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IELTS Full Speaking Test Band 8.5 with Examiner's Comments

You are watching Speaking Test 16 from Set 4 Book in "High Scorer's Choice" IELTS Practice Tests series. All the books (Set 1 to Set 6) are available here https://www.ielts-blog.com/estimate-y... in digital format or on Amazon in print. Joanne is a student from Sweden, and a good example of IELTS Band 8.5 candidate. Do you know why she would get Band 8.5 in IELTS? Her examiner explains below: Section 1 – 0:22 Joanne spoke fluently and confidently in her section 1, showing that she was perfectly comfortable speaking in English. Joanne had an excellent range of lexis that she used and her vocabulary choices were natural and appropriate; there were only rare instances of her using a mildly awkward expression, i.e. “that goes to a certain extent.” Joanne’s grammatical range was always appropriately varied and there was excellent accuracy. Joanne had no discernable Swedish accent and even had a slight U.S. accent. This allowed her communication to be excellent. One criticism of Joanne is that she provided quite short answers and she was short on the required amount of time for section 1. She naturally spoke quite fast, but fuller answers would have put her in a better position. Section 2 – 3:28 Joanne was again very fluent and confident. She communicated well and had no problem with the vocabulary and grammar needed for what she had to say. One issue again was that she spoke very fast and frenetically, and she only managed around 38 seconds of speaking, when she needed to produce between 1 to 2 minutes. Slowing down would have helped her and maybe a bit more calm would have allowed to her to realise she had not addressed all the points on the answer sheet – she didn’t really talk about the type of food served (a lot could have been said on this) and the restaurant’s atmosphere was only touched on by saying that it was “open and friendly”. Joanne’s lexis were well chosen and mostly appropriate, with only one slightly awkward collocation, “so much effort”. The grammatical range and accuracy were excellent and again, Joanne’s pronunciation was extremely good, creating the feeling of a native speaker. Section 3 – 4:55 Joanne delivered a good section 3 and she provided some intelligent and thoughtful answers. This time, even though she spoke quite fast again, she managed to give fuller answers to the more demanding questions and speak for the required amount of time. She was not quite as fluent as before and she occasionally got a bit tongue-tied (this could have been down to nerves) and she tailed off a bit at one point. In Joanne’s case, the greater difficulty of the questions actually allowed her to show that she had a greater lexis range than was apparent earlier, i.e. “rooted in the history”, “it impacts”, “specific dietary needs”, “lactose intolerant” and “glucose intolerant” are some examples. She also knew some specific scientific vocabulary, i.e. “allergens”. Together, this showed Joanne had an accomplished English vocabulary. Joanne also produced an excellent and accurate grammatical range and was accurate all the way through. Her pronunciation, as before, was of native speaker standard. MARKING - The marking of the IELTS Speaking Test is done in 4 parts. ______________________________________ Fluency and Coherence 7 Lexical Resource 9 Grammatical Range and Accuracy 9 Pronunciation 9 Estimated IELTS Speaking Band 8.5 ______________________________________ If you are unsure about your Speaking, or any of your IELTS skills, we can help. Visit https://www.IELTS-Blog.com and subscribe for free, to receive IELTS recent questions, answers, materials, tips and advice to your email daily https://www.ielts-blog.com/subscribe-... Join IELTS-Blog.com to get Band 7, 8 or 9 Web: https://ielts-blog.com Email: simone@ielts-blog.com Facebook: facebook.com/IELTS.exam Instagram: @ielts.blog.best Twitter: @ielts_blog Contact me Leave a comment or email Simone to get help with IELTS: simone@ielts-blog.com I will solve any problem you may have with IELTS, that's a promise!