在我们雅思口语考试中流畅度和正确度哪个更重要?在我们首先需要明白流畅度和准确度里面分别包含了哪些内容,这样我们才能更准确的分析出两者之间哪一个更重要。
首先, 我们必须了解一下流利度和正确度到底都包含哪些具体的内容。
流畅度(Fluency)包括:
l 考生在口语考试中,卡顿极少或无卡顿;
l 考生在口语考试中,自我纠错极少或无自我纠错;
l 考生在口语考试中,自我重复极少或无自我重复。
正确度(Accuracy)包括:
l 考生在口语考试中, 词汇使用准确;
l 考生在口语考试中, 语法使用准确;
l 考生在口语考试中, 发音及重音准确。
举几个栗子:
01 词汇使用错误
Part One 中, 有关学习方面的话题
考官:What do you do the most when you go to the school library?
考生:Well, what I often do is to write my homework as it seems all the teachers assign us so much work every day.
解析:
“写作业”的地道英文表达应该是do/complete/finish/work on homework;而write homework 是典型的中式表达; 即使考生的流利度再好,考官也听懂了考生的意思,这种词汇使用方面的错误还是会大大影响考生的最终得分!
02 语法使用错误
Part Two 中, 有关事件方面的话题卡:
Describe a time when you had to wait for someone
You should say:
Who you had to wait for
What you planned to do
Where you waited for him/her
And explain how you felt when waiting for him
考生的部分答案:Well, speaking of a time when I have to wait for someone, I think it is just 2 weeks ago when I wait for my friend, Peter. And he is a friend of me from college, and we plan to watch a movie at a cinema where is near our company...
解析:
语法方面三处错误:
1. 时态使用错误。 话题卡要求描述之前发生过的事件, 考生须使用过去时态;答案中动词have 因该是had;is应该是was;wait应该是waited; plan应该是planned;
2. 代词使用错误。“我的一个朋友”正确的表达是 a friend of mine, 而不是a friend of me (mine-我的; 是名词性物主代词,做主语;me-我,是代词, 只能做宾语);
3. 关系词使用错误(定语从句)。这个定语从句中:we plan to watch a movie at a cinema where is near our company...,cinema 是先行词, 是定语从句要修饰的部分, 它是一个名词且做后面定语从句的主语, 因此这里需要用关系代词which或that, 而不能使用关系副词where。
总结: 即使考生的流利度再好,考官也听懂了考生的意思,这种语法使用方面的错误还是会大大影响考生的最终得分!
03 发音及重音错误
Part Two的话题卡是有关购物的话题,在Part Three 中,考官问了相关的问题。
考官:Why do some people choose to buy expensive jewelries to maintain value?
考生:Well, maybe that’s because certain jewelries made of jade or gold are less likely to depreciate in the long term. Instead, they probably would appreciate soon, which means it is wise way to invest.
解析:
考生答案中, 个别单词发音及重音出现错误, 比如depreciate, probably, invest等等。发音失误可能导致两个问题:1. 考官听不懂考生在表达什么,出现交流障碍;2.考官也有可能误解考生想要表达的意思,出现交流失败。另外,即使考生的流利度再好,单词发音方面的错误还是会大大影响考生的最终得分!
Anyway, I personally attach greater importance to the accuracy rather than fluency in IELTS speaking test. Therefore, I strongly suggest that candidates work harder to polish your English for a higher level of accuracy. However, Fluency should never be ignored.