{"id":614,"date":"2021-05-10T14:47:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T06:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/?page_id=614"},"modified":"2021-05-28T14:33:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T06:33:30","slug":"part_1_5-copy-copy-copy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ielts-s.eduhk.hk\/?page_id=614","title":{"rendered":"Speaker 7 MP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tBand 7.0 &#8211; 7.5\n\t<\/h1>\n<h2>\n\t\tSpeaker 1:\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1020\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/irgdaViN37s\" 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>The candidate responds readily and shows a willingness to provide an extended answer to virtually all the questions. Responses are clear and there are times when the speech is very fluent. At other times, and especially in Part 3, turns are marked by hesitations (sometimes in association with repetitions and non-verbal fillers), and reformulations. Altogether, there are 26 self-corrections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A wide range of connectors and discourse markers is employed.\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>There is a\u00a0good range of vocabulary\u00a0that includes an ability to use less common words\/expressions (e.g.\u00a0<i>forensic science; prominent; business hub<\/i>) and a grasp of native-like informality (e.g.\u00a0<i>outdoorsy; classy<\/i>). However, turns are not notably rich in such less common\/idiomatic language\u00a0and this would limit the candidate&#8217;s ability to achieve one of the higher bands.\u00a0The candidate provides several examples of effective paraphrase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are only a few errors (e.g. word form:\u00a0<i>give me a confident<\/i><i>\u00a0boost<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>[give me\u00a0a\u00a0confidence\u00a0boost]; collocation:\u00a0<i>wear\u00a0<\/i>[dress]\u00a0<i>a lot more formally<\/i>), which, however,\u00a0have minimal impact on the clarity of the message.\u00a0\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>A good range of grammatical complexity is presented. This includes complex verb tenses and a full range of subordinate clauses with particularly effective use of adverbial clauses and relative clauses to\u00a0load responses with additional detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Part 1 is\u00a0almost completely\u00a0free of mistakes.\u00a0\u00a0In Parts 2 &amp; 3, error-free sentences are\u00a0very\u00a0common\u00a0and throughout,\u00a0grammatical complexity is achieved without any significant increase in error density.\u00a0Mistakes that do occur are minor with little impact on the clarity of the message.\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>A good level of fluency throughout though minor breakdowns occur due to repetitions, the use of fillers, and self-corrections &#8211; the latter being most noticeable in the more challenging Part 3. A willingness and ability to extend answers without negatively impacting fluency is a feature of the overall performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sentence stress and intonation are also showcased, though there are times when the candidate&#8217;s focus switches from the message to production of language, as in the initial response to the Part 1 question:\u00a0<i>Where do the tourists who come to your country like to go<\/i>? Compare this to the response<i>\u00a0<\/i>in Part 3 to the question<i>: Do you think people at work make judgments about their colleagues based on the clothes they wear to work? &#8230;\u00a0<\/i>when\u00a0the candidate&#8217;s focus is absolutely on the message and stress and intonation are used to greater effect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although precision could be enhanced by\u00a0a more vigorous production of hard consonants, especially in final position, pronunciation is quite accurate and the message is always easy to follow.\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=624\" 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=619\" 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=631\" 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 7.0 &#8211; 7.5 Speaker 1: General Comments: FLUENCY AND COHERENCE LEXICAL RESOURCE GRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY PRONUNCIATION FLUENCY AND COHERENCE The candidate responds readily and shows a willingness to provide an extended answer to virtually all the questions. Responses are clear and there are times when the speech is very fluent. 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