How to Measure Speaking Scores in Cambridge English Exams

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In other Cambridge exams, like FCE, that's first certificate of English. Speaking scores are assessed with similar criteria to IELTS but there's also a score for global achievement. This is like a score for overall task achievement. How did you achieve the task? When you do a speaking test in FCE or CAE, you're given a few tasks to do. For example, it could be a short interview, having a discussion, doing a short monologue or presentation.

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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