1. Sample Speaking Videos
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What does an IELCA score of 25 indicate about a candidate’s speaking ability?
– An IELCA score of 25 reflects the following performance aspects:
– The candidate actively responds to questions about personal life and engages in a given topic with relative fluency.
– They demonstrate appropriate use of pronunciation features, stress, and intonation, with mostly clear articulation despite a few minor slips.
– The candidate’s speech remains intelligible and comprehensible, causing minimal strain on the listener.
– The candidate’s interaction is generally well-paced, exuding confidence, with only minor hesitation or lack of spontaneity in certain parts.
– Their oral output exhibits fluency through the use of connectors and cohesive devices, though occasional language accuracy and appropriacy errors are present.
– They possess a range of grammatical structures, with sporadic mistakes such as incorrect subject-verb agreement and article omission.
– Adequate and suitable vocabulary enables the test taker to provide meaningful contributions relevant to the prompt.
– The candidate demonstrates understanding of all prompts and, if necessary, employs clarification strategies.
– Most of their responses are appropriate to the prompt.
1. Sample Speaking Videos
What speaking ability does a score of IELCA 35 represent?
This performance was given a Score 35 because:
o Imran shows enthusiasm and energy, making the test session lively and exciting.
o He responds passionately to questions about his personal life and surroundings, providing a vivid account of a given topic.
o Imran uses an appropriate range of pronunciation features, demonstrating his ability to use stress and intonation effectively throughout.
o He speaks fluently and engages with the topic effortlessly.
o His interaction is fast-paced but well-paced throughout the test, and he appears confident and spontaneous.
o Imran’s range of vocabulary is sufficient to contribute to a variety of questions, demonstrating his use of collocation, cohesive devices, and related skills, but he occasionally makes slip-ups in word choice.
o His oral output is fast and fluent, but not without occasional errors in language accuracy and grammatical structures, which restricts his score on this criterion. However, meaning is always clear.
o The test taker fully understands all prompts, and his responses are adequate and appropriate throughout.