F5 Mock Exam 02-03

PIV Oral
General Comments on Students Performance:
Part A: Role Play
Please pay attention to the following common errors and make corrections
accordingly:
Introduction:
z Some students started the role-play in an awkward manner e.g. Excuse me. Are
you busy now?
z Some students started the interview in a rude manner e.g. I want to ask
about
z Some students misunderstood the situation of the task, e.g. In session 2, students
should ask about the work of the social worker helping the Chinese immigrants
rather than the life of them.
z Students failed to specify or explain what the situation was before starting the
discussion.
z Students forgot to greet or thank the examiners before or after the examination.
Pronunciation:
Students failed to pronounce the following words.
z Session 1: Chris Wong, Mongkok, training centre (trading centre), the cost
(clothes) of computer
z Session 2: immigrate & immigrant ; show them the streets(sweets)( Session 2)
z Session 3: trapped (tripped); Yau Ma Tei; Prince Edward (queens) ; calm (clam,
clan) ; Tin Hau (Ten); between (beteen); dark (duck); crowded (crowd);
z Session 4: Doctor(daughter); cost (cause); $250 ($215); most (moss); light (like);
convenient (confident); mobile phone (marble phone)
Wrong sentence structures e.g.
z Can you answer me some questions? ( wrong insertion of the pronoun me)
z How often you will visit this center? (misplaced the subject verb order )
z Why you visit the center? (missed out the verb)
z What is the frequency of visits ( failed to use How often )
z Do she satisfy with.?
z They may afraid
z They are difficult to find jobs or make friends (Session 2)

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(Session 3) There was very hot inside; the electricity were gone off;
(Session 4) they can aware ( are aware ); I agree you (agree with you); they
across the road (cross); they back home (went); it will over $300 (will be)

Wrong use of tenses e.g.

z Session 1: Q5 Why did you visit the centre today? (were your visiting);
Q2 How much time did you spend each time?(do you spend)
z Session 2: Q3 What did you do for the immigrants? (do you do)
z Session 3: Q1Why does the MTR break down?(should use past tense)
z Session 4: Q4 Who do you often talking to?; Who are you often phone to? Q5
What things did you talked?; What things are you talk about?
Wrong use of words:
z e.g. confused the words adopt & adapt, immigrate & immigrants(Session
2)
z Session 3: design & decide; clean & clear; blindness & blind; fare & fee;
platform & station; traffic & travel; handles (holds ?); air-conditioning &
air-conditioner
z Session 4: phone calls phone cells; bought & brought;
Wrong use of countable and uncountable nouns:
z e.g. (Session 1) No of informations; many softwares; spaces; (Session 4) many
money
Wrong use of Subject-verb agreement:
z e.g. (Session 2) the main problems is ;He help the immigrants
z (Session 3): Q4 the problems is..
z (Session 4): She have learnt
Reported questions:
Quite a number of students were not able to report Q6 correctly. E.g. (Set 2) I ask
him did you have any difficulties helping the immigrants?
Active & Passive Voices:
e.g. (Session 3) Q3 How long did you trapped?; How long did you were trapped?
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Some students asked extra questions in the interview. This was highly
discouraged though there was no mark penalty.

Part B: Group Discussion

z The overall performance was poor in general.
Content:
z It was noted that students used Chinglish expressions frequently.
e.g. (Session1) Computers cant read for a long time.;
(Session 3) How long does the length of time trapped?
(Session 4) talking the phone; It has 1000 minutes to talk;
z Ideas were not fully developed or even fragmented. Students used broken
phrases in the discussion. They moved from one idea to another abruptly without
using any suitable linking words or phrases. There was little evidence of
organization in the discussion. During the discussion, some students were not
responding to one another at all. They were eager to say what was on their minds
without organizing the ideas properly. Besides, they were unable to develop the
ideas in depth. They only make short statements without any elaboration.
z Some ideas or solutions sounded insensible and childish.
e.g. (Session 2) to hold a party to welcome the new immigrants & lend them
money to solve their financial problem.
z Students were unable to use the skills of arguments in the discussion. E.g. in
Session 1, students simply listed out the advantages and disadvantages of
computers and books rather than comparing the differences between them.
z In session 4, students were not aware of the purpose of discussion. Most of them
simply discussed the points without relating to the purpose, which was to prepare
for a debate. Moreover, most of the points in the discussion were one-sided.
z Some students did not speak up in both the role-play and discussion.
z It was noted that most students displayed little eye-contact throughout the
role-play and discussion.