Band 7 | IELTS Speaking test sample – Part 3 (Hendrick)

What speaking ability does a score of IELTS Band 7 represent? Watch this Speaking test sample, where Hendrik from Germany talks about ’Famous people’. Here’s why this performance was given a Band 7: This candidate can maintain the flow of speech without noticeable effort and there is no loss of coherence. He uses a variety of linking words and markers (I would say; that’s a good question; as I said; as long as), but he overuses the filler (yeah) and sometimes referencing is inaccurate (for the one or the other reasons). He uses a wide range of vocabulary, including some less common and idiomatic items and effective collocation (easy to blame; global warming; financial crisis; he stands for something; can’t stand the pressure). However, sometimes he lacks precision in his choice of words and expressions (Greek instead of ‘Greece’; on the other side of the lake; environmentally people/things; a big branch). His grammar displays a good range of both simple and complex structures. Many of his sentences are error-free but he makes some mistakes in subject/verb agreement (people who wants; the people who admires him), articles (the normal person) and relative pronouns (everything what happens). His pronunciation is clear and easy to follow. He uses both sentence stress and intonation effectively to convey meaning (you can’t blame a soccer player but it’s easy to blame the politicians). He does have a noticeable accent, however, and his mispronunciation of a few words results in occasional loss of clarity (wole model for ‘role model’; wong for ‘wrong’; serf the planet for ‘serve the planet’). If you’re looking to book your IELTS test, you can do so at IELTS&utm_medium=Organic social&utm_campaign=Prepare If you want to keep preparing for your test, check out the other videos on this channel, or head to IELTS Prepare: IELTS&utm_medium=Organic social&utm_campaign=Prepare 0:00 - Introduction 0:12 - What kind of people become famous in your country? 1:26 - What kind of people were famous in the past? 2:14 - Famous people are often used in advertisements, can you give me some examples of that? 3:14 - What kind of negative impact might a celebrity have on younger generations?