Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking
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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:
A range of vocabulary to talk about a wide variety of topics in detail.
Examples of uncommon words.
Some use of idiomatic language.
Some examples of collocation.
Ability to successfully explain ―vocabulary gaps‖
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.
