Mini-test Rubric

Accuracy POOR (1) BELOW AVERAGE (2) AVERAGE (3) VERY GOOD (4) EXCELLENT (5)
Are the student’s A few sentences were Some sentences were Most of her sentences Almost all of her All her sentences were
sentences grammatically correct. grammatically correct. were grammatically sentences were grammatically correct.
grammatically correct? She had many errors and She had some errors correct. She had a few grammatically correct.
lapses. and lapses. recurring errors. She had a few minor
lapses.

Did she use key She did not use any key She used some (only 1- She used many key She used almost all of She used a lot of key
expressions/vocabular vocabulary/expressions 2) key vocabulary/ vocabulary/expressions the key vocabulary/ vocabulary/expressions
y from the book? from the book. expressions from the from the book. expressions from the from the book and even
book. book. used appropriate
vocabulary/expressions
outside the book.

Did she use English She spoke Japanese only. She said many She said some Japanese She said a few She did not use
only? Japanese words. words. Japanese fillers. Japanese at all.

Fluency POOR (1) BELOW AVERAGE (2) AVERAGE (3) VERY GOOD (4) EXCELLENT (5)
Did she speak at a She spoke too fast or too She spoke quite fast or She spoke at a good She spoke at a very She spoke at a very
good pace (neither too slow. quite slow. pace during most of the good pace most of the good pace all
fast nor too slow)? task. time. throughout.

Did she pause or use She paused a lot, used a She had many pauses She had some pauses She had short pauses She had very short
natural English fillers? lot of Japanese fillers, or and used many and used some and used natural pauses, almost none,
she stopped talking Japanese fillers. Japanese fillers. English fillers. and used natural
completely. English fillers.

Was her pronunciation Her pronunciation was Her pronunciation was Her pronunciation was Her pronunciation was Her pronunciation was
clear? not clear at all. She not very clear. She quite clear. She clear. She very clear. She did not
mispronounced almost mispronounced many mispronounced some mispronounced just a mispronounce any
every word. words. words. few words. word.
 Function POOR (1) BELOW AVERAGE (2) AVERAGE (3) VERY GOOD (4) EXCELLENT (5)
Was she able to She seemed to have She tried her best to She completed the She completed the task She completed the task
complete the task? misunderstood the task, complete the task, but task, but some of her and answered the and answered the
so she could not she couldn’t answer answers were a bit off- questions quite well. questions excellently.
complete it. some questions. topic.

Did she seem like she She seems to have made She seems to have She seems to have She seems to have She seems to have
made an effort to very little effort to made an effort to made an effort to made a very good made a great effort to
prepare and practice prepare. It seemed like prepare, but she prepare and practice effort to prepare and prepare and practice
for the task? she hadn’t practiced at obviously needed more the worksheets a few practice the the worksheets many
all. practice. times. worksheets many times. She also seems
times. to have done a bit of
research about the
topics in the
worksheets.

Did she use language She was just reading She checked her She sometimes checked She checked her She did not look at her
that matches real life from her worksheets. worksheets many her worksheets. She worksheets a few worksheets. She
communication? Did She sounded very times. She sounded sounded a little robotic times, but she sounded sounded very natural,
she sound natural? robotic. robotic. at times. natural, not robotic. not at all robotic. She
was also able to
‘improvise’ at times.