The Importance of Global Achievement in English

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In CAE and FCE, there are actually two examiners. The one who speaks to you is the interlocutor; they record a single score for global achievement. This means that global achievement is more important than any other single criteria. For example, did you work well with your speaking partner in order to achieve the task? Maybe to discuss some travel options before deciding together which one was the best or having to make another joint decision of some kind. That's the kind of task you would have to do in one of those exams.

How do we know when someone's English is good? Is it just about having a "British accent", knowing lots of big words, or speaking with no errors? In fact, there is a lot more to it than that. IELTS can show us how someone's level of English is assessed by looking at a wide range of skills and sub-skills and there is a lot more to it than making no errors while speaking with a "British accent". This episode should help you consider your own level of English level, get some perspective on what language competence really means, and hopefully cause people to think twice when making snap judgements about other people's English.

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