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Ever wonder how your Overall Speaking Score relates to other scoring systems? The collapsable section below has all the answers you’re looking for! Our English Speaking Score Predictor helps you compare your performance with other recognised scoring systems for English proficiency. Check it out! 👇
CV’s Overall Speaking Score measures your spoken proficiency in English...
It will help you to be clear and easy to understand.
It will build your confidence.
It will ensure your message stands out!
Your goal should be to reach an Overall Speaking Score of 67% or higher...
3
Below Average
6
Developing
A2
Pre Intermediate
10
Novice
90
Intermediate
Below Average
Description of the level:
You have a partial command of the language, and cope with overall meaning in most situations, although you are likely to make many mistakes. You should be able to handle basic communication in your own field.
Developing
Description of the level:
Test takers who receive a Speaking section score at the Basic level are typically able to communicate limited information about familiar, everyday topics.
Pre Intermediate
Description of the level:
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Novice
Description of the level:
Typically, this level is too low to engage in academic coursework or Foundation Year courses.
Intermediate
Description of the level:
Test takers in this score range typically are able to create a relevant response when asked to express an opinion or respond to a complicated request. However, at least part of the time, the reasons for, or explanations of, the opinion are unclear to a listener. This may be because of the following:
Most of the time, test takers in this score range can answer questions and give basic information. However, sometimes their responses are difficult to understand or interpret. When reading aloud, test takers in this score range are intelligible.
Focus on your Intonation to sound more natural when you speak.
Your Level
The IPA (or International Phonetic Alphabet) is a set of symbols used to refer to sounds. In some cases, the IPA reuses letters from the alphabet to identify certain sounds. In other cases, new symbols are used. Here’s an example:
The word 'Phone' becomes /'foʊn/ in IPA notation. Even if 'phone' is written with a 'ph', the sound we really hear is /f/. The word ‘phone’ also has a diphthong in it, and since we don’t have a letter for this sound, the IPA provides us with a symbol: /oʊ/
Knowing the IPA is helpful to improve your pronunciation because it tells you exactly which sounds to use to say a word correctly! Here's the complete list of IPA symbols used by Speech Analyzer.
Beginners can quickly improve their pronunciation by working on:
All consonant sounds especially at the end of words. (e.g. The /t/ at the end of ‘website’ for example).
Consonant clusters. (e.g. The word ‘street’ has an /str/ cluster).
“Long” and “short” vowels (e.g. Can you clearly differentiate between ‘seat’ and 'sit').
To strengthen their control of pronunciation, Intermediate learners should focus on:
R sounds: /r/, /ɝ/, /ɚ/
TH sounds: /θ/, /ð/
Diphthongs (e.g. Can you clearly differentiate between ‘loud’ and ‘load’).
Having covered the basics, Advanced learners with an overall score of 80% and above should practice:
Linkage, Dropped Consonants, and the Flap sound
The Schwa /ə
The accuracy of open vowels like /æ/, /ʌ/, /ɑ/ (e.g. Can you clearly differentiate between Hat’, ‘Hut’, and ‘Hot’).
Your Level
We use the word 'pitch' to refer to the natural rising and falling patterns of the voice when you speak. ELSA measures pitch variation over time. To do this, we extract acoustic data throughout your meeting and give you an idea of how monotonous or varied your speech was.
To improve on this metric, make sure your voice is sometimes high and sometimes low. This “wave” pattern will introduce variety to your delivery, and help you sustain your listener's attention.
Pitch Variation is measured in Hertz (Hz). To sound Natural, make sure your Pitch Variation stays between 50Hz and 150Hz.
Native speakers instinctively vary their pitch when underlining an important idea or introducing a new concept. Try doing the same!
For optimal results, make sure your pitch variation is between 50Hz and 150Hz.
Your Level
Maintaining your pace between 120 wpm and 180 wpm will help you keep your audience engaged.
Your Level
Your Level
Using advanced Vocabulary (CEFR levels B2, C1 and C2) adds colour and flair to your delivery.
CEFR stands for “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages”. Simply put, it’s a scale that measures a person’s ability when using a given language.
There are six CEFR levels: A1 and A2 for beginners, B1 and B2 for intermediate learners, and finally levels C1 and C2 for advanced users and people who achieve a native standard.
The CEFR Scale is recognized worldwide and used as a reference for international exams like IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, PTE, and more.
The CEFR Scale makes it easy for you to understand your overall level in English.
If your goal is to work or study abroad, remember that employers and universities also use CEFR to assess the language proficiency of applicants or candidates.
Interestingly, individual words also have a CEFR level. Simple words have a lower score (the word ‘car’ is an A1 word, for example) and complex vocabulary will score higher on the scale (the verb ‘fluctuate’ is C1).
Speech Analyzer monitors the vocabulary you use during a meeting and gives you a score in percentage for each of the six CEFR levels. To progress, your aim should be to have high percentage scores for levels B1 and above, while making sure your scores for A1 and A2 are as low as possible.
Exploring high-level synonyms will help you expand your Active Vocabulary Bank.
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There's lot of park and I can continue visiting the park.
Uh, there is lot of bus cars, taxis and railway transport there because all the car buses, they are, uh, using the detail and they throw the carbon dioxide
. I people prefer the private transport in my country country, mostly because, uh,
like this.
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