The Describe Image question assesses speaking skills, and requires you to describe an image from an academic source such as a graph, map, chart, table or picture.
Number of items | 6-7 |
Time to answer | 40 seconds |
Scoring | Partial credit |
Communicative skills, enabling skills and other traits scored | Speaking Oral fluency, pronunciation Content |
Subskills tested | Speaking: Speaking for a purpose (to repeat, to inform, to explain); supporting an opinion with details, examples and explanations; organizing an oral presentation in a logical way; developing complex ideas within a spoken discourse; using words and phrases appropriate to the context; using correct grammar; speaking at a natural rate; producing fluent speech; using correct intonation; using correct pronunciation; using correct stress; speaking under timed conditions. |
Strategies |
Intro: “The graph shows/ represents/ illustrates/ projects/ indicates/ depicts/ reveals…” Movement: increased, decreased, has risen, lowered down, dropped, has grown Presenting features: “It is interesting to note…”, “It seems surprising…”, Meanwhile…” |
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