2019 ARTESOL EFL JOURNAL - Article Rating Rubric

Evaluation Criteria Excellent Good Satisfactory Fair Poor

5 4 3 2 1

1. Article Title and The title succinctly The title clearly describes The title generally The title cursorily indicates The title indicates little

Objective describes the content the content and the describes what the article what the article will be about what the article might FINAL REVIEWER’S COMMENTS:
and the objective of objective is clearly will be about and the about and the objective is entail and the objective is

the article is very specified. objective is fairly general. incomplete.

clearly specified. specified.

2. Timeliness and The article represents The article is timely and The article focuses on The article focuses on out- The article’s focus is

Appropriateness of issues of immediate appropriate to the theme. issues appropriate to the of-date materials and/or irrelevant and of no

Topic relevance and field over the last decade. practice. importance to the field.

importance to the EFL

field.

3. Significance of The article is solidly The article is based on The article alludes to The article refers only to The article refers to some

Content based on current current research and current research and historically established research and practices or

research, knowledge, practice in the field. practice in the field. and/or extraneous issues contributions in the field.

and/or practice (praxis) or practices in the field.

in the field.

4. Clarity of Article The article is succinctly The article is clearly The article is adequately The article needs some The article clearly needs

(LANGUAGE USED, written and provides written and provides a written and includes a additional work. significant work.

COHERENCE AND an explicit statement clear statement of statement of outcomes.

COHESION) of outcomes and how outcomes and how they

they will be achieved. will be achieved.

5. Contribution to The article makes The article positively The article offers minimal Readers may question the Readers will most likely

the EFL Field significant, memorable contributes to the EFL field contribution to the EFL validity of the inclusion of regret their decision to read

contributions to the and to effective field and to effective this article in the EFL this article

EFL filed and to educational practices. educational practices. Journal.

effective educational

practices.