Strengths

Weaknesses

Accuracy of lexis: accuracy of topic related lexis for describing events Example: balloons, decorated, delicious, fabulous, colourful Accuracy of pronunciation: individual sounds and sounds in connected speech: certain weak sounds Example: /wz/ Organisation and cohesion: effective and accurate use of conjunctions Example: and, because, but, when, so

Accuracy of grammar: determiners (articles and quantifiers) Example: spend many time, man wears suit Accuracy of pronunciation: individual sounds and sounds in connected speech: incorrect word stress Example: /p:t/ / bln/ /sermni:/ Accuracy of lexis: incorrect choice of word that could confuse listener Example: increase, custom

Frequently mispronouncing nouns such as birthday, which are content words of the sentence could lead to the learner being misunderstood. This could have a knockon effect on the learners confidence. Incorrect choice of word could confuse the listener. The narrative or macro-script of discourse is met and meets the listeners expectations. Word stress could have a knock-on effect on the receptive skills of the learner. Awareness of features of connected speech e.g. weak forms, helps the learner sound more fluent but also has another benefit on the learners receptive skills; they will be more able to segment words in connected speech. Lack of grammatical features like determiners and articles

which often carry meaning in discourse put a strain on the listener to understand.