A2 Speaking (Picture Narration And Listen-speak Pre-test)

Explanation
The student's response, "They are close to the bottom," does not fully answer the question in a complete manner. The question asks for the score for IP4, but the student's response does not provide any information specifically related to IP4. Therefore, the response is considered incomplete.

Explanation
The student mentioned two kinds of animals, plant-eating herbivores and meat-eating carnivores. In Listen-Speak, each kind of animal should receive a score, so there should be two scores given. However, the student mentioned "2 kinds of animals," indicating that there are multiple kinds of each type. Therefore, there should be more than two scores given. Since the question asks for the minimum number of scores, the correct answer is 5, as there are at least two kinds of plant-eating herbivores and three kinds of meat-eating carnivores mentioned.

Explanation
The student said, "The first type of animal is the elephant." In Listen-Speak, the score for IP2 should be 1 (Wrong) because the student's response is incorrect. The question asks for the first type of animal, but the student's answer is about a specific animal (elephant). Therefore, the response does not fully address the question and is considered incorrect.

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The answer is "No" because the question is asking if the short response rule is still used when grading for comprehensibility in LS. Therefore, it implies that the short response rule is not used anymore.

Explanation
The most appropriate PR tag to use if an audio file is sped up, making it nearly impossible to understand, would be "Inaudible". This term accurately describes the situation where the audio is unintelligible or impossible to hear clearly due to the increased speed.

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The grade for Picture 1 should be 1 because the student accurately described the picture by stating that "Three happy boys are riding bikes by the beach." The student's response matches the content of the picture, demonstrating an understanding of what is depicted.

Explanation
Based on the given answer, the student accurately describes the picture by mentioning the boys telling stories near the beach and expressing excitement. As per the grading criteria mentioned in the attached Topic Guide, a score of 2 is appropriate for this response as it demonstrates a basic understanding of the picture and includes relevant details.

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The student said "The students played soccer and ate ice cream!" In the pictures, Picture 3 shows students playing soccer, which matches the student's statement, so it should be graded as 2. However, Picture 4 shows students eating ice cream, which contradicts the student's statement, so it should be graded as 1. Therefore, the grade for Picture 3 should be 2 and the grade for Picture 4 should be 1.

Explanation
If the student missed to describe one picture in HL Picture Narration, the score for Flow should be 4. This suggests that even though the student missed one picture, they were still able to maintain a reasonable flow in their narration.

Explanation
If the student failed to sufficiently describe a picture but still narrated an on-topic story, they should be given a score of 1 for Description. This indicates that although their description was not sufficient, they were still able to narrate a story that was relevant to the picture.