IELTS Speaking band scores level 2

The IELTS Speaking assesses your ability to communicate in English. The examiner awards band scores for your spoken English-language skills. The Speaking test will take place in a face-to-face interview with a qualified IELTS examiner in a quiet room.

IELTS Speaking are conducted by trained and certified IELTS examiners. They must hold a relevant teaching qualification and have extensive teaching experience to become an IELTS examiner. When assessing your performance, they work with clearly defined criteria to assess your Speaking test.

Fluency and coherence
Pauses lengthily before most words
Little communication possible

Lexical resource
Only produces isolated words or memorised utterances

Grammatical range and accuracy
Cannot produce basic sentence forms

Pronunciation
Speech is often unintelligible