1. Delivery: How clear your speech is. Good responses are those in which the speech is fluid and clear, with good pronunciation, natural pacing, and natural-sounding intonation patterns.
2. Language Use: How effectively you use grammar and vocabulary to convey your ideas. Raters will be looking to see how well you can control both basic and more complex language structures and use appropriate vocabulary.
3. Topic Development: How fully you answer the question and how coherently you present your ideas. Good responses generally use all or most of the time allotted, and the relationship between ideas and the progression from one idea to the next is clear and easy to follow.
Independent task 1是Free Choice题，要求考生就某一常规话题用英语做45秒钟的陈述。考生对于这道题的准备应主要集中在people、place、object、event (人、地、物、事)这几个大方面。建议考生扎实准备OG、Longman 综合教程以及口语特训等教材上的题目，虽然在考试时直接考到它们的几率并不大，但是在复习过程中准备过的具体内容在考场上的作用却非常大。比如 “Describe the place you live in”与“Which city do you travel to most”、“Who is the person you admire most”与“Whom would you choose to visit for one hour”就可以相互借用大部分内容。
Independent task 2是Paired Choice题，也就是要求考生在提供的两个选择中选择自己喜欢的一个，并用details和examples支持自己的观点。如“ If you could choose to live in the city or live in the country areas, which lifestyle would you prefer and why”，考生需要做的是迅速确定自己的立场，其余的按照 Free Choice的准备就可以了，同时比Free Choice更好的表述是考生可以采用“抨击”另一种观点的方式来准备details，如考生可以陈述live in the city的不好来表达自己的观点——I prefer to live in the country。但是，本题在某些时候以“Do you agree or disagree”或者“compare and contrast”的形式出现，对于后者而言，考生不必表明自己的观点，只要陈述出两种选择的可比之处并加以诠释就可以了。
Integrated Tasks题型
第3～6题主要考查考生对于题目的认知程度，并依据reading和listening部分做好的notes进行有条理的、清晰的复述，或者加上自己的观点。对于考生来说，一定要充分理解题目，熟悉考题要求，充分理解它们分别要求自己做什么事情。首先，ETS 明确3、4题都不允许有任何的personal view，因此不允许出现“I think (I believe, I presume, I consider...)”或“As far as I’m concerned...”、“In my opinion...”之类的表达方式。而第5、6题则可根据具体要求加入考生的个人观点。
