English Language Screening

Test – Speaking Speaking and

Comprehensibility Rubric

Score Speaking Description Pronunciation

Description
5 Communication almost always effective; Excellent Pronunciation
task performed very competently  Native-like pronunciation of
 Functions performed clearly and effectively individual sounds, word
 Appropriate response to audience/situation stress, word endings,
 Coherent, with effective use of cohesive intonation, and rhythm
devices  Native-like fluency; speaks
 Use of linguistic features almost smoothly without
always effective; communication hesitation and with ease
not affected by minor errors  Pronunciation does not impede
communication
4 Communication generally Good Pronunciation
effective; task performed  Accurate pronunciation of
competently individual sounds, word
 Functions generally performed clearly and stress, word endings,
effectively intonation, and rhythm
 Occasional non-
 Generally appropriate response to
native pauses and/or
audience/situation
hesitations which do
 Generally Coherent, with mostly effective
not interfere with
use of cohesive devices
comprehensibility.
 Use of linguistic features generally
 Pronunciation rarely impedes
effective; communication
communication
generally not affected by errors
3 Communication somewhat Satisfactory Pronunciation
effective; task performed  Fairly accurate
somewhat competently pronunciation of individual
sounds, word stress, word
 Functions performed somewhat clearly and
endings intonation, and
effectively
rhythm
 Somewhat appropriate response to
 Some non-native pauses
audience/situation
and/or hesitations which
 Somewhat coherent, with some use of
sometimes interfere with
cohesive devices
comprehensibility.
 Use of linguistic features
 Pronunciation
somewhat effective;
occasionally
communication sometimes
impedes
affected by errors
communication
2 Communication generally not effective; Partially Effective
 task performed poorly Pronunciation
 Functions generally performed unclearly and  Inaccurate pronunciation of
ineffectively some individual sounds,
 Generally inappropriate response to word stress, word endings
audience/situation intonation, and rhythm,
 Generally incoherent, with little use of which interfere with
cohesive devices comprehensibility
 Use of linguistic features generally poor;  Many non-native pauses
communication often impeded by major and/or hesitations which
errors can interfere with
comprehensibility.
 Pronunciation impedes
communication
1 No effective communication; no Ineffective Pronunciation
evidence of ability to perform task  Major inaccuracies with
 No evidence that functions were performed pronunciation of individual
 No evidence of ability to respond sounds, word stress, word
appropriately to audience/situation endings intonation, and
 Incoherent, with no use of cohesive devices rhythm, which causes
 Use of linguistic features poor; significant problems in
communication ineffective due to major intelligibility
errors  Significant pausing,
hesitations, and/or short
phrases which interfere
significantly with
comprehensibility.
 Pronunciation severely
impedes communication
NS No response No response