How is IELTS Speaking Assessed ?
Speaking is assessed on four criteria as mentioned below:
1. Fluency and Coherence :
It can be explained as the ability to speak with normal speed
and natural continuity. Thee speech should be locally linked with the help of
linking words so that the listener's interest and continuity is maintained.
Fluency is often misunderstood as speed, but it has nothing to do with fast speaking. It means you should speak continuously in your natural speed of speaking without pauses and without much hesitations.
Coherence means you should be able to form a logical speech, where the flow of information should be coherent and connected appropriately. You should use proper lining words, pronouns and intonation to maintain coherence in your speech.
Fluency is often misunderstood as speed, but it has nothing to do with fast speaking. It means you should speak continuously in your natural speed of speaking without pauses and without much hesitations.
Coherence means you should be able to form a logical speech, where the flow of information should be coherent and connected appropriately. You should use proper lining words, pronouns and intonation to maintain coherence in your speech.
2. Lexical Resource :
It can be explained as the ability to speak appropriate words in appropriate situations in speaking, so that the meaning and the emotion or the viewpoint can be expressed properly.
It can be explained as the ability to speak appropriate words in appropriate situations in speaking, so that the meaning and the emotion or the viewpoint can be expressed properly.
3. Grammatical Range and Accuracy:
Grammatical Accuracy can be explained as the appropriate and
correct use of grammar while speaking, i. e. fuse of proper tenses, proper verb
forms, proper prepositions and articles and other rules of grammar while
speaking.
Grammatical range can be explained as the variety of sentence
structures that the candidate can show during the test. Candidates should show
that he / she is comfortable with the use of different kinds of sentence structures
with appropriate and correct usage.
Pronunciation:
It can be explained as the skill to speak clearly so that the listener doesn't have to make efforts to understand the speech. The listener's efforts to comprehend the speech are generally higher for the candidates who have strong influence of their first language on their second language
It can be explained as the skill to speak clearly so that the listener doesn't have to make efforts to understand the speech. The listener's efforts to comprehend the speech are generally higher for the candidates who have strong influence of their first language on their second language
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