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

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  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

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  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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