According to the IELTS Speaking test scoring criteria, 25% of your score is based on your ‘fluency and coherence’. But what exactly is ‘fluency and coherence’? In this post, I’m going to share a nice video by the British Council explaining this criteria.
What is fluency and coherence?
To sum up, ‘fluency and coherence’ refers to your ability to:
- speak at length
- organise your ideas logically (TIP — use connecting words and phrases)
- express and justify opinions (TIP — use special phrases for expressing an opinion)
- avoid long pauses and too much hesitation (TIP — try to think more in English)
- avoid repeating the same words (TIP — learn and practise using synonyms)