Master ielts speaking

Technology and work 
Internet, fax and mobile phone technologies have revolutionized working life 
Workers can communicate via email, online networks and video conferencing 
Technology can connect workers in different countries 
It gives people more freedom 
It can also save time and money 
Some people believe that offices could disappear in the future 
Virtual online offices may replace them 
Child labour 
In some countries, children are exploited
They do repetitive jobs for very low pay 
Children are often used in agriculture and factory work 
The employment of children is prohibited in other countries 
Many people think that children should be free to enjoy their childhood 
Governments should make education a priority 
They should build new schools 
They should supply the resources to educate children 
Children need to be given the knowledge and skills for adult life 

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IELTS Speaking band de
scripto
rs (pu
b
lic 
ve
rsion)
 
 
Band 
Flue
nc
y an
d c
o
herence 
Lexical res
ourc
e 
Gram
mati
cal ra
nge a
nd ac
cura
c
y 
Pronu
nciati
on 
9 
 
•
spea
ks 
fluen
tly
w
ith
only
rare r
epeti
tion
or 
sel
f-
corre
ction; any
hesi
tatio
n i
s con
ten
t-rel
ated
rather 
than
to
fi
nd w
ords o
r grammar 
•
spea
ks 
coheren
tly
w
ith fully
appropria
te co
hesiv
e 
features 
•
dev
elops top
ics 
full
y and appropria
tely
•
use
s v
ocabulary
w
ith ful
l flex
ibility
and 
preci
sion
in 
all topics 
•
use
s idi
omati
c 
lang
uage na
turally
and
accurately
•
use
s a
full r
ange
of 
str
ucture
s natu
rally
and 
appropria
tely
•
produce
s co
nsi
sten
tly
accu
rate
str
uctur
es a
part 
from ‘
slip
s’
ch
aracteristic
o
f na
tiv
e spe
aker
sp
eech 
•
use
s a
full r
ange
of 
pronunci
atio
n fea
tu
res w
ith 
preci
sion
and
su
btl
ety
•
sustain
s flex
ible u
se of 
features 
throug
hout 
•
is e
ffortless to
unde
rstand
8 
 
•
spea
ks 
fluen
tly
w
ith
only
occasi
onal
re
petition 
or 
self-co
rrection
; hesi
tatio
n i
s usu
ally
con
tent-rela
ted 
and only
rarely
to
search
fo
r la
nguage
•
dev
elops top
ics 
co
herently
and 
appro
priately
•
use
s a
w
ide v
ocabulary
resour
ce 
read
ily
and 
flex
ibl
y to 
conv
ey
p
reci
se mea
ning 
•
use
s le
ss 
common
and idioma
tic v
oca
bulary
ski
lfully
, w
ith o
cca
si
onal ina
ccura
cie
s 
•
use
s pa
raphra
se
effectiv
ely
as require
d 
•
use
s a
w
ide range
of 
structure
s fl
ex
ibl
y 
•
produce
s a maj
ority
of erro
r-fr
ee 
sen
te
nce
s w
ith 
only
v
er
y occa
sion
al inappr
opria
cie
s o
r ba
sic/non-
sy
stemati
c error
s 
•
use
s a
w
ide range
of p
ronun
ciation 
fe
ature
s
•
sustain
s flex
ible u
se of 
features, w
ith o
nly
occasio
nal l
apse
s 
•
is e
asy
to
under
sta
nd throughou
t; L1
a
cce
nt ha
s 
minimal effe
ct on
in
telligibil
ity
7 
 
•
spea
ks a
t le
ngth
w
ithou
t no
ticeable
e
ffort 
or lo
ss 
of 
coheren
ce 
•
may
demonstra
te l
anguage-rela
ted
he
sita
tion
a
t 
times, or some
rep
etiti
on 
and/or
sel
f-correction 
•
use
s a
range
o
f co
nnectiv
es and
di
scourse
marker
s 
w
ith some
flex
ibility
•
use
s v
ocabulary
re
sour
ce 
flex
ibly
to di
scu
ss a
va
riet
y of 
topi
cs 
•
use
s some 
less co
mmon and i
diomati
c v
ocabulary
and 
show
s 
some a
w
areness o
f sty
le and 
collo
cation, w
ith 
so
me inapprop
riate 
choice
s
•
use
s pa
raphra
se
effectiv
ely
•
use
s a
range
o
f co
mplex
stru
ctur
es w
ith 
some
flex
ibility
•
frequen
tly
produ
ce
s e
rror-
free
se
nten
ces, 
though
so
m
e gr
am
m
at
ic
al 
m
is
tak
es
pe
rs
ist
•
show
s all
th
e po
si
tiv
e feature
s of Band
6 a
nd 
some, bu
t n
ot all
, o
f the
po
si
tiv
e feature
s o
f Band
8 
6 
 
