Ielts speaking--how to improve your bandscore

Chapter Eleven:
Pronunciation
How important is pronunciation in IELTS Speaking?
One of the criteria in assessing speaking is pronunciation. It is 25 percent of your
IELTS Speaking score. It is as important as grammar, vocabulary, and
organization of ideas. Thus, a low mark in pronunciation might ruin your
chances of getting a high band score.
Pronunciation is different from accent. In IELTS Speaking, a candidate is not
penalized for having an accent but for pronunciation errors. These are
mispronounced words and words that most people in your country pronounce
incorrectly when speaking in English.
Your pronunciation score is based on clarity, speed of speech, word stress,
sentence stress and intonation.
Speaking with clarity means that you have to speak clearly so that the examiner
can understand you. You do not need to sound like a native speaker, and you do
not need to rush.
In IELTS Speaking, you have to speak at a moderate speed. When we say
moderate, it means that you don’t speak too fast or too slow. Remember that you
are communicating your ideas to be understood.