Interview and Feedback on IELTS Speaking Exam

Daily Routine

• Morning Routine:
  • Wake up around 8 a.m.
  • Brush teeth, wash face, breakfast
  • Drive to work
• Evening Routine:
  • Come back home, fix dinner
  • Watch Netflix
• Weekends:
  • Free time for activities like meditation, writing, yoga
  • Plans to try horse riding

Changes in Routine Since Childhood

• Shift from school to work
• More free time on weekends

Dreams

• Occasionally dreams but doesn't often remember them
• Believes that dreams reveal repressed emotions and stress
• Skeptical but open to the idea of dream predictions

Emails

• Work Emails:
  • From manager and other departments
  • Includes follow-ups, scheduling meetings, work reminders
• Replying to Emails:
  • Prefers to finish tasks before replying
  • Avoids replying to ads unless interested in a sale

Exercise

• Frequency: Not as often as desired
• Preferences: Classes like yoga and swimming over gym
• Opinion on Best Exercise: Recommends Pilates for toning
• Trend Changes: Less outdoor activities, more indoor or digital fitness (e.g., TikTok)

Visiting Friends and Family

• Recent 3-week trip to Taiwan
• Mainly friends, some family
• Describes friends as chosen family
• Activities included catching up over wine or tea, visiting a new restaurant, attending a wedding

Family Gatherings

• Celebrations: Chinese New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival
• Challenges: Stress from personal questions by relatives

Family Interactions

• Importance of Helping with Homework: Essential for mental health
• Eating Dinner Together: Vital for family bonding
• Sharing Chores: Important but should be distributed based on availability of time

Exam Feedback and Performance Review

• Part 1: Natural and smooth conversation, avoid listing many items
• Part 2: Excellent ability to speak at length
• Part 3: Should develop answers more and consider other perspectives
• Pronunciation: Perfect, Band 9
• Coherence and Fluency: High but needs careful answer development
• Grammar: No mistakes, Band 9
• Vocabulary: Precise, accurate, idiomatic usage, Band 9
• Overall: Consistently high performance, Band 9 across all criteria