Technology in Daily Life
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Overall band
Fluency
6.0Vocabulary
5.5Grammar
6.0Pronunciation
6.5Examiner’s verdict
“Clear, communicative speaker; grammatical accuracy caps the band.”
You sustained communication across the full test and your ideas were consistently easy to follow — a solid Band 6 performance, strongest in Part 3. Fluency and coherence: a flow of speech was maintained throughout, though fillers ('uh', 'you know') and false starts reduced coherence at times, particularly in Parts 1 and 2. Lexical resource: vocabulary was adequate but safe — 'good', 'very', 'thing' and 'problem' carried too much of the load. Grammatical range and accuracy: this is the criterion holding you back — subject-verb agreement slips ('this app help me', 'it show you'), missing articles ('I have laptop') and tense errors ('I have buy', 'it change my life') appeared in every part. Pronunciation was your most consistent criterion and rarely impeded understanding.
What you did well
Coherent, well-organised answers
Ideas were consistently easy to follow: you grouped points, signalled contrasts ('on the other hand', 'it depends'), and rarely drifted off the question — sound discourse management for this band.
Clear pronunciation
Pronunciation was intelligible throughout with only isolated slips; it was the most consistent of the four criteria and never obstructed communication.
Evaluative thinking in Part 3
You conceded opposing arguments before committing to a weighted position — the closing tool-versus-escape conclusion on connection was genuinely well reasoned for this band.
What to improve
Subject-verb agreement
The third-person 's' was dropped repeatedly ('it depend', 'this app help me', 'the phone suggest me', 'everything happen'); this single pattern accounted for most of the accuracy errors in the session.
Articles
Missing articles appeared in every part — 'I have laptop', 'it was good decision', 'this is sad picture' — an immediate, fixable drag on Grammatical Range and Accuracy.
Lexical range
'Good', 'very', 'thing' and 'problem' carried too much of the load; more precise items ('drained', 'unsettling', 'indispensable') would move Lexical Resource towards Band 7.
Part 1 · Interview
Examiner’s comment
5.5Willing and conversational across all three topic frames, with answers of appropriate length throughout. A flow of speech was maintained, though fillers ('uh', 'you know') and false starts reduced coherence at times. Subject-verb agreement slips and missing articles appeared in most answers and are the main limit on the score for this part.
How much time do you spend on your phone each day?
Your response
“Um, honestly, I spend a lot of time on my phone. I think maybe, uh, four or five hours every day. My phone show me the screen time every week and the number is always very big. I know it's too much but, you know, everything is on the phone now — messages, work, everything. So it's difficult to use it less.”
Feedback
A direct answer with an honest reflection — appropriate for Part 1. 'My phone show me' is a subject-verb agreement slip ('shows'), and 'the number is always very big' relies on basic lexis where 'the figure is worryingly high' would lift Lexical Resource. Fluency held steady despite two fillers.
Improved version
Honestly, more than I should — probably four or five hours a day. My phone sends me a screen-time report every week, and the figure is always higher than I'd like. I keep meaning to cut down, but so much of daily life runs through the phone now that it's genuinely difficult.
Part 2 · Cue card
Examiner’s comment
6.0You spoke for close to the full two minutes and worked through the cue card in order — disciplined long-turn management that maintained a flow of speech. The second prompt, how you first found out about the app, was dealt with in a single uncertain sentence, and recurring slips ('I have buy', 'it change my life') held accuracy down. The closing reflection on depending on the app was a thoughtful touch.
Cue card
Describe an app or piece of technology you use every day.
What it is and how you first found out about it
How often and when you use it
What you use it for
And explain why it has become such an important part of your day
Your response
“OK, so, um, the technology I want to talk about is the maps application on my phone. I think… well, actually, everyone has this app, but for me it is very, very important. I found out about it, uh, I don't remember exactly — maybe when I have buy my first smartphone, it was already inside the phone. I use it every day, really every day. In the morning I check it to see the traffic before I go to my job, and when I finish the work I check it again. Also at the weekend, when I go to some new place. What I use it for, uh, the main thing is navigation, of course. I have very bad sense of direction, honestly, so without this app I would be lost all the time. When I moved to this city three years ago, I don't know any street, and this app help me to find everything — the supermarket, the bank, my office. Also I use it for finding restaurants, because it show you the reviews and the photos, so you can decide if the place is good before you go. And, um, I use it for checking how long the journey will take, for the bus and the metro also, not only for driving. I think the reason it become so important part of my day is because it give me, how to say, confidence. Before, I was always nervous to go to new places. I was asking people on the street for directions, and sometimes they explain me wrong. Now I just put the address and follow the line. I mean, it changed… it change my life in this city, really. Maybe it sounds like exaggeration but it's true. The only problem is that now I don't remember any street name, because I depend on the app for everything. But, uh, yeah, that is the technology I use every day.”
