Pedro, Parts 2 & 3
Fluency and Coherence - band 4 | Lexical Resource - band 4 |
Can respond to questions but with noticeable pauses in most turns, slow speech and a number of linguistic breakdowns in the ability to express ideas ('that's all'). 'Because' is also overused to link clauses. | Unfamiliar questions are problematic due to limited vocabulary and lead to serious problems in expression. For example, part 2 is cut short. Survival phrases are employed to compensate ('things like that'). |
Grammatical Range / Accuracy - band 6 | Pronunciation - band 6 |
Basic sentence forms are common and more complex structures are evident though errors occur ('one of the most difficult'; 'if you are working'). | Can generally be understood throughout. Some effective use of intonation and stress, but this is not sustained. Individual words may be mispronounced, but this causes only occasional lack of clarity. |