IELTS Speaking Part 2: A well-known person (Band 4.5)

Examiner Comments on Candidate

Band 4.5
This candidate can keep going, but she uses only a limited range of connectives. There are frequent self-corrections and false starts, but she does not need long pauses to find language. She uses a sufficient range of vocabulary to communicate non-personal information, but she is sometimes not able to paraphrase Spanish words (mitos; histories), which indicates her limitations. She is able to use a limited range of tenses and complex structures, although the frequency of errors is quite high in these. Her pronunciation is a weak feature of her performance and causes some strain for the listener. She has a strong accent with systematic mispronunciations and incomplete word endings. She also has marked stress and intonation patterns that make patches of speech quite hard to follow at times.
This candidate's pronunciation difficulties prevent her reaching Band 5.