Structure
The talk followed the cue card faithfully, which kept it coherent, but the opening ('OK, so, um, the technology I want to talk about is…') was slow. Lead with the subject and a strong claim: 'The app I genuinely couldn't get through a day without is the maps application on my phone.' The second bullet — how you first found out about it — was dispatched in one uncertain sentence ('I don't remember exactly') and needed a brief story, even a reconstructed one.
Development
The strongest material came when you moved from listing functions to explaining their effect on you — arriving in a new city with no sense of direction, and the app giving you 'confidence', was vivid and personal. The list before it (traffic, restaurants, journey times) was accurate but flat; one function developed with a real moment is worth three merely named.
Language
Recurring errors limited grammatical range and accuracy: 'I have buy my first smartphone' (past simple needed), 'this app help me' and 'it show you' (subject-verb agreement), 'it change my life' (tense), and several missing articles ('very bad sense of direction', 'so important part of my day'). Lexis stayed safe — 'very, very important', 'the place is good'; items such as 'indispensable', 'navigate' or 'second nature' would lift Lexical Resource.
Improved version
The app I genuinely couldn't get through a day without is the maps application on my phone — an unglamorous choice, perhaps, but an honest one. I can't pinpoint when I first discovered it, because it came pre-installed on my first smartphone, but it only became essential three years ago, when I moved to this city and realised I didn't know a single street. I use it every day without exception: in the morning to check the traffic before work, again on the way home, and at weekends whenever I'm heading somewhere unfamiliar. Mostly it's for navigation — I have a terrible sense of direction, so in those first months it guided me to everything: the supermarket, the bank, my office. It has also become how I choose restaurants, since the reviews and photos tell you whether a place is worth visiting, and I rely on it for bus and metro timings as much as for driving. The real reason it matters to me, though, is confidence. I used to be anxious about going anywhere new — I'd stop strangers for directions and half the time be sent the wrong way. Now I simply enter an address and follow the line, and that small certainty has changed how I live in this city. It sounds like an exaggeration, but it isn't. The one downside is that I've outsourced my memory — I couldn't name the streets I walk down every day — but on balance, that's a price worth paying.
Part 3 · Discussion
Examiner’s comment
6.5Your strongest part. You engaged willingly with abstract questions, conceded opposing points before committing to a position, and produced some genuinely well-reasoned conclusions, notably on data collection and on connection. Agreement and article errors persisted at much the same rate as earlier, but fluency, coherence and the quality of argument all improved under discussion conditions.
Do you think parents should limit the amount of time children spend on screens?
Your response
“I think yes, parents should make some limits, but it's difficult question. Children today are growing with the screens from very small age, and, uh, I see some children in restaurant who cannot eat without watching a video — this is not healthy I think. But on the other hand, not all screen time is bad. I mean, if the child is learning language or talking with the grandparents on video call, this is different from just watching, you know, silly videos for hours. So I think parents should control what the children are watching, not only how many hours. And also, uh, the parents must give the example — if the father is always on his phone, the child will copy this behaviour.”
Feedback
A qualified position with a distinction between types of screen use — the evaluative depth Part 3 rewards — and the point about parents modelling the behaviour they demand was a strong close. Articles were dropped repeatedly ('difficult question', 'very small age', 'in restaurant'), and 'give the example' should be 'set an example'.
Improved version
Broadly yes, though I'd argue the type of screen time matters more than the amount. A child video-calling their grandparents or learning a language is doing something quite different from passively watching videos for hours, so parents should police content as much as hours. The boundaries also have to be credible — a parent who scrolls through dinner while lecturing their children about screens is fighting a losing battle. Limits work when adults model them too.
Before your next session
01
Drill the third-person 's': take ten of this session's slips — 'it depend', 'this app help me', 'the phone suggest me', 'everything happen' — and say the corrected sentence aloud five times each.
02
Re-record your Part 2 answer about the maps app, listening back only for missing articles ('very bad sense of direction', 'so important part of my day'), then record it once more with every article restored.
03
Build a ten-item upgrade list for your overused words — 'very tired' → 'drained', 'very important' → 'indispensable', 'a little bit scary' → 'unsettling' — and force at least three of them into your next practice answers.
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