Part 6SpeakingSection 1 of 5
6.1Format and marking
| Part | Length | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Introduction and interview | 4 to 5 minutes | The examiner asks familiar questions about you: home, work, study, hobbies |
| 2 Long turn | 3 to 4 minutes | You get a card with a topic, one minute to prepare, then you speak for 1 to 2 minutes |
| 3 Discussion | 4 to 5 minutes | Broader, more abstract questions connected to the Part 2 topic |
| Criterion | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Fluency and Coherence | Can you keep going at a natural pace, and do your ideas connect? |
| Lexical Resource | Do you have the words you need, and can you get around the ones you lack? |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | Do you use more than one tense and more than one sentence shape, correctly? |
| Pronunciation | Can you be understood without effort? |
What is not marked
You are not marked on your opinions, on how interesting your life is, or on having a British accent. You may invent an answer entirely. The examiner is listening to your English, not checking your facts. A student who says nothing because nothing interesting has happened to them is scoring zero for honesty.