Unit 1 Performance Assessment

OVERVIEW
For your Unit 1 Performance Assessment, you will be participating in an interview with a classmate. You
will randomly draw your role: either Interviewer (asking the questions) or Interviewee (answering the
questions). If you are the Interviewer, you will be the person to start the Performance Assessment. You will
be given a list of questions in English to ask. Ask them in the order they are given to you. Interviewees, you
will respond in complete sentences to the questions the Interviewer asks. You will have 1 minute to
complete the task. If you do not know how to phrase any question or answer in the target language, do as
much as you can, completing the task in English. You will have time to prepare for this Performance
Assessment in class, but you are expected to practice for it at home as well.

Greeting How are Whats your How old are Where are Where do Goodbye
you? name? you? you from? you live?

TASK COMPLETION
5 Appropriately responds to direct questions or solicits information; furthers communication
3 Most responses and requests for information are appropriate; may further communication
1 Responses or requests for information are generally inappropriate; does not further communication

COMPREHENSIBILITY
5 Understandable by native speakers; may contain errors which do not impede comprehensibility
3 Generally understandable to sympathetic speakers; contains some errors that impede comprehensibility
1 Barely understandable to any listener; contains frequent/major errors that impede comprehensibility

GRAMMAR CONTROL
5 Accurate grammar, sentence structure, and usage, with few errors
3 General control of grammar, sentence structure, and usage, with some errors
1 Limited control of grammar, sentence structure, and usage, with many errors

VOCABULARY
5 Appropriate vocabulary
3 Generally appropriate vocabulary
1 Limited vocabulary

PRONUNCIATION
5 Minor errors (if any) in pronunciation, intonation, and/or pacing make responses comprehensible
3 Few errors in pronunciation, intonation, and/or pacing make responses generally comprehensible
1 Frequent errors in pronunciation, intonation, and/or pacing make responses difficult to comprehend

REGISTER
5 Consistent use of appropriate register/cultural conventions for the situation
3 Generally consistent use of appropriate register/cultural conventions for the situation
1 Inconsistent use of appropriate register/cultural conventions for the situation