Oral Exam Rubric

Criteria Fair Satisfactory Good Very Good Excellent Points

0 -20% 21% - 40% 41%- 60% 61%-80% 81%- 100%

Task No completion of Minimal completion Partial completion of Completion of the Superior

Completion the task. of the task and/or the task, responses task, responses completion of the
responses frequently mostly appropriate appropriate and task, responses
inappropriate. yet undeveloped. adequately appropriate and _____
developed. with elaboration.
Comprehensi Content totally Content barely Content mostly Content Content readily
bility incomprehensible. comprehensible, comprehensible, comprehensible, comprehensible,
requiring frequent requiring requiring minimum requiring no
interpretation; interpretation; interpretation; interpretation;
pronunciation may pronunciation pronunciation does pronunciation _____
frequently interfere occasionally not interfere with enhances
with communication. interferes with communication. communication.
communication.
Fluency No sustained Speech halting and Speech choppy Speech sustained Speech sustained
speech. uneven with long and/or slow with for most of the throughout with
pauses or incomplete frequent pauses; few time; some few pauses or
thoughts; little or no incomplete hesitation, but stumbling.
sustained speech. thoughts; some manages to
sustained speech. continue and _____
complete thoughts.
Vocabulary No use and/or Inadequate and/or Somewhat inadequate Adequate and Rich use of
inaccurate use of inaccurate use of and/or inaccurate use accurate use of vocabulary, with
vocabulary. vocabulary. of vocabulary and too vocabulary for this some idiomatic
basic for this level. level. expressions. _____
Language No basic language Inadequate use of Emerging use of Control of basic Control of basic
Control structure basic language basic language language language structures
knowledge. structures. structures. structures. with occasional use
of advanced _____
language
structures.
Total