Examiner Comments on Candidate
Band 5
In spite of some hesitation, the candidate can generally maintain the flow of speech, but he does not offer sufficient extension to give long responses. He uses a range of connectives and markers, although these tend to be rather mechanical and are almost always at the beginning of his sentences. There is some hesitation, reformulation and occasional loss of coherence, but generally simple speech is produced with some fluency. He tends to personalise responses and also uses vocabulary repetitively, which indicates a lack of confidence in his resource. Nevertheless, he demonstrates sufficient language to talk about more general trends. He tends to use a limited range of structures repetitively, including 'if' clauses, but with little complexity beyond these. He is able to demonstrate control of basic structures, but errors occur repeatedly. His speech is generally clear, although there is some mispronunciation of sounds and words; rhythm is frequently interrupted and stress and intonation patterns are not always appropriate.
This is a good example of a Band 5 performance.
