1 00:00:00,540 --> 00:00:03,430 So this is the aisle speaking simulation. 2 00:00:03,450 --> 00:00:08,130 We have Louise with us today and we're going to go ahead and get started right now. 3 00:00:08,130 --> 00:00:09,390 Louise, how are you doing? 4 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:11,700 I am great, thank you. 5 00:00:12,030 --> 00:00:12,990 Okay, great. 6 00:00:12,990 --> 00:00:18,840 I'm going to take you through each part of the aisle speaking exam parts one, two and three. 7 00:00:19,140 --> 00:00:27,030 And then at the end, when you finish, I'll give you some brief feedback about just some initial thoughts 8 00:00:27,180 --> 00:00:28,500 from your test. 9 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:34,710 And then after a couple of days, I'll give you actually a full a full assessment of how well you did 10 00:00:34,950 --> 00:00:36,360 according to the rubric. 11 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:41,610 But in order to do that, I have to be able to listen to your recording and be able to grade it properly 12 00:00:41,610 --> 00:00:42,630 with the rubric. 13 00:00:42,630 --> 00:00:45,480 So at the end, I'll give you my initial feedback. 14 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:49,590 And then after a couple of days, I'll give you a full a full review. 15 00:00:50,910 --> 00:00:51,620 It's okay. 16 00:00:52,110 --> 00:00:52,640 All right, great. 17 00:00:53,010 --> 00:00:55,440 So let's get started with part number one. 18 00:00:58,670 --> 00:01:00,260 So where are you from? 19 00:01:01,730 --> 00:01:03,230 I was born in Venezuela. 20 00:01:05,210 --> 00:01:08,330 And could you tell me a little bit about your hometown? 21 00:01:09,110 --> 00:01:10,400 Oh, yes, for sure. 22 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:15,020 I was born in San Cristobal, is a small city in Venezuela. 23 00:01:15,950 --> 00:01:18,610 Actually, it's far away from the capital, Caracas. 24 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:27,530 Around 12 hours by car is in the southwest of Venezuela, is pretty close to Colombia. 25 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,520 Has it changed much since you were a child? 26 00:01:34,590 --> 00:01:36,030 Well recently. 27 00:01:36,030 --> 00:01:43,140 I think that, yes, especially for the situation, economic situation right now that we are leaving, 28 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:45,300 my people are living there. 29 00:01:45,870 --> 00:01:50,580 For example, the last time that I visited my city was six years ago. 30 00:01:51,510 --> 00:01:52,030 I don't know. 31 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:57,450 I saw something that never happened when I was a child. 32 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:05,400 So sad, especially with the safety of the city, is not too much good right now. 33 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:06,420 It's so sad. 34 00:02:07,810 --> 00:02:12,180 OC And do you do you work or are you a student? 35 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:14,540 I work. 36 00:02:15,230 --> 00:02:16,910 I am an engineer. 37 00:02:17,810 --> 00:02:22,940 But despite of that, my main skills is cybersecurity topics. 38 00:02:23,870 --> 00:02:26,360 I am working in Chile in a bank. 39 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:30,050 And what do you like most about your job? 40 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:40,960 Well, I think that is that I can share with a lot of incredible co-workers. 41 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:47,980 All the people that are around me are pretty smart and they are very polite with me. 42 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:48,580 I don't know. 43 00:02:48,580 --> 00:02:52,060 We have a good environment in my office. 44 00:02:52,510 --> 00:02:56,050 Everybody is kind and polite with me. 45 00:02:57,730 --> 00:03:04,420 And do you prefer to work on a team or alone in a team for a way? 46 00:03:04,420 --> 00:03:10,270 Because you can learn a lot of your co-workers is amazing. 47 00:03:10,540 --> 00:03:17,800 Every person have a different way to thing and you can learn about them. 48 00:03:20,890 --> 00:03:23,620 If you had to change your job, what would you do? 49 00:03:27,290 --> 00:03:33,350 Maybe I like to get a job where I can enjoy more free time. 50 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:34,420 What happened? 51 00:03:34,820 --> 00:03:36,110 My job. 52 00:03:36,380 --> 00:03:42,590 Now I can receive a call at any minute for an incident or for an emergency. 53 00:03:43,010 --> 00:03:48,680 May be able to have a job where I can enjoy more free time, especially when I. 54 00:03:49,340 --> 00:03:50,720 When I get a family. 