IELTS Speaking Exercise, test yourself now. IELTS Speaking grading criteria: Let's see how well you know 4 marking criteria of IELTS Speaking test. Your IELTS Speaking test is graded using 4 grading criteria. A good knowledge of these criteria guarantees better preparation, as you know how to improve your performance on Speaking test. Fluency and coherence 1. It is better to: avoid cohesive devices not to sound academic connect sentences with linking words (such as 'firstly', 'next', 'in general') 2. To improve your Fluency and Coherence, you should: speak at your natural pace speak quickly to impress the examiner Lexical Resource 1. To improve your Lexical Resource, you should: learn the whole answers by heart learn advanced vocabulary and know how to use it in your speech 2. Your aim is to: repeat the same words or phrases to show you know them use words of similar meaning, if you cannot think of a specific word in English Grammatical Range and Accuracy 1. You should: be as accurate as possible be as quick as possible; fluency is more important than accuracy. 2. It is better to: use only simple sentence structures to make sure you won't make any mistakes try to use a variety of grammatical structures Pronunciation Your goal is to: speak with clear English intonation and pronunciation speak very loudly I hope you liked it and more ideas how to improve is found in my podcasts - check it out. If you want to be trained by me personally - check my limited calendar and book my classes now.