BIU2032 ENGLISH PROFICIENCY 3

SEMESTER 2 SESSION 2019/2020

Rubric for Cause and Effect Essay
CRITERIA POOR FAIR GOOD VERY GOOD EXCELLENT
(1-2 mark) (3-4 mark) (5-6 mark) (7-8 mark) (9-10 mark)
CONTENT (C)

Introduction is Attitude is defined;

Thesis is clear;
incomplete, Unclear; formulaic; thesis is clearly
Introduction: provides direction
ineffective, or not creative focused; subject is
for essay
missing significant
Content shows Simplistic; uneven Interesting;
Idea Absent or Clear and
serious lack of in quality; lacking sophisticated;
Development: ineffective Thoughtful
knowledge and in relevance insightful
Support or understanding of Vague, missing, or Sufficient and Detailed; accurate;
Uneven
Evidence: the inaccurate accurate convincing
topic Limited, Engaging and
Word Choice: monotonous, Uneven Appropriate to task powerful choice of
inappropriate words
Absent, Summarizes Extends; connects;
Purposeful and
Conclusion: incomplete, or previously stated comments on
perceptive
unfocused information topics

POOR FAIR GOOD VERY GOOD EXCELLENT

(1 mark) (2 mark) (3 mark) (4 mark) (5 mark)
ORGANISATION (O)

Contributes to an
Paragraph Ineffective or Demonstrates a effective argument;
No evidence of Random
Order: inconsistent clear plan reinforces the
paragraph order
content
Absent Clear and Effective and
Transitions: Mechanical
functional varied

POOR FAIR GOOD VERY GOOD EXCELLENT

(1 mark) (2 mark) (3 mark) (4 mark) (5 mark)
MECHANICS (M)

Repetitious; Variety is present;

Sentence Complete and Complete; varied;
fragments and run- some errors are
Structure: Inability to form correct interesting
ons are frequent evident
coherent
Present but do not
Punctuation / sentences. Careless or
Block meaning interfere with Error-free
Spelling: distracting
meaning
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SEMESTER 2 SESSION 2019/2020

Speaking 30%

Video (20%):

Maximum 5 people per group.

10 minutes of video.

Reflection presentation (10%):

Two minutes per student.

Video rubric (20%)

Marks Details

15 – 20 Teamwork
- All group members appeared in the video.
Language
- Language is almost accurate:
Meanings are conveyed clearly
Uses a wide range of appropriate vocabulary, cohesive devices and
discourse markers
Creativity
- Manages to attract and sustain audience attention
Technical
- Well edited with clear audio
Flow and content
- Ideas are coherent and cohesive
- Significantly increases audience understanding and knowledge of topic.
8 – 14 Teamwork
- Most of the group members appeared in the video
Language
- Language is somewhat accurate:
Meanings are conveyed clearly with occasional distortions
Uses a range of appropriate vocabulary, cohesive devices and discourse
markers
Creativity
- Manages to attract and maintain audience attention occasionally
Technical
- Edited with some technical issues which can disrupt the flow and the
 quality
Flow and content
- Ideas are not fully understandable with attempts to make them coherent
and cohesive.
- Raises audience understanding and knowledge of most points.
1–7 Teamwork
- Only one (1) or two (2) members appeared in the video
Language
- Language is poor
Errors are frequent and meanings are not conveyed
Uses appropriate vocabulary with a limited range of cohesive devices
Creativity
- Fails to attract and maintain audience attention
Technical
- The video is poorly edited and with poor audio
Flow and content
- Ideas are disorganised and incomprehensible.
- Audience understanding and knowledge of topic are not raised

Reflection Presentation Rubric (10%)

Marks Details

8 – 10 - The language is clear and intelligible

- Covers a complete reflection of Pre-While-Post
- Not reading from texts or slides
- Manages to hold audience attention
5–7 - The language is mostly intelligible and has some control over utterances
at sentence levels
- Omits any part of the reflection
- Occasionally reading from texts or slides
- Some parts of the presentation are incomprehensible
1–4 - The language is poor and affects meaning with limited control over
utterances at word levels
- Fails to fulfill the task
- Reading from texts or slides
- Most parts of the presentation are incomprehensible