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Table 3 Pre and post-tests grading

From: Flipping the flipped class: using online collaboration to enhance EFL students’ oral learning skills

IELTS speaking test band descriptors (oral skills areas)

1) Fluency and coherence

2) Lexical resource

3) Grammatical range and accuracy

4) Pronunciation

Measures:

Measures:

Measures:

Measures:

1. Speaking fluency and length

2. How words, phrases, ideas are organized and linked together

1. Vocabulary + range

2. Idiomatic/less common language

3. Collocations and paraphrasing

1. Sentence structures, variation and range

2. Grammatical errors

1. Clarity of words

2. Pronunciation features:

• Intonation and stress

• Speed and rhythm

• Chunking, etc

(Band Score)

0–9

(Band Score)

0–9

(Band Score)

0–9

(Band Score)

0–9

Total average score = 0–9