<blockquote rel="LokiJr">@icebreaker, I know the technical scoring of the exam. I already took my IELTS last June. It helps if you show spunk and energy during the Speaking Exam because that's where you get your momentum when answering. Of course you should not talk too fast but showing a lot of energy in the exam brings out a better conversation, regardless of the situation.
And for me, Speaking Exam is pretty much like a Job Interview because you want to sound as intelligent as possible when responding. It's not a matter of pretending or being honest but being able to think and answer quick. Those stutters, "umms", and dead air will affect your results after all so whether you lie or just be yourself, all that is important is you can carry a good conversation with the assessor. If you don't know much about the topic you chose and you have a minute to talk about it...A 'grammatically correct' lie will save you hehe
The assessor also can listen again to the recording especially if he was not sure of what you meant in some questions. So whether or not you want your results remarked or not, it's still better to speak clearly to be sure.
I am not exactly sure why you're disagreeing with me so much pero kanya kanya lang siguro yan hehe. 🙂
@groovez10, my understanding po is each exam has criteria and each factor may be graded by quarter of a band score (0.25, 0.50 and 0.75), when they average that...you produce the band score for the exam at yun ang nirround down...it's either 0.5 or 1 lalabas 🙂</blockquote>
hindi po ako disagreeing so much, stating my opinion lang po and experience...
kaya nga po sabi ko In My Humble Opinion(IMHO)
peace po tayo mam. cheers 🙂