Band 5.5 | IELTS Speaking test sample – Part 3 (Balwinder)

Описание: What speaking ability does a score of IELTS Band 5.5 represent?

Watch this Speaking test sample, where Balwinder from India talks about 'A well-known person'.

Here's why this performance was given a Band 5.5:

This test taker is willing to speak at length but he loses coherence at times owing to repetition and self-correction, e.g. when comparing famous people in the present and in the past. He uses a range of markers, linking words and phrases (hopefully; like; actually; if we can talk about; as well; that’s why), but not always appropriately. Coherence is also affected by problems with word order.

Although he has a wide enough vocabulary to discuss topics at length, he often confuses word classes (give you famous instead of ‘give you fame’; doing social workers instead of ‘doing social work’). Despite this, his meaning usually comes through.

The grammatical aspect of his performance is affected by poor control of word order, which sometimes causes comprehension problems. He uses both simple and complex sentence forms but structures frequently contain error (it’s depend; there will always be welcome of you; this is one reason can be).

He can produce some acceptable features of pronunciation but overall rhythm is affected by his rapid speech rate. Intonation is generally too flat, apart from rising pitch at the end of sentences, which is not always helpful. This, combined with phonemic problems (vork for ‘work’; vell for ‘well’; evryting for ‘everything’), makes some patches of speech hard to follow.

This test taker’s problems with grammar and pronunciation restrict his rating to a 5.5."

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0:00 - Introduction

0:18 - What kind of people become famous in your country?

1:28 - How are present day celebrities different or similar from celebrities in the past?

2:35 - What kind of person do you think might become famous in the future?

3:21 - What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages in being famous?

3:45 - How do the media report on famous people in your country?