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IELTS Speaking - Mat Clark

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Lexical Resource (Scored 1~9)
Many people (even examiners) call this section as the ―vocabulary‖ score.
There are some common misunderstandings about how this score is awarded.
I have often been asked the following question: ―How many words do I need to know
to get a vocabulary score of 7?‖
This question is almost impossible to answer because the marking system does not
base the ―Vocabulary‖ score on how many words you know.
The ―Vocabulary‖ section of the marking system is based on the type of words you
use and how you use them.
The language points featured in this section of the marking system include:

Ability to use lest common words
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Use of idiomatic language
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Paraphrasing (explaining words that you don't know)
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Ability to talk about unfamiliar topics
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Ability to convey precise meaning
A candidate will score 6 in this section if he/ she can produce the following features:
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Can produce vocabulary for most topics in some detail.
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Can explain ―vocabulary gaps‖ by using other words.
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Does not confuse meaning by using vocabulary incorrectly.
A Lexical Resource 6 is not difficult to score. In general, Chinese candidates can
score 6 in this section quite easily because they usually know quite a lot of English words
and have prepared vocabulary for most topics. If a candidate fails to paraphrase or explain

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―vocabulary gaps‖ this may reduce the score to 5 in some cases.

Lexical Resource 7

A score of 7 in this section requires examples of the following items:
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A range of vocabulary to talk about a wide variety of topics in detail.
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Examples of uncommon words.
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Some use of idiomatic language.
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Some examples of collocation.
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Ability to successfully explain ―vocabulary gaps‖
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Some vocabulary may still be used incorrectly.
The Lexical Resource 7 score is quite different to the 6 score because it needs some
examples of complex vocabulary skills (a 6 doesn't require this). One of the most common
reasons why candidates fail to score 7 is because they don't include idiomatic vocabulary.
Idiomatic vocabulary can cover many aspects including slang, idiomatic sayings and phrasal
verbs. (There is a section on vocabulary later in the book which offers examples of idioms
for many topics). Another reason why candidates fail to score 7 in this section is because
there are no examples of uncommon vocabulary or collocations.

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