What speaking ability does a score of IELTS Band 7 represent?

Watch this Speaking test sample, where Alexandra from Colombia talks about

'Famous people'. Here's why this performance was given a Band 7:

The test taker speaks quite fluently and gives appropriate and extended responses. She

makes good use of a range of markers and linking words (first; actually; I think so; for example; in a lot of ways; that’s why). There is some hesitation, but it is mainly

content-related as she seeks to clarify her ideas before expressing them. Coherence

is not affected by these slight pauses.

Vocabulary is a strong feature of her performance and she uses a wide range,

including some less common, idiomatic, and colloquial items (lose your privacy;

selling their soul to the devil; getting dumped; it depends on the target; we need a rest

from the serious stuff). However, there are also a few examples of error and

inappropriate word use (a small news; end of the relax evening; free dresses).

Her grammar displays a good range of both simple and complex structures that are

used flexibly and a number of her sentences are error-free. However, there are some

noticeable errors in areas such as articles, prepositions, subject/verb agreement and

verb tense (if someone recognise you; if people follows; you will like them fail;

it won’t happen like this).

Although she has a noticeable accent, her pronunciation is generally clear and easy to

follow. Stress and intonation are used well to enhance meaning (You don’t have to

pay for a lot of stuff. They will give free dresses and free stays in the hotels). She has

a tendency to use syllable-timing, which prevents her sustaining appropriate rhythm

over longer utterances. She also has occasional problems with sounds (jung for

‘young’), but this has only minimal effect on intelligibility.

雅思口语7分的成绩代表了怎样的能力？

请看这篇口语测试范文，来自哥伦比亚的亚历山德拉谈到了'名人'。以下是她能够得到7分的原因。

应试者的口语相当流利，并给出了适当的延伸回答。她充分利用一系列标记词和连接词（首先；实际上；我想是这样；例如；在很多方面；这就是为什么）。回答有一些犹豫，但主要是与内容有关，因为她在表达自己的想法之前，力求澄清自己的想法。连贯性不受这些轻微停顿的影响。

词汇是她表现的一大特点，她使用的范围很广。包括一些不太常见的、成语和俗语（失去隐私。出卖灵魂给魔鬼；被遗弃；要看对象；极度需要休息。)然而，也有一些错误的例子和用词不当（一个小新闻；轻松的夜晚结束；免费的裙子）。

她的语法在简单和复杂的结构中都有很好的表现。灵活运用，她的不少句子都没有错误。但是，也有一些词、介词、主语/动词搭配等方面的明显错误。

动词时态（如果有人认出你，如果有人跟着你，你会像他们一样失败。不会发生这样的事情）。

虽然她有明显的口音，但她的发音一般都很清晰，容易被遵循。重音和语调运用得好，可以增强语意（你不需要支付很多东西。他们会给免费的衣服和免费的酒店住宿）。 她有倾向于使用音节时间，使她无法保持适当的节奏。在较长的语句中。她偶尔也会出现一些声音问题（jung代表的是'年轻'），但这对可理解性的影响微乎其微。