中国。我仍然认为那是我的家乡。

你喜欢你的家乡的哪些方面？哦，那是一个很悠闲的地方，有很多好吃的餐厅，但可能更多的是我童年时的许多美好回忆。

好的。那你不喜欢哪些方面呢？很悠闲，但也很无聊。没有很多有趣的事情可以享受，这是我不喜欢家乡的一点。

好的。现在我们简要谈谈手写。你经常用笔写字吗？我以前经常用笔写字，直到高中。从大学开始，我使用iPad和笔记本电脑很多，所以我会说不。

当你需要手写时，你的字别人能看得清楚吗？是的，我会说英语和韩语都可以，但写中文时还是很差。

你喜欢收到带有手写笔记或文字的卡片吗？是的，特别是我的生日，我爸爸以前会在我的生日写一封手写的信给我，所以我特别喜欢收到生日的手写信。

你能从一个人的字迹看出他的性格吗？哦，我认为这是一个非常有见地的问题。所以是的，我认为字迹某种程度上反映了一个人的性格。如果我看到潦草的字迹，我会认为这个人性格急躁。如果我看到小而整洁的字迹，我会认为这个人非常小心，但这不是100%的准确，经常会出错。

当然，那是真的。最后，用笔写字和在电脑上打字有什么区别？在电脑上打字更正式，更整洁。当然，当我需要为作业和工作写字时，我使用笔记本电脑。但当我想向我爱的人展示我的诚意时，我使用手写。

好的，现在我们可以进入第二部分。在第二部分，你会有一个问题，你将有一分钟准备时间，然后最多两分钟来回答。在这段时间内，你可以做一些笔记来帮助你思考。花一分钟准备，然后我们就开始。

好的，时间到了。当你准备好时，你可以描述一个你在手机或电脑上使用的应用程序。

我在手机或电脑上使用的应用程序是Google，当然。对我来说，Google包括YouTube和ChatGPT。它通常作为一个搜索引擎使用。我可以搜索信息、论文、研究论文、视频和所有我想知道的东西。我实际上是为了每一个目的使用它。我在初中和高中时开始使用它，当时我做作业需要做研究作业。我使用Google，那是我第一次使用Google。后来ChatGPT出来了，我也用它来做作业。它是一个AI，可以告诉你任何你想知道的东西。我使用它，因为它有很高的可信度，但我不能完全信任，因为我需要使用自己的判断技能来评估来源的可信度。我想我会一直使用它，直到我找到Google、YouTube和ChatGPT的更好替代品。谢谢你的聆听。

好的，当然。是的，我们现在可以进入第三部分。第一个问题：在你的国家最受欢迎的手机应用是什么？

我也会说是Google和YouTube。它引领文化潮流。即使在现在，广播也使用Google和YouTube来宣传他们的偶像和电视节目。我认为即使是我的朋友和年轻一代也比看电视更多地看YouTube。所以我的答案是Google和YouTube。

你认为父母应该限制孩子在手机上花费的时间吗？

是的，因为以我的经验为例，我在高中时玩了很多游戏。使用YouTube是好的，看YouTube也是好的，但你在YouTube上花费的时间越多，你在社交生活和运动上花费的时间就越少。所以有很多缺点。我认为父母应该限制孩子看YouTube的时间。

你认为现在的人们对手机应用的依赖太多了吗？

是的。一个例子是手机或电脑上的地图功能，导航。当你去旅行时，如果你过于依赖应用程序找到道路或路线，你实际上不会记得你是如何到达那里的。还有相机。你使用相机拍照越多，你实际上观看旅行地点的时间就越少。

你认为有些应用程序会帮助人们学习吗？

这取决于人。对我来说不是，但对我认识的一些朋友来说是。有一个叫Quizlet的应用程序。人们使用它来记忆词汇和术语，但对我来说不起作用。我知道我的朋友一直使用它来学习他的生物学术语，所以我不能做出判断，对我来说是不行的。

好的。很好，我们到达了结束部分。做得很好。让我们看看，好的，我们现在可以继续一些反馈。正如你可能知道的，雅思评分分为四个类别：流利度与连贯性，发音，词汇量和语法。你今天表现得很好，所以大多数都是好消息。我们可以分别简要讨论每个类别。前两个，流利度和连贯性，以及发音。这些都很强。这是你自然的说话声音。除了思考一个词或考虑答案的下一个方向外，没有停顿。发音接近母语，所以真的没有需要改进的地方。那些都很好。你有广泛的词汇量，回答这些问题没有任何问题。无论是根据字迹判断一个人的性格，用“hastening”这个词汇，还是用非常高级和具体的方式描述巴西柔术作为一种以摔跤为基础的武术。词汇量非常好。语法也很好。时态范围广，所有都非常清晰。我很难指出任何真正的问题，但我确实注意到在第一部分的几次，你可能忘记使用了冠词。例如，你说“typing on computer”和“use laptop”。这可以是一般地说“typing on computers”或具体地说“typing on a computer”，“using laptops”或“using a laptop”。如果我们使用单数形式，我们需要冠词。这是一个非常小的问题。也许有一个搭配不太自然。你提到“judgmental skills”，但那些可能只是“judgment skills”。真的没有其他问题。也许在第三部分有一个，当你描述Quizlet时，你提到它有助于学习“vocabularies”，但“vocabulary”实际上是不可数名词。你可能在学习两千个单词，但它只是“vocabulary”。这些问题真的很小。你的语言技能非常先进且相当好。在考试方法方面，有几点需要指出。你的第二部分答案是1分25秒，这并不坏。建议是在1到2分钟之间，但我们总是建议人们尽量接近2分钟，甚至可以让考官告诉你停下来。你有这个时间窗口来展示所有你能使用的词汇和语法。如果可能的话，总是尽量说得更多。这是关于第二部分的。在第三部分，你的答案很好，但有一点你不需要做的是给出任何总结。这不像一个段落有总结句在结尾。你可以直接回答并描述然后结束。它足够短，不需要总结。在这一部分的另一个要点是你要尽量避免给出个人例子。与其说“从我的角度，我认为我们应该这样做”，第三部分真正挑战你广泛思考人们一般会做什么，应该做什么，或者做了什么，具体取决于问题的形状。这些很难回答，因为很难代表所有人说话，但它确实在挑战你以这种方式普遍地说话。这是一次非常强的测试。如果我必须（并且我确实需要）估计你的分数，我会说今天可能是8.5，这是非常好的。如果有非常小的改进，可能会达到9分。真的很不错。我有一个问题想问你。试卷上说描述一个你通常在手机或电脑上使用的应用程序，但我用了三个，YouTube、Google和ChatGPT。我尽力把它们合并成一个形式。这样可以吗？我很高兴你问了这个问题。我写了下来，有点忘了提及。在这个问题中，描述一个应用程序。确实要专注于一个应用程序。这对Google来说会很难

。我想Google是一个程序，但Google已经变得如此庞大，做了很多事情，很难作为一个单一的实体来谈论它。因为我想它拥有YouTube，但我认为它不拥有ChatGPT。我认为那是微软的产品。是的，这是一个非常好的问题。你会想在这个问题中专注于一个应用程序。我认为你做到了，你主要谈论了Google，但你确实谈到了ChatGPT，这让焦点有点模糊。是的，真的很好的问题。酷。还有其他问题吗？这就是了。好的，再次祝贺你，感谢你过来。谢谢你邀请我。祝你好运。