{"id":540,"date":"2021-04-23T10:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T02:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/?page_id=540"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:39:17","slug":"part_1_5-copy-copy-copy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/?page_id=540","title":{"rendered":"Speaker 12 MP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tBand 8.0-8.5\n\t<\/h1>\n<h2>\n\t\tSpeaker 2:\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1020\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/maWM9u6pJUc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\n<h2>\n\t\tGeneral Comments:\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<nav>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-index=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">FLUENCY AND COHERENCE \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-index=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">LEXICAL RESOURCE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-index=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">GRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-index=\"3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">PRONUNCIATION \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFLUENCY AND COHERENCE \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fluent and often quite rapid speech maintained over long utterances.\u00a0The use of complex language and discussion of issues involving a high level of sophistication do not result in any diminishment of the native-like fluency that characterizes the candidate&#8217;s performance throughout.\u00a0\u00a0Any hesitations or mid-sentence reformulations are associated with content rather than language issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLEXICAL RESOURCE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>An impressive range of vocabulary is employed, allowing the candidate to answer all questions at length and to effectively explore linguistically challenging topics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite a few inappropriate word choices, the candidate demonstrates excellent control of less common words, idiomatic speech and collocation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Minor grammatical mistakes occur but never affect comprehension.\u00a0The majority of sentences are free of errors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frequent long\u00a0and\u00a0grammatically complex sentences feature a full range of subordinate clauses. A range of verb tenses, modality and\u00a0passive\u00a0forms is\u00a0also\u00a0used accurately and flexibly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPRONUNCIATION \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Native-like control of stress and intonation allows the communication of\u00a0subtle shades of meaning involving\u00a0messages such as\u00a0disapproval, irony and\u00a0humour. The candidate demonstrates total control of phonetic accuracy and accent has no impact on the precision of her speech.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/content -->\n\t<!-- \/tabs -->\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\tAnnotation\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<ul><li>Marked transcripts based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ielts.org\/-\/media\/pdfs\/speaking-band-descriptors.ashx?la=en\">official marking criteria<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/175.159.245.171\/?page_id=546\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTask 1\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/175.159.245.171\/?page_id=552\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTask 2\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/175.159.245.171\/?page_id=555\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTask 3\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Band 8.0-8.5 Speaker 2: General Comments: FLUENCY AND COHERENCE LEXICAL RESOURCE GRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY PRONUNCIATION FLUENCY AND COHERENCE Fluent and often quite rapid speech maintained over long utterances.\u00a0The use of complex language and discussion of issues involving a high level of sophistication do not result in any diminishment of the native-like fluency that characterizes &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/?page_id=540\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speaker 12 MP<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-540","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1055,"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540\/revisions\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}