2021-01-26 19:01:49
Here's why this performance was given a Band
8.5:
"This test taker
speaks fluently for most of the time and develops topics coherently and appropriately, with only
slight content-related hesitations as he engages with the topics.
His
vocabulary is precise and sophisticated throughout this part of the test (prominent businessmen; emulate; a growing number of television celebrities; to promote charitable causes; endorsing a cause; negative repercussions; conscious of body image; susceptible to; prevalent).
He uses a wide range of
grammatical structures naturally and accurately, with no noticeable error.
He also uses a full range of
pronunciation features to convey precise and subtle meaning such as
emphatic stress (one example that comes to mind is celebrities) and contrastive stress (it’s not necessarily for causes ... it’s also for celebrity behaviours). He sustains this flexible use of features of connected speech throughout and is
effortless to understand.
Only this test taker’s occasional hesitations prevent him reaching Band 9. @cambridgematerials
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