•
is w
illing 
to
spe
ak a
t len
gth
, thou
gh ma
y lose 
coheren
ce
at times due to 
oc
casional
repeti
tion
, 
self-co
rrection
or
h
esitation 
•
use
s a
range
o
f co
nnectiv
es and
di
scourse
marker
s b
ut no
t alw
ay
s appropria
tely
•
has 
a w
ide enoug
h 
vo
cabulary
to di
scu
ss 
topics at 
length
and
make
m
eaning 
clear
in
spite of 
inappropria
cie
s 
•
generally
paraphra
ses 
succe
ssfully
•
use
s a
mix
of 
simpl
e and
compl
ex
stru
ctu
res, 
but 
w
ith limited
flex
ibility
•
may
make freq
uent mista
kes w
ith 
com
plex
str
ucture
s, 
though
these
rarely
cau
se
comprehen
sion
pro
blems 
•
use
s a
range
o
f p
ro
nuncia
tion
fe
atur
es 
w
ith mix
ed 
control 
•
show
s some 
effecti
ve 
use 
of fea
ture
s but thi
s is 
not su
stained 
•
can 
generally
be 
un
derstood
thr
oughou
t, th
ough
mispronun
cia
tion
of indiv
idual w
ords or
sou
nds 
reduce
s cla
rity
at ti
mes 
5 
 
•
usually
maintain
s fl
ow
of speech bu
t u
ses 
repeti
tion
, sel
f-c
orr
ecti
on 
and/or
slow
spee
ch to
keep
going 
•
may
o
ver-use 
certa
in conne
ctiv
es a
nd 
discour
se 
mark
ers
•
produce
s simpl
e sp
eech
flu
ently
, bu
t more 
complex
communi
cation
ca
use
s flue
ncy
problems 
•
manages to
talk ab
out 
familiar
and
un
familiar 
topi
cs bu
t u
se
s v
ocabulary
w
ith limited
flex
ibility
•
attemp
ts 
to 
use
par
aphrase
bu
t w
ith
mix
ed 
suc
ce
ss 
•
produce
s ba
sic 
sen
tence 
form
s w
ith r
easonable
accura
cy
•
use
s a
limi
ted r
ang
e of more
complex
str
ucture
s, 
but 
the
se
usually
contain
error
s and
may
cause
some compreh
ensi
on 
probl
ems 
•
show
s all
th
e po
si
tiv
e feature
s of Band
4 a
nd 
some, bu
t n
ot all
, o
f the
po
si
tiv
e feature
s o
f Band
6 
4 
 
•
canno
t r
espo
nd w
ithout noti
ceab
le pa
us
es and
may
speak 
slow
ly
, w
ith frequen
t repe
tition 
and 
self-co
rrection 
•
lin
ks
b
as
ic
s
ent
en
ce
s bu
t wi
th
r
ep
eti
tiou
s us
e of
simple conn
ectiv
es and some 
br
eakdo
w
ns 
in 
coheren
ce 
•
is a
ble 
to
tal
k abou
t familia
r 
topi
cs bu
t can 
only
conv
e
y basi
c mean
ing on
un
familiar
to
pics and
makes frequen
t err
ors 
in 
w
ord choi
ce 
•
rarely
attemp
ts par
aphrase 
•
produce
s ba
sic sen
tence form
s 
and
so
me 
cor
rect 
simple sen
ten
ce
s 
bu
t subor
dinate stru
ctu
res 
are
rare 
•
errors are
frequen
t and may
lead 
to 
misunder
standing
•
use
s a
limi
ted r
ang
e of pro
nunci
atio
n feature
s
•
attemp
ts to con
trol
features 
bu
t lapses are 
frequen
t 
•
mispronun
cia
tion
s are frequen
t and ca
use some
diffi
cul
ty
for
the
li
stener 
3 
 
•
spea
ks w
ith lon
g p
ause
s 
•
has 
limited
abili
ty
to
lin
k 
simple
se
nten
ces 
•
giv
es only
simple r
espon
se
s an
d i
s fre
quently
unable 
to
conv
ey
basi
c me
ssage 
•
use
s simple
v
ocabulary
to 
conv
e
y personal
informa
tion 
•
has 
insu
ffici
ent v
ocabulary
for l
ess fam
iliar 
topi
cs 
•
attemp
ts ba
si
c 
sen
tence
form
s but w
ith limited
succe
ss, or
relie
s 
on
appare
ntly
memorised
utte
rances 
•
makes numero
us e
rrors ex
cept in me
morised
ex
pressions 
•
show
s some 
of 
the
features 
of Band 2 and some, 
but 
not all
, o
f the
p
ositiv
e featu
res o
f Band 4 
2 
 
•
pause
s l
engthily
before
most w
ords 
•
littl
e 
communi
catio
n 
po
ssib
le 
•
only
produce
s i
sola
ted w
ords or
memo
rised
utte
rances 
•
canno
t p
rodu
ce b
as
ic 
sentence 
forms 
•
spee
ch i
s often
uni
ntelligibl
e 
1 
 
•
no 
communica
tion
possible 
•
no ra
teable
langua
ge
0 
•
does not a
tte
nd 
 
 

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