Fluency and Coherence is a quarter of your Speaking band, and it is the part an
examiner hears before you have finished your first answer — how often you hesitate, where your
pauses fall, whether you circle back. It is also the only one of the four you can measure at
home. Talk for two minutes and see all three numbers.
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Start here · 108 seconds · what IELTS Speaking measures, the
four criteria, and what band you need
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What are you aiming for?
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Attempts. Delivery drills: 3 a day free, unlimited with a pass. Full written analysis: your first one free, then 60 a month on a plan that includes it.
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What each country actually asks for
Most people sitting this exam are not doing it for fun — they need a number for a
visa or a university. The number is usually lower than people think, and the number that gets
you invited is usually higher.
Canada
Express EntryCLB 7 is the Federal Skilled Worker minimum — IELTS 6.0 in each skill. But CLB 9
(Listening 8.0, Reading/Writing/Speaking 7.0) is worth about 124 language points
against 68 at CLB 7, and 2026 draws have been going out well above CRS 490. The minimum
gets you into the pool; CLB 9 is what gets you out of it.IRCC ↗
Australia
Skilled visas 189 / 190 / 491Competent English (IELTS 6.0 in each) is the floor and scores zero points.
Proficient (7.0) is 10 points and Superior (8.0) is 20 — and in a points
test, twenty points is usually the difference between being invited and waiting.Home Affairs ↗
United Kingdom
Skilled WorkerB1 on the CEFR across all four skills — a far lower bar than Canada or Australia, and
one many candidates over-prepare for. Student routes are usually B2. Check the specific
route: they differ.GOV.UK ↗
Universities
Undergraduate and postgraduateTypically 6.0–6.5 overall for undergraduate and 6.5–7.0 for postgraduate, very often
with a minimum in each skill. That per-skill minimum is what catches people: a 7.5
overall with 5.5 in Writing fails an offer requiring 6.0 in each.
United States
University admissionsAccepted at over 3,400 US institutions — boarding schools, associate,
undergraduate, graduate, professional and law programmes — including Ivy League
universities and professional medical boards. TOEFL is still the more familiar name
there, but IELTS is not a niche choice: 99% of American four-year colleges enrolling
1,000+ international students accept it.IELTS USA ↗
Checked August 2026, and these change. Every figure above is a summary
with a link to the authority that sets it — governments revise points tests, band floors and
programme rules without much notice, and a page like this one is exactly where an out-of-date
number does damage. Confirm on the official site before you book anything, and never on the
strength of a conversion chart alone.
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