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Mock exam

以下截錄一名學生實際口試情形。該名學生最後在Speaking部分獲得6分。同學們參考一下囉！

(final score: 6 points)

E = Examiner ; C = Candidate

E:   Hello, my name is Mark. Can you tell me your full name, please?

（考官進行自我介紹。）

C: My name is Zhao Yi.

E:   Aha, and what can I call you?

（考官有好地詢問考生姓名，使他們輕鬆地進入會話狀態。）

C: You can call me Laura.

E:   OK. Can I see your identification, please?

（確認考生身分。）

C: Yes, of course.

E:   OK, thank you very much. Fine. Now, in the first part, I’d like to ask you a few more questions about yourself. Let’s talk about your work. Where do you work?

（交代第一部分要談論的話題。首先詢問考生目前工作的情況。）

C: Now, I’m working at a software company In Shanghai. And I’m a director in charge of marketing and sales.

E:   Aha, have you always had that job?

（比較過去，強調是否有任何變化。）

C: No. After I graduated from the college, I was a teacher and taught the courses in the college for about three years. Then I transferred my (went to) work to (for) this company.

E:   And can you describe a typical working day for you?

（要求考生描述與工作相關的具體情況。）

C: As you may know, as (for) a director of marketing, the day is not very regular and so ... but some things (I have to do in my working days) is (are) typical. For example, in (the) morning, I have to preside a meeting and collect the information (hear) from my sales person (people), and after that I will … I will (may) make (have) some appointments with the very important customers. Maybe (Sometimes), I can get (have) a lunch with them. After that I will (usually) write a report and report (discuss it) to (with) my boss. In the afternoon, I usually put (enter) the data and figures into my computer. Then, I will get some information from the computer (may go through my files). After that, I will figures (figure) out some conclusion(s) from the data and decide the next step.

E:   How do you feel about your job? Do you like it or do you enjoy it?

（詢問考生對自己職業的感受。）

C: Yes, I like my job. I enjoy my job. It’s a challenge for me, and I can get a decent salary. Another thing is (that) it provide(s) me so many chance(s) to contact with some interesting and decent person (people) so that I can get (a) much deeper insight into this human society and I can manage to cope with more complex situations.

E:   So you like your job.

（引導考生確認或澄清自己的感受。）

C: Yes.

E:   And have you always felt that way about it?

（進一步了解考生的感受否一直如此，沒有任何變化。）

C: Maybe, sometimes, I’m under the stress because, you know, sales ... the marketing is (a) challenge often, and sometimes you will suffer from the defeat and (of) failure. That’s very sad.

E:   Well, let’s change the subject and talk about your personal habits. What is your favorite food?

（明確指示，引出新的話題 — 個人生活習慣。首先了解考生最喜愛的食品。）

C: My favorite food is Chinese dumplings. They are delicious.

E:   Aha, and, what is the most important meal of the day for you?

（進一步了解考生如何看待日常吃飯問題，哪一頓飯是一日中最重要的。）

C: Sometimes, traditional food. Sometimes fast-food. I don’t think food is very important in my life. And so I just eat them (it) to get enough energy.

（該考生實際上是答非所問，並沒有真正理解考官的問題。考官問的是一日三餐中哪一頓對他最重要？考生應在lunch、dinner或breakfast中擇一並陳述理由。）

E:   What about TV? Do you watch a lot of TV?

（考官發現烤生答非所問，因此無法問出下一個問題，只好轉而了解考生的其他生活習性。）

C: No, as a director of sales and marketing I haven’t enough time to watch TV. Another thing is that I don’t think TV play (plays an) important role in my life, because I can get information from other channels.

E:   Has it always been that way …

（再次關注事情是否一直如此而沒有變化。）

C: Yes.

E:   … that you didn’t watch much TV?

（由於考生對前一問題提供的訊息不足，考官無法把握考生的想法，所以引導考生進一步確認事實。）

C: Yes (No).

（誤用YES來回答否定句問句而表達否定意義，這是中國人典型的思維方式。）

E:   How much exercise do you do?

（看來，考官對考生的錯誤反映也是習以為常，不想再做澄清，只是問下一個問題。）

C: Usually, I do some jog (jogging) and mountain climbing in my holidays, and at (the) weekend I do some exercise (sports) such as table-tennis and volleyball.

（此處，考生還是誤解了考官的問題。實際上，他回答的是What exercise do you do?這一問題，而沒有針對How much exercise do you do? 做出恰當的反應。）

E:   Now, Let’s move on. I’m going to give you a topic to talk about. I would like you to talk about this topic for one or two minutes. You will have one minute to think about what you are to say. You can take notes if you like. Do you understand?

（在第一部分，考官會嚴格把握時間。不管考生對前面問題的問答是否需要進一步澄清，只要時間一到，考官馬上引入第二部分，並讓考生明白具體做法。）

C: I understand.

