SPEAKING EVALUATION RUBRICS

SCORE CRITERIA
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: Understands fairly well with some support, and at
4 slower speed and with some repetition. Answers are mostly relevant and prompt.
Most utterances are expanded. Very few repair strategies are used.
COMPREHENSION

GOOD: Has some trouble understanding so adjustments in speed and vocabulary

3 might be necessary as well as some repetition. Contributions are may sometimes be
irrelevant. Some attempts to use repair strategies.
AVERAGE: Understands only very general conversational subjects at slow speed with
2 frequent repetition.
NEEDS REINFORCEMENT: Cannot be said to understand even simple conversational
1 English.
EXCELLENT-VERY GOOD: Contributions are usually coherent and of an appropriate
4 length. Speaks with some pauses and hesitation which may demand some patience
of the listener. Willing to initiate as well as respond in most of the test.
GOOD: Ideas may be choppy, and long hesitations and pauses may be frequent to
3 have time to think, but interaction is not broken down. Sometimes not able to neither
initiate.
FLUENCY

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2 Contributions are incoherent and minimal. Long, intrusive hesitations contribute to
the breakdown of the interaction.
1 NEEDS REINFORCEMENT: Insufficient sample of spoken language.
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: There might be a few
4 inaccuracies in grammar in more complex structures, but these do not obscure the
message. Kind of sophisticated grammatical forms are used.
GOOD: There may be frequent errors in grammar and word order, but message is
GRAMMAR

3 generally conveyed. Basic grammatical forms are used.

AVERAGE: Errors of grammar and word order make comprehension quite difficult.
2
NEEDS REINFORCEMENT: Gross inadequacies in the use of linguistic resources
1 mean message is destroyed.
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: Vocabulary is sufficiently effective, but there may be
VOCABULARY

4 occasional errors which do not, however, obscure meaning.

GOOD: Vocabulary is sometimes inaccurate and/or insufficient, so meaning is
3 sometimes obscured.
AVERAGE: Misuse of words and very limited vocabulary make comprehension quite
2 difficult.
NEEDS REINFORCEMENT: Vocabulary is inadequate for even the simplest
1 conversation.
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: Stress, rhythm, intonation and individual sounds are
usually appropriate to convey the message. Interference with
PRONUNCIATION

4 L1 is noticeable, but meaning is not obscured.

GOOD: Speech is sometimes difficult to understand, causing strain on the listener
3 because of inaccuracies in the pronunciation of individual sounds and in word stress.
AVERAGE: Speech is often unintelligible because of gross inaccuracies in the
pronunciation of individual sounds and in word stress. Frequent repetitions are
required.
2 NEEDS REINFORCEMENT: Gross interference with L1 or insufficient sample of
1 spoken language.
Total 20 POINTS