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Family Traditions Interview
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Instructions
This task measures your ability to respond to a range of general and academic questions by producing a coherent, clear spoken response with natural pace, expressive intonation, and varied, accurate language.
You will answer 4 interviewer questions. You will have 45 seconds to answer each question. Initial questions focus on factual information and personal experience, whereas later questions ask you to express and support your opinions.
- Allow microphone access when prompted.
- Use headphones and find a quiet space.
- You will hear the scenario, then each interviewer question. Recording starts automatically when the question audio ends.
- Take a deep breath — and let's go.
Family Traditions Interview
Answer each interview question aloud
Scenario
You have agreed to take part in a research study about family customs and traditions. You will have a short online interview with a researcher. The researcher will ask you some questions.
Question 1
Thanks for making the time. I'm studying the traditions families keep and why. Is there a tradition your family follows that matters to you?
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The one that matters most to me is that we eat dinner together on Sunday, no matter how busy the week has been. My mother cooks, and everyone is expected to arrive early enough to help. Phones stay off the table, which sounded strict when I was younger but I appreciate now. It is often the only long conversation we have all week.
Question 2
How did that tradition begin, as far as you know?
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As far as I know it started with my grandparents, who ran a small shop and were only free on Sundays. That was the one day the whole family could actually sit down together. My parents kept it going when they moved to a different city. Nobody ever decided it formally; it simply carried on.
Question 3
Some traditions change as families move or grow. Has yours changed over time?
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It has changed quite a lot, actually. Two of my cousins live abroad now, so they join by video call instead. We also eat later than we used to, because people travel further to get there. The food has changed as well, since a few of us are vegetarian. The shape is different, but the point of it is the same.
Question 4
Do you think traditions like this will survive in the next generation? Why or why not?
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I think some will and some won't, and the ones that survive will be the flexible ones. If a tradition demands that everyone lives in the same town, it will quietly disappear. If it can move onto a screen or shift to a different day, it has a chance. What people really want is the time together, not the exact form it takes.
What a high-scoring response does
- Answers the question that was asked in the first sentence
- Supports it with a reason and a concrete example
- Keeps talking fluently for most of the 45 seconds
- Sounds natural: clear pronunciation, few long pauses
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