E:   Now, here is a paper and pencil for taking notes and here is your topic. Remember you have one or two minutes to do your presentation, so don’t worry if I stop you. Go ahead.

（給出紙筆和問題提示卡，並交代注意事項。）

Talk about your early school days.

You should mention:

how you felt being at school

the thing you enjoyed most

what, if anything, you dislike about school

and discuss whether you would want your children to

have the same experience.

E:   OK. You can start speaking now, please.

C: OK. I think my school life is (was) exciting. And ... I feel when I was in school ... at school, I’m relaxed ... I was relaxed and I had a lot of entertainment (fun). The ... thing I most enjoyed in my school is (was) that I have (had) enough time to develop my potential and I have (had) enough time to make friends with other persons. You know the college is the reflection of society, so you can develop your internatio ... interpersonal skills and lay the foundation of you future career. Something I don’t (didn’t) like ... something that is (was) not very good in my life, is (was) not very good in life ... in my school life is (was) that I was forced to follow the teacher’s thoughts. So sometimes I didn’t have enough space to develop my self (own) thoughts. But I think school life is very important for everybody and if I have children I will send them and let them to experience (have) the same experience because school can discipline them and give them a lot of foundational (basic) knowledge. Another thing is that he or she can make friends with other students …

E:   So, you would want your children to have the same experience at school as you had.

     （根據考生所答，提出一個跟進的問題，引導考生對提是卡作完整的回答，使第二部分有個自然的結束。）

C: I can’t confirm it because I don’t know which school he ... I ... she will be send (sent) to.

（該回答非常含混，而且與問題不太相關。）

E:   Well, we have been talking about schools and I’d like to discuss with you some general questions related to this topic. How has education in you country changed in your lifetime?

（進入討論階段，根據第二部分的話題，提出有關教育更深層次的、更廣泛的問題，以進一步檢驗考生的深層語言表達能力。首先還是回顧過去，描述考生所感受到的教育的發展和變化。）

C: I think there (has been) a great change in the educational system during these years. Before that, about ten or twenty years ago, when I was in my primary school, the equipment of the school is (was) not very good, was obsolete, but during these years the government invested a lot of money in this term (area), so now, college and primary school and middle school has … have a lot of advanced equipment and the teachers and the lecturers are trained to be more skilled than before. Though (But), I think ... another thing is that our country and people have realized that education is the most important thing in the country.

E:   I see, and would you like to see education changed or be improved in the future?

（進一步引導考生談論自己對教育的未來發展變化所持的期望。）

C: Yes, I think so.

E:   What kind of changes do you think are necessary?

（由於考生的回答太過簡單，沒有提供有關例證作展開敘述，於是考官把問題具體化，誘導考生對未來的發展變化作具體描述。）

C: I think in the future the school(s) will encourage people ... will encourage the student(s) (to be) more creative than before and they don’t like ... they can (will) improve the facilities and improve the teaching quality (of instruction). Another thing …

E:   In what way do you think the teaching quality should be improved?

（考官想深入了解考生對問題的看法，期待他就提高教學質量問題作深入分析。）

C: The first thing is (to) continue to invest more money in this term (area) and give the student(s) (a) more comfortable studying environment. Another thing is (to) improve the quality of the teachers and lecturers. For example, we should send them to outseas (overseas) and to learn more modem (advanced) skills and (so that they can) then come back to teach their students. Another thing is (that) we should break the rule certain pattern(s) and create many ways to teach ... teach the students and let them make decisions themselves in some courses, so student(s) will be more creative than before.

E:   In your opinion should education be free, or should people pay for it?

（期望了解考生對教育收費問題的看法和意見。）

C: I don’t think education should be free because everyone know(s) education is (does) not only benefit the country but also benefit himself (the individual). So, if you want to get something, you should pay for it. And another thing is (that) if the people pay for the (their) education, this will be helpful to encou ... improve the education quality (of education) and … because, you know, with (a) limited budget the government can’t invest so man ... so much money in this term (area), so if personal and the individual can invest in this term (area) and ... it will greatly improve the educational …

（考生的回答比較含混，尤其是考生混用了「投資」(invest)和「收費」(pay for)兩個不同的概念。）

E:   Well, business schools are becoming more and more popular all over the world. Do you think this is a good or bad thing?

（了解考生對商業學校愈來愈興旺這一現象的態度和價值觀念。）

C: I think (it) is a good thing.

（提供訊息太少。）

E:   Do you think things will change? Do you think the emphasis on business will remain in the future?

（考官要求考生預測該問題的未來發展趨勢。）

C: I think so. It will remain in the future because business is always a (an) important thing and through business we can exchange our information, our goods and exchange our culture and thoughts. So, it’s (a) very important thing and you one can get a lot of foundational basic theory ...

（最後一句不知所云。）

E:   I don’t need to ask you any more questions. That is the end of your interview.

（示意結束口試。）