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What speaking ability does a score of IELTS Band 5 represent?

Watch this Speaking test sample, where Katsuharu from Japan talks about 'Hobbies'. Here's why this test taker was given a Band 5:

Examiner comments:
In spite of some hesitation, the test taker can generally maintain the flow of speech, but he does not offer sufficient extension to give long responses. He uses a range of connectives and markers, although these tend to be rather mechanical and are almost always at the beginning of his sentences (I think so; in my case; as I was saying). There is some hesitation, reformulation and occasional loss of coherence (I think … erm … in my opinion fifty years ago … erm … it’s difficult … fifty years ago … erm … Japan all the Japanese people had more time I think), but generally simple speech is produced with some fluency.

He tends to personalise responses and also uses vocabulary repetitively (hobby; relax; enjoy; work; businessman), which indicates a lack of confidence in his resource. Nevertheless, he demonstrates sufficient language to talk about more general trends (expensive; essential; good feeling; work extremely hard).

He tends to use a limited range of structures repetitively, including ‘if’ clauses (if I go fishing, I can relax; if someone has a very good hobby, he wants to spend a lot of time for hobbies), but with little complexity beyond these. He is able to demonstrate control of basic structures, but errors occur repeatedly (some of them has problem; just Sunday they can spend their time for hobby).

His speech is generally clear, although there is some mispronunciation of sounds and words (zer for ‘their’); rhythm is frequently interrupted and stress and intonation patterns are not always appropriate.

This is a good example of a Band 5 performance.

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