What the

examiner wants
to hear
Fluency and Coherence
Ease of speaking.

Hesitation and Repetition.

Connectives.
X
Ermm….
Ermm….
Ermm….

Ermm…. Ermm….
Connectives

The words that connect your

sentences.

And, but, then, also, too, however,

so…….
Band 7
•Speaks without any noticeable
effort.
•May have hesitation at times.
•Uses a range of connectors with
some flexibility.
 Range
 Mistakes
 Idiomatic expressions
 Collocation
 Paraphrase
Range
•Short range of words- Air pollution
is bad for the air.

•Wide range of words- Air pollution

is detrimental to the environment.
Mistakes
•Air pollutes is badly for air.

•Air pollution is bad for the air.

Idiomatic expressions
•After weeks of waiting for the
approval, the company finally got
the green light to launch the new
product.
Collocation
•Collocation refers to the way in which some words
tend to occur together frequently in a language.
Collocations are words or terms that typically
appear together, and they are more likely to be used
together than other combinations of words.
•Do a shower
•Have a shower
•Get a shower
Paraphrase
•I needed that long thing made of
metal to help me unscrew the top
and then I could fix this.
Band 8
•uses a wide vocabulary resource readily and
flexibly to.
•convey precise meaning.
•uses less common and idiomatic vocabulary
skillfully, with occasional inaccuracies.
• uses paraphrase effectively as required.
There are three things the examiner is looking
for
•Simple or Complex structures.
•Flexible use.
•Mistakes.
Band 7
•Uses a range of complex structures
with some flexibility.
•Frequent error free sentences.
Pronunciation

• This descriptor assesses how easy it is to understand what

you say, and you are assessed on the range of
pronunciation features you can use, including stress,
intonation and rhythm.
Stress denotes the natural pronunciation of a certain
parts in a sentences.
Intonation - implies the speaker should rise and fall in
regular ways to express more effectively.
Band 8
•uses a wide range of pronunciation
features.
• sustains flexible use of features,
with only occasional lapses.
• is easy to understand throughout.