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Edited at 2020-09-28 13:55:42IELTS Speaking
3 parts
Part 1
What‘s involved?
In this part, the examiner introduces him/herself and checks youridentity. Then the examiner asks you general questions on somefamiliar topics, such as home, family, work, studies or interests. Part 1 is 4–5 minutes long.
What skills are tested?
This part tests your ability to give opinions andinformation on everyday topics and commonexperiences or situations by answering a range ofquestions.
Part 2 – Long turn
What‘s involved?
Part 2 is the individual long turn. The examiner gives you a task card which asks you to talk about a particular topic. The card tells you what points you should include in your talk and instructs you to explain one aspect of the topic. You have one minute to prepare your talk, and the examiner will give you a pencil and paper to make notes. By using the points on the task card and making notes during the preparation time, you should be able to think of appropriate things to say, and have time to structure your talk so that you keep talking for 2 minutes. The examiner will then ask you to begin talking and will stop you when the time is up. They may then ask you one or two questions on the same topic. Part 2 lasts 3–4 minutes, including the preparation time.
What skills are tested?
This part tests your ability to speak at length on a given topic,using appropriate language and organising your ideas logically.You will need to think about your own experiences to completethe long turn.
Part 3 – Discussion
What‘s involved?
In Part 3, you and the examiner discuss issues related to thetopic in Part 2 in a more general and abstract way and,where appropriate, in greater depth. Part 3 lasts 4–5minutes.
What skills are tested?
This part tests your ability to explain youropinions and to analyse, discuss and speculateabout issues.
Criteria
4 assessment criteria
fluency & coherence
How well you speak at normal speed
minimal hesitation
Cohesion
linking words
Pronouns
Conjunctions
lexical resource
vocabulary range
accuracy
appropriacy
paraphrasing
grammatical range & accuracy
How varied your grammatical range is
Accuracy in grammatical use.
pronunciation
clarity