Fluency and Coherence
This refers to talking at the right speed and connecting ideas together. This is a fairly general criteria which includes evaluating the relevance of the answers. Speakers need to be able to understand and follow the rules of language at a word, sentence and text level.
Lexical Resource
This refers to how much vocabulary the speaker has and how well they use it. As well as the rules of language at a word level, this criteria considers the communicative functions of speech and the social meaning of speech.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
This refers to language structures and how well they are used. Again, as well as the rules of language, this criteria considers the communicative functions of speech.
Pronunciation
This refers to how well the language is pronounced, as well as the consideration of the communicative effect of pronunciation. It considers the amount of strain it causes on a listener, and how noticeable the accent is - although accent itself is not a problem. This criteria also refers to speakers' need to be able to produce the phonological features of speech.
reference: The British Council
Written by Paul Kaye
British Council
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