Rubric for the assessment of students’ speaking

Presentation (if you plan to use a different method for assessing speaking, please adjust the rubric accordingly)
Content/ Grammar vocabulary Fluency Communication
Development skills / Interaction
3 ▪ Shows very good knowledge ▪ Very few ▪ Accurate use of ▪ Very few errors ▪ Effective use of
of the assigned topic. syntax or tense appropriate in pronunciation. eye contact
errors. vocabulary. ▪ Very few pauses ▪ Engage the
▪ Effective introduction.
and clear flow of audience with
▪ Relevant supporting ideas.
thoughts. prompts/
▪ Effective conclusion.
questions.

2 ▪ Shows some knowledge of ▪ Some syntax or ▪ Occasionally ▪ Some minor ▪ Inconsistent eye
the assigned topic. tense errors. inaccurate use of errors in contact with the
relevant pronunciation. audience.
▪ Clear introduction.
vocabulary. ▪ Some pauses, ▪ Occasionally
▪ Mostly relevant supporting
but speech flows engage the
ideas.
naturally most of audience.
▪ Adequate conclusion.
the time.
1 ▪ Shows limited knowledge of ▪ Frequent ▪ Mostly ▪ Frequent major ▪ Occasional eye
the assigned topic. syntax or tense inaccurate use of errors in contact with
errors. relevant pronunciation. some of the
▪ Unclear introduction.
vocabulary. ▪ Many pauses and audience
▪ Inadequate supporting
inconsistent flow ▪ Barely addresses
ideas.
of thoughts. audience.
▪ Inadequate conclusion.

0 ▪ Completely unrelated to the ▪ Numerous ▪ Inaccurate use of ▪ Numerous errors ▪ No eye contact
assigned topic. syntax or tense relevant in pronunciation. with the
▪ No answer at all. errors. vocabulary ▪ Many pauses, the audience.
affecting speech doesn’t ▪ No interaction
▪ No introduction.
meaning. flow at all. with the
▪ Minimal supporting ideas.
audience.
▪ No conclusion.

Notes:

1. If the content is totally unrelated, or the speaking is absolutely unintelligible, or no answer at all,
a score of zero should be given regardless of the other aspects.
2. No half scores should be given. If the speaker doesn’t show all aspects of a descriptor, then the
score below it should be given.
3. Under Grammar/Vocabulary and Fluency, ‘very few’ = 1-3 errors; ‘some’/ ‘occasionally’= 4-6
errors; ‘frequent/mostly’= 7-10 errors; ‘numerous’= more than 10 errors.
4. The total score will be out of 15 (maximum 3 for each aspect of speaking).

ELC-UQU, 17 August, 2021