So how does an IELTS examiner give you the band score.

雅思口試考官是怎麼給你分數的？

Well the IELTS examiner uses a form that is similar to this.

考官的給分標準大概是像這樣的表格。

This document you can find in the downloadable resources section.

你可以在下載區找到這份檔案。

And if I zoom in, you can see there's a description of what the IELTS candidate actually does.

放大來看，這裡描述了雅思考生的實際口試表現。

So the IELTS examiner tries to match you with the correct part of this grid—this table of descriptions.

雅思考官會試著把你的表現對應到這個網格的正確位置，也就是這份表格描述。

So I'm going to go through the different assessment areas.

我會詳細解釋不同的評分原則。

There are actually four assessment areas that the IELTS examiner looks at.

事實上雅思考官打分數的依據有 4 個部分。

And they are called fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, pronunciation.

分別是：流暢性與連貫性、詞彙量、語法運用範圍與正確性、發音。

Ok. And you get a band score for each of these four different areas.

你會在這四個方面得到各自的分數。

And your overall speaking band score is the average of those four band scores.

最後整體的口說分數會是這 4 項得分的平均。

So let's look at those 4 assessment areas in more detail.

現在我們來更仔細地看看 4 項評分依據。

So fluency and coherence, to begin with.

從流暢性與連貫性開始說明。

This is about how fluently you speak, and how well your ideas are structured and linked together.

這關係到你講得多流暢，以及你的想法在架構與連結上的表現。

So it's a bit like, certainly for fluency, a bit like a river flowing gently down the valley.

所以這有點像......尤其是流暢性，有點像是輕輕流過河谷的河水。

So do you speak fluently or do you hesitate?

你講得很流暢？還是你有所遲疑？

Now, to get a band 7, for fluency and coherence, you need to speak at length without noticeable effort.

口試想得到總分 7 分的話，在這個評分點上你必須能夠講到相當長度，並且不太費力。

Don't need to seem that you're trying to speak at length.

不會看起來是你很努力想講久一點。

But you can have the occasional hesitation over language where you stop and you think about some language.

不過你偶爾可以有幾個地方停頓，停下來想想語言規則。

If you do that, that's ok for a band 7 still.

這點對 7 分來說是可以接受的。

And you should try to use a range of connective, a range of linking words.

並且你最好試著運用不一樣的連接詞。

The second assessment area is called lexical resource which is basically words and phrases.

第二個評分標準稱作詞彙量，簡單來說就是單字和片語。

It's the range and appropriateness of your vocabulary.

你在字彙使用上的變化與適切程度。

So how wide a range of vocabulary do you have, and do you use it naturally?

也就是你的字彙量有多廣？是否能自然運用？

Do you use it correctly? So it's your range of vocabulary.

用得正確嗎？這些都包含在字彙項目裡。

To get a band 7 you should use a vocabulary with some flexibility, and you should use some less common and idiomatic vocabulary.

想拿到 7 分你得較靈活地使用單字，並且用上較不常見的、適合口語表達的字彙。

And maybe show some awareness of collocation (how words go together).

或許再展現出你對搭配詞的認識，也就是單字之間組合的方式。

But you can, for band 7, produce occasional errors.

不過想拿到 7 分，可以偶爾出現一點小錯誤。

You don't need to be perfect to get a band 7.

不用做到毫無瑕疵，也能得 7 分。

Grammatical range and accuracy is the range and accuracy of your grammar, the nuts and bolts of the language.

語法運用範圍與正確性指的是你的文法使用，也就是語言的具體本質。

And to get a band 7, you need to use a variety of complex structures.

想拿到 7 分，你得用上各種不同的複雜結構。

For example, conditional sentences, if...would conditionals, relative clauses.

舉例來說，條件語句、if...would 條件句、關係子句。

And you should speak frequent error-free sentences.

而且你大部分的句子應該要是毫無錯誤的。

You can make some grammatical mistakes, that's ok, but your error-free sentences should be frequent, should be most of the time.

你可以犯下幾項文法錯誤，這可以接受。但你多數的句子必須要是沒有錯誤的。

And pronunciation is about how natural you sound, and how easy you are to understand.

發音則關係到你聽起來有多自然，你講的話容不容易理解。

So do you pronounce words clearly and correctly?

你是否發音清晰且正確？

Do you use a range of pronunciation features such as connecting words together?

你是否展現出不同的發音特色，例如單字之間的連音？

So is it fluent?

發音流暢嗎？

This is for a band 7: you need to use a range of pronunciation features with only a few mistakes.

這是 7 分的標準：你必須使用不同的發音特點，只能偶爾出錯。

Now pronunciation features are things like connecting words together.

發音特點像是把字串連在一起。

So for example, I would say "I wentuh work".

例如我會說： "I wentuh work"。

Some people say: "I went to work".

有些人會說："I went to work"。

But a natural way of speaking English is connecting words together.

但是英文的自然講法會把字跟字連在一起。

"I wentuh work" "wentuh, wentuh", instead of "went to".

"I wentuh work"，"wentuh, wentuh"；而不是 "went to"。

That's a pronunciation feature, so do you connect words together?

這就是一項發音特點。你是否有做到連音？

Do you stress words correctly? So it's about how natural you sound when you speak.

重音位置正確嗎？重點是你講英文聽起來自不自然。

And also you can generally be understood throughout.

並且你說的內容大致上是完全可以理解的。

Accent has only a small effect on understanding.

口音在理解上只有一點影響。

So that's to get a band 7.

這是想得到 7 分你得做到的事情。

It's important to understand that even to get a band 9, you do not need to have a British or American accent.

很重要的是，就算你想拿 9 分，也不需要擁有英式或美式口音。

Pronunciation is not about accent.

發音跟口音沒有絕對關係。

It's about sounding natural when you speak.

重點是你聽起來有多自然。

Ok? Using those pronunciation features.

好嗎？展現出那些發音特點。

So don't worry about having an accent, accents are ok.

別擔心你有口音，那不是問題。

It's about sounding natural when you speak.

重點在於你講英文是否自然。

So that's basically how the speaking test is assessed.

所以基本上這就是雅思口試的評分依據。