IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors

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Fluency, grammar and Lexus all help us to achieve fluency. Without pronunciation, we can't get our words out fluidly and clearly. Grammatical accuracy is mainly significant if errors cause misunderstandings. In the test, they will tolerate a certain amount of error in your grammar. But after a while, if you want to get up to the eights and nines, then you need to be using almost no errors in your English at all. I wonder what score Santi would get if he took an IELTS speaking test.

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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