Band 8.5 | IELTS Speaking test sample – Part 3 (Kenn)

Описание: What speaking ability does a score of IELTS Band 8.5 represent?

Watch this Speaking test sample, where Kenn from Singapore talks about 'Famous People'.

Here's why this performance was given a Band 8.5:

"This test taker speaks fluently for most of the time and develops topics coherently and appropriately, with only slight content-related hesitations as he engages with the topics.

His vocabulary is precise and sophisticated throughout this part of the test (prominent businessmen; emulate; a growing number of television celebrities; to promote charitable causes; endorsing a cause; negative repercussions; conscious of body image; susceptible to; prevalent).

He uses a wide range of grammatical structures naturally and accurately, with no noticeable error.

He also uses a full range of pronunciation features to convey precise and subtle meaning such as emphatic stress (one example that comes to mind is celebrities) and contrastive stress (it’s not necessarily for causes ... it’s also for celebrity behaviours). He sustains this flexible use of features of connected speech throughout and is effortless to understand.

Only this test taker’s occasional hesitations prevent him reaching Band 9."

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0:00 - Introduction

0:09 - What sort of people become famous in your country?

0:38 - Would you say that the kinds of famous people in the past are different?

1:28 - How often are famous people used in advertising?


2:27 - Do you think it is dangerous having a celebrity endorser?


2:53 - What kind of negative effects might celebrities have on our youth?

3:56 - How might famous people be used influence public opinion?