Oral Test

Grading Chart and Rubric

Name: ________________________________________ Course: _____Score: _____/30 points. Grade: ____________

Levels 5 3 1 0  Total Points

Criteria Very Good Good Poor Insufficient

Content

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pronunciation

Fluency

Communication/
Interaction

Test Score: _________/ 30 points

LEVELS Very Good Good Poor Insufficient

CRITERIA 

Refers to the Refers to the Refers to the Doesn’t know the

question asked question asked question asked in a content and /or
Topic Content according to the according to the vague manner; st doesn’t refer to
material and material and doesn’t know the the question or
ideas covered in ideas covered in material well. subject matter. 
class in detail, class in detail. There’s little or no
and includes new reference to
ideas. material or ideas
covered in class.

Uses general Uses general The use of general The St. doesn’t
vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary does know the
Vocabulary* (new) correctly and correctly and not correspond to vocabulary
within context within context the student's level. needed to answer
and uses more and uses no more He/she uses 1 or 2 the question.  
than 5 core than 3 core core words or
words and , or words and , or expressions; use of
expressions. expressions. core words or
expressions or
shows the St
doesn’t know the
meaning of some
of the concepts of
the subject matter.
The grammatical
St. uses the  St. uses the St. uses the structures are
Grammar grammatical grammatical grammatical used incorrectly.
structures structures structures studied St makes more
 studied in class studied in class in class but makes than five
without mistakes with a max. of from four to five mistakes.
and according to two to three mistakes. 
the topic.  mistakes and
according to the
topic. 

There are more

St. speaks clearly. St speaks clearly, There are more than 8 mistakes in
Pronunciation What St. says can with 5-8 minor than 8 mistakes in pronunciation and
be understood mistakes, which pronunciation and they affect the
completely. do not affect the they affect the intelligibility of
There are no intelligibility of intelligibility of the the answer. Ths St
mistakes or few the answer.  answer. Ths St is is asked to repeat
mistakes only (2- asked to repeat their text more
5), which do not their text up to 2 than 2 times.
affect the times.
intelligibility of
his answer. 

St doesn’t St hesitates a few St hesitates a few The rhythm of the

Fluency hesitate and times, which times, which answer is
maintains a doesn’t affect the affects the rhythm interrupted in
constant rhythm rhythm in their in their answer. several occasions
in the answer.  answer. by silences,
hesitations which
stops the
continuity in the
development of
the text. The
intelligibility of
the answer is
mostly affected by
them.

Performance: The verbal and The verbal and There are a few The verbal and
Communication/Interaction paraverbal paraverbal interferences paraverbal
aspects of the aspects of the between the aspects of the
(eye contact, emphasis, communication communication verbal and the communication
pauses, intonation, contribute to the mostly contribute paraverbal are incongruent.
gestures, etc.) naturalness of to the message, which There is no
the message naturalness of make the naturalness in the
without forcing the message communication message and in
the without forcing lose naturalness at the
communicative the times. communicative
situation. communicative situation.
situation.