Factors influencing IETLS speaking score
The IELTS speaking test is evaluated by your performance in all the parts of the test and these are the factors that influence IELTS speaking score. The examiner will grade your performance based on 5 criteria’s mention below:
Fluency
Lexical Resources
Grammar
Coherence
Pronunciation
What is Fluency and how can I score better?
Fluency depends upon how well you talk basically fluency is your ability to speak smoothly {not to quickly or too slow} without noticeable efforts. Poor fluency is normally associated with frequent self correction, hesitation, pausing. It is the ability to ‘keep going’ to produce continuous speech and not have to stop or pause a lot. Also try not to repeat or correct yourself too much. To get good score you should improve your fluency.
What is coherence and what is examiner looking for?
Coherence refers to the ability to talk with normal levels of continuity, rate and effort and to link ideas and language together to form coherent, connected speech. Basically it means being logical and your answer should make sense. Coherence, in this context, means the same as it does in writing: The quality or state of cohering (sticking together), especially a logical, orderly, and consistent relationship of parts. With regard to your speaking, coherence refers to the organization of ideas. If you lack coherence, we might say your speech is incoherent and you might know that incoherent means lacking in clarity or organization; disordered, messy.
The key indicators of coherence are logical sequencing of sentences and use of cohesive devices eg. connectors, pronouns and conjunctions.
What is Lexical Resources and what is examiner looking for?
Lexical Resources means vocabulary. Try to add useful vocabulary that is unusual and uncommon. Try to give a range of words. For example instead of house you can say apartment or accommodation.
What about Grammar?
This factor has a great impact on your score and it should be sound. Grammar is also about showing a range of grammatical structures. This mean going beyond simple sentences and using a variety of tenses and grammatical features.
What is Pronunciation and what is examiner looking for?
It’s the way you say words and sentences. Your examiner should be able to understand you well. If you are facing problem in this here are some tips to improve it.
Will inaccurate facts and figures lower my score?
IELTS Speaking only test your vocabulary, grammar, fluency and pronunciation. Your facts and figures are not judged in this module.
How can I improve my Speaking test score?
Lets discuss some points that will guarantee you to get a better band scores in your ILETS speaking test.
1- Try to tell a story! When you tell a story about something that really happened to you to is actually the truth, you’ll probably find it easier to keep talking. Moreover, stories are also interesting for the examiner!
2- Try to add examples. Examples are great tools to help you clarify your idea and give the examiner a better understanding of what you actually mean.
3- Take IELTS mock tests and get evaluated by actual IELTS examiners. This is probably the most important tip that I can share. Getting feedback from an examiner can help you understand if you are ready for the actual test
It’s really important to practise your speech with other people as much as you can. You can work with other students and practise many conversations topics.
A lot of people just focus on speaking practise and this is only half of the game.
You need to read too!
Reading is the best way to learn new words and to see grammar being used correctly.
If you read regularly you will improve your vocabulary and grammar, and then you can speak to put it into use.
I hope this helps you. Next time we will give you some more tips. Remember to practise speaking a lot, but also to read!
