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Tag - IELTS speaking examiner

An IELTS examiner’s story.

The examiners that work for us have hundreds of stories about examining.  Here is one though that they see a lot. So, I had a guy come today for an IELTS speaking test. His English was excellent (Band 8.0) and he dealt with the questions I had from him expertly. Now, I had seen him twice. This was the second time I’d seen him in 3 months. He said he had got Band 6 in the writing (Academic) and was there...

What is fluency in IELTS speaking and why is it important?

One of the IELTS speaking examiners has shared this with us.  Their article is about to be shared in a newspaper in Japan.  Here is part of it. In the speaking exam, Fluency and Coherence is one of the criteria and a lot of candidates struggle with the fluency part.  Students that get Band 6 can speak at length so, for example, in Part 2, they speak for the whole 2 minutes.  However, what they will tend to do is one...