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. 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....