Bruce Lee's English (IELTS Band)

[patran]

Dear Teachers

I am just curious. I would like to know, in your opinion, which IELTS band does Bruce Lee's spoken English (in the following interview) belongs to.

Bruce Lee Interview Part 3 - YouTube

Please advise.

Regards

Anthony the learner

[tzfujimino]

Hello, patran.
I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly, but he speaks in his own unique way, in my opinion.
He certainly was a great actor. Thank you for the link. I've really enjoyed them.

"Don't think. Feel."

[5jj]

What do you think? Here are the descriptors.

[tzfujimino]

Thank you for the 'descriptors', 5jj.
Now I understand patran's question.
Hmm... I don't know. I'm not entitled to do this, but... maybe 7?

(He speaks more naturally than I do, by the way!)

[konungursvia]

I'd give him nines and eights.

[EngFan]

I'd give him nines and eights.

Hi Konungursvia,

Do you think Bruce Lee speak "Successful" as "sʌkˈsesfəl" in 1:21 as many native speakers would say "səkˈsesfəl"?
Would you consider it is an incorrect pronunciation?

EngFan

[konungursvia]

No.

[EngFan]

So he said "sʌkˈsesfəl" or "səkˈsesfəl" ?

[patran]

In my opinion, even he has some not-so-native proununciation, he is still good. Especially back in 1960's, not many people in Hong Kong can speak English. And, he is not just a muscle head, he is a philospher. No wonder so many men in Hong Kong admire him so much at that time!

[NorwichEnglish]

Yes, 8 or 9. Though he might lose marks for saying 'man' too much. Interesting interview. Thanks