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    Ielts Speaking Band Descriptors

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    The document provides the IELTS speaking band descriptors which describe characteristics of test takers' speaking ability across 9 different bands (9 being the highest level of proficiency). It outlines criteria such as fluency, coherence, lexical resource (vocabulary), grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation at each band level. For example, at Band 9, test takers speak fluently with rare repetition, use vocabulary precisely and idiomatically, have a full range of accurate structures, and use pronunciation features precisely and subtly.

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    Ielts Speaking Band Descriptors

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    The document provides the IELTS speaking band descriptors which describe characteristics of test takers' speaking ability across 9 different bands (9 being the highest level of proficiency). It outlines criteria such as fluency, coherence, lexical resource (vocabulary), grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation at each band level. For example, at Band 9, test takers speak fluently with rare repetition, use vocabulary precisely and idiomatically, have a full range of accurate structures, and use pronunciation features precisely and subtly.

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    The document provides the IELTS speaking band descriptors which describe characteristics of test takers' speaking ability across 9 different bands (9 being the highest level of proficiency). It outlines criteria such as fluency, coherence, lexical resource (vocabulary), grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation at each band level. For example, at Band 9, test takers speak fluently with rare repetition, use vocabulary precisely and idiomatically, have a full range of accurate structures, and use pronunciation features precisely and subtly.

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    Ielts Speaking Band Descriptors

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    Ebrahim Zarei
    The document provides the IELTS speaking band descriptors which describe characteristics of test takers' speaking ability across 9 different bands (9 being the highest level of proficiency). It outlines criteria such as fluency, coherence, lexical resource (vocabulary), grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation at each band level. For example, at Band 9, test takers speak fluently with rare repetition, use vocabulary precisely and idiomatically, have a full range of accurate structures, and use pronunciation features precisely and subtly.

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    IELTS SPEAKING BOOST | FASTRACK EDUCATION

    IELTS SPEAKING BAND DESCRIPTORS


    Band Fluency & coherence Lexical resource Grammatical range & accuracy Pronunciation
    9 • speaks fluently with only rare • uses vocabulary with full • uses a full range of structures • uses a full range of
    repetition or self-correction; flexibility and precision in all naturally and appropriately pronunciation features with
    • any hesitation is content- topics • produces consistently precision and subtlety
    related rather than to find • uses idiomatic language accurate structures apart from • sustains flexible use of
    words or grammar naturally and accurately ‘slips’ characteristic of native features throughout
    • speaks coherently with fully speaker speech • is effortless to understand
    appropriate cohesive features
    • develops topics fully and
    appropriately
    8 • speaks fluently with only • uses a wide vocabulary • uses a wide range of structures • uses a wide range of
    occasional repetition or self- resource readily and flexibly to flexibly pronunciation features
    correction; convey precise meaning • produces a majority of error- • sustains flexible use of
    • hesitation is usually content- • uses less common and free sentences with only very features, with only occasional
    related and only rarely to idiomatic vocabulary skilfully, occasional inappropriacies or lapses
    search for language with occasional inaccuracies basic/non-systematic errors • is easy to understand
    • develops topics coherently • uses paraphrase effectively throughout; accent has
    and appropriately as required minimal effect on intelligibility

    7 • speaks at length without • uses vocabulary resource • uses a range of complex • shows all the positive
    noticeable effort or loss of flexibly to discuss a variety of structures with some flexibility features of Band 6 and some,
    coherence topics • frequently produces error-free but not
    • may demonstrate • uses some less common and sentences, though some all, of the positive features of
    language-related hesitation idiomatic vocabulary and grammatical mistakes persist Band 8
    at times, or shows some awareness of style
    some repetition and/or self- and collocation, with some
    correction inappropriate choices
    • uses a range of connectives • uses paraphrase effectively
    and discourse markers with
    some flexibility
    IELTS SPEAKING BOOST | FASTRACK EDUCATION

    6 • is willing to speak at length, has a wide enough uses a mix of simple and • uses a range of
    though may lose coherence vocabulary to discuss topics at complex structures, but with pronunciation features with
    at length and make meaning limited flexibility mixed control
    times due to occasional clear in spite of • may make frequent mistakes • shows some effective use of
    repetition, self-correction or inappropriacies with complex structures features but this is not
    hesitation • generally paraphrases though these rarely cause sustained
    • uses a range of connectives successfully comprehension problems • can generally be
    and discourse markers but not • understood throughout,
    always appropriately though
    mispronunciation of individual
    words or sounds reduces
    clarity at times

    5 • usually maintains flow of • manages to talk about • produces basic sentence • shows all the positive
    speech but uses repetition, familiar and unfamiliar topics forms with reasonable accuracy features of Band 4 and some,
    self-correction and/or slow but uses vocabulary with • uses a limited range of more but not all, of the positive
    speech to keep going limited flexibility complex structures, but these features of Band 6
    • may over-use certain • attempts to use paraphrase usually contain errors and may
    connectives and discourse but with mixed success cause some comprehension
    markers problems
    • produces simple speech
    fluently, but more complex
    communication causes
    fluency problems

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