Do we need to be error free when it comes to grammar and sentence as we deliver our response?
Do they want us not to stutter or hesiatate at all in order to get good grade?
Funny thing is, when I watch the news, even the most brilliant people in the US are having some errors and hesitations; and they are native speakers and have the most brilliant mind in the country, needless to say the whole world.... Do not tell me that they will not pass TOEFL
IBT speaking section as well.
Even sometimes the president himself is having some errors putting up a sentence....
Please note, I am not disrespecting him (the president), in fact, I have high regards for the him.... but the point I want to convey is, if the native speakers who have the most beautiful minds of our time are not error free when it comes to their spoken english; how come the raters are expecting us, who are non-native speakers, whose english is probably the second or third language, to speak almost perfect english.....
I think that is why this is called Test of English as Foreign Language; because they cannot expect us to speak it perfectly. They should be more lenient with our lapses.
Any comments?
