Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking
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The
speed of speech
Use of discourse markers/ linking phrases/ connectives
The
amount of self-correction
Fluency and Coherence 6
According to the
marking system, the examiner will award a 6 in this section if the
candidate produces the following features:
Be able and willing to produce long responses to most questions.
Produce a range of different linking words/ phrases.
Linking phrases are sometimes used incorrectly.
Use some ―marker‖ language (eg, redundant language).
There is some hesitation/ repetition/ self-correction.
So from the above, it is clear that a Fluency 6 is the score where candidates begin to
produce native-speaker style language features in longer answers.
A Fluency 5 lacks most of these features.
Fluency and Coherence 7
The examiner will award 7 in this section if the candidate can produce the following:
Can produce long responses easily.
Produces
a wide range of linking words, phrases and connectives.
Uses different linkers in a flexible ways.
Responses are relevant to the topic.
There is some hesitation/ repetition/ self-correction (but these do not
affect understanding and meaning).
From the above it can be concluded that a Fluency 7 is awarded when the responses
are usually long and they contain a larger quantity of linking devices (redundant
language
etc.)
