IELTS Speaking Criteria



IELTS Speaking Criteria
There are four parts to the IELTS marks scheme:
  1. Fluency and Coherence
  2. Lexical Resource
  3. Grammatical Range and Accuracy
  4. Pronunciation
Don’t worry if you don’t know exactly what these are; we will look at each of them in detail .

Fluency and Coherence

·How easy is it for you to keep speaking?

·Do you pause or hesitate often when speaking?

·Do your ideas relate to the question?

·Can you link your ideas together?

·Can you explain what you mean, even if you forget the right word?

Lexical Resource

·How wide is your vocabulary?

·How accurately do you use words?

·Do you use collocations accurately?

·Do you use some less common words?

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

·Do you use a range of structures?

·Do you get the word order right?

·Do you use the right tense?

·How often do you make mistakes?

·Do your mistakes make it difficult to understand what you mean?

Pronunciation

·Do you speak clearly?

·How easy are you to understand?

·Do you use stress and intonation accurately?

·Do you use connected speech / link your words together?



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