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    IELTS Speaking Band Score Calculator

    Average the four Speaking criteria into a Speaking band the way examiners do.

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    Examiners award whole bands per criterion; the Speaking band is their average rounded down to the nearest half band. All four criteria are weighted equally.

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    How it works

    1. 1

      Enter whole-band scores for the four criteria (self-assessed or from feedback).

    2. 2

      Read your Speaking band: the average, rounded down to the nearest half.

    3. 3

      Identify your capping criterion: the one whose +1 would move the final band.

    4. 4

      Target that criterion with the speaking checkers, then re-run realistic estimates.

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    The four criteria in plain language

    Fluency & Coherence: can you keep going, at natural speed, with connected ideas. Hesitation to find ideas is fine; hesitation to find words is penalized. Lexical Resource: range and precision, including idiomatic and less common vocabulary used appropriately. Grammatical Range & Accuracy: complex structures attempted and how often sentences are error-free. Pronunciation: intelligibility and features like stress, rhythm and intonation. Accent itself is explicitly not penalized; every standard accent can score 9.

    Using criterion math to pick your battle

    Because the average rounds down, a single weak criterion quietly caps the band: 7/7/7/6 gives 6.5, not 7.0. Most candidates over-invest in vocabulary, the criterion they can study from lists, while their real cap is fluency (trainable with daily long-turn practice) or pronunciation (trainable with targeted sound work). Score yourself honestly here, or better, use feedback from a scored practice session, and let the arithmetic choose your focus.

    Questions

    Is my accent scored?
    No. Pronunciation is scored on intelligibility and features like word stress, sentence rhythm and intonation. The descriptors are explicit that any standard variety of English can reach Band 9. What costs marks is unclear sounds, not a recognizable accent.
    Do the three parts of the Speaking test have separate scores?
    No. The examiner rates the whole 11 to 14 minute interview on the four criteria once. But Part 3 is where the top-band evidence usually appears (abstract vocabulary, complex argument), so a weak Part 3 tends to lower the criterion scores across the board.
    Why did 7/7/7/6 give me 6.5 and not 7?
    The average is 6.75, and Speaking rounds down to the nearest half band. It's the starkest example of why the lowest criterion, not the highest, decides your result, so raising that 6 to a 7 is worth more than raising any 7 to an 8.
    How can I get realistic criterion scores for myself?
    Self-assessment against the public descriptors is a rough start; typed answers through the free speaking checkers give text-based estimates for three criteria; and a full Speaking Simulator session returns examiner-style criterion scores from actual speech, including pronunciation.