Fluency and coherence

According to the IELTS Speaking test scoring criteria, 25% of your score is based on your ‘fluency and coherence’. But what exactly is ‘fluency and coherence’? In this post, I’m going to share a nice video by the British Council explaining this criteria.

What is fluency and coherence?

To sum up, ‘fluency and coherence’ refers to your ability to:

• speak at length
• organise your ideas logically (TIP — use connecting words and phrases)
• express and justify opinions (TIP — use special phrases for expressing an opinion)
• avoid long pauses and too much hesitation (TIP — try to think more in English)
• avoid repeating the same words (TIP — learn and practise using synonyms)

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