55 00:03:51,110 --> 00:03:53,690 It will be very important to share time with my child. 56 00:03:55,190 --> 00:03:56,690 And let's go ahead and move. 57 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,090 Let's move forward and talk about reading. 58 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,410 Do you like to read? 59 00:04:02,450 --> 00:04:04,880 Yeah, actually, not too much. 60 00:04:05,690 --> 00:04:11,720 I read books, but there are technical books about my career. 61 00:04:11,990 --> 00:04:16,250 But I have never read the novel or something similar. 62 00:04:18,170 --> 00:04:20,300 What can distract you from reading? 63 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:24,840 I am not sure about that. 64 00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:29,100 I suppose I didn't do it when I was a child. 65 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:36,630 And maybe to try to start right now, it's really I don't know, it's difficult because usually when 66 00:04:36,630 --> 00:04:41,100 I have free time, I prefer to watch a TV series that's quite readable. 67 00:04:43,140 --> 00:04:48,270 Can you describe any instance in the past where you were distracted while reading? 68 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:52,070 Yes. 69 00:04:52,070 --> 00:04:59,930 I suppose that when I was in the school, because in that moment we tried to study, I don't know any 70 00:04:59,930 --> 00:05:08,930 topic to do my homework, but when I was a child, I prefer to go outside and play soccer or do another 71 00:05:08,930 --> 00:05:09,410 thing. 72 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:10,940 All right. 73 00:05:10,940 --> 00:05:12,860 Let's move on and talk about farming. 74 00:05:14,070 --> 00:05:16,890 How important is farming in your country? 75 00:05:19,350 --> 00:05:27,540 Especially especially pretty special in my home city because like I told you, we are a small city far 76 00:05:27,540 --> 00:05:28,530 away from the capital. 77 00:05:28,530 --> 00:05:33,390 So the farm is an important topic to the people there, too. 78 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,810 It's the main job to my people. 79 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:38,410 All right. 80 00:05:38,410 --> 00:05:41,290 And do you visit farms often? 81 00:05:42,670 --> 00:05:43,940 When I was a child? 82 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:45,400 Yes, for sure. 83 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:50,260 Now that I am living in Chile, now I am living in the capital. 84 00:05:50,260 --> 00:05:54,670 And it's pretty difficult to find a farm a farm here. 85 00:05:56,130 --> 00:05:56,550 All right. 86 00:05:56,550 --> 00:05:59,010 And how can we best support farmers? 87 00:06:01,710 --> 00:06:10,560 I think that with the economic support, because sometimes I feel that this job is not very good pay 88 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:20,670 and they need maybe a bigger support of money not only from the government but also from the people, 89 00:06:20,670 --> 00:06:25,320 because all of we eat for them. 90 00:06:26,690 --> 00:06:27,050 All right. 91 00:06:27,050 --> 00:06:30,950 Let's go ahead and move forward and talk a little bit about trees. 92 00:06:32,330 --> 00:06:32,840 Have you. 93 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,270 Have you ever planted a tree? 94 00:06:36,110 --> 00:06:36,680 Oh, no. 95 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:37,310 My God. 96 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:39,890 I have never dated. 97 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:46,220 I would like to do it, but I suppose that I will need a house. 98 00:06:46,970 --> 00:06:48,800 I really like the tree. 99 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:56,120 And if you have one in your home, you can enjoy, I don't know, a clean air in the environment. 100 00:06:57,110 --> 00:06:57,650 All right. 101 00:06:57,650 --> 00:07:02,840 And in your country and your home country, what type of trees do people plant? 102 00:07:05,020 --> 00:07:05,850 Oh, my God. 103 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:10,240 I don't know what kind of three day plans that I have. 104 00:07:11,710 --> 00:07:13,990 I don't remember how I can say in English. 105 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,230 Actually, I don't know many kinds of tribes. 106 00:07:17,620 --> 00:07:20,590 The first one that I put in my mind is the maple tree. 107 00:07:20,620 --> 00:07:22,870 That is one of the more famous. 108 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:27,220 But they didn't arrive in Venezuela.