IELTS Speaking band descriptors (Public version) 雅思考试口语评分标准(公众版) - 7- Band Fluency and coherence Lexical resource Grammatical range and accuracy Pronunciation 9 ? speaks fluently with only rare repetition or self- correction; any hesitation is content-related rather than to find words or grammar ? speaks coherently with fully appropriate cohesive features ? develops topics fully and appropriately ? uses vocabulary with full flexibility and precision in all topics ? uses idiomatic language naturally and accurately ? uses a full range of structures naturally and appropriately ? produces consistently accurate structures apart from ‘slips’ characteristic of native speaker speech ? uses a full range of pronunciation features with precision and subtlety ? sustains flexible use of features throughout ? is effortless to understand 8 ? speaks fluently with only occasional repetition or self-correction; hesitation is usually content- related and only rarely to search for language ? develops topics coherently and appropriately ? uses a wide vocabulary resource readily and flexibly to convey precise meaning ? uses mon and idiomatic vocabulary skilfully, with occasional uracies ? uses paraphrase effectively as required ? uses a wide range of structures flexibly ? produces a majority of error-free sentences with only very occasio