Written Production

Level 2

Task fulfillment

Writing little or not related to the task. Minimum

2 pts
Omission of information of major importance. Acceptable
4 pts
Omission of minor details. Satisfactory
6 pts

Task appropriately done. Competent

8 pts

Task fully fulfilled. Outstanding

10 pts

Coherence & cohesion

Practically unintelligible, isolated words and phrases. Minimum

2 pts
Difficult to follow, incoherent, inadequate or missing Acceptable
cohesive devises. 4 pts

Considerable misuse and omission of chesive devices. Satisfactory

6 pts
Text generally followed with ease, some misuse or Competent
omission of cohesive devices. 8 pts

Text followed effortlessly within familiar, basic contexts. Outstanding

10 pts
 Structural & lexical range. Spelling, punctuation &
capitalization

No control of sentence structure and too limited Minimum

vocabulary for the level. 2 pts

Very limited for the level, with intrusive mistakes. Acceptable

4 pts
Limited for the level, but generally getting the message Satisfactory
across. 6 pts

Good for the level, some non significant errors. Competent

8 pts
Very good, minor mistakes in spelling, punctuation and Outstanding
capitalization. 10 pts
Oral Production
Level 2

Understanding

Deficient understanding even of basic questions. Minimum

2 pts

Limited, major prompting, repetition and rephrasing. Acceptable

4 pts
Fairly good, requiring some assistance, prompting or Satisfactory
rephrasing. 6 pts

Fairly good, requiring little assistance or prompting. Competent

8 pts
Full understanding within familiar contexts, requiring no Outstanding
assistance. 10 pts

Fluency

Speech very disconnected and generally impossible to follow. Minimum

2 pts
Noticeable hesitations which sometimes impede Acceptable
communication. 4 pts

Hesitant at times, but always getting the message across. Satisfactory

6 pts

Able to sustain flow of speech with minor hesitation. Competent

8 pts

Able to sustain flow of speech all through. Outstanding

10 pts

Coherence & cohesion

No use of connectors at all. Minimum
2 pts

Omission and misuse of cohesive devices most of the time. Acceptable

4 pts
Considerable omission, overuse or inappropriate use of Satisfactory
cohesive devices. 6 pts
Generally appropriate use of cohesive devices, misusing or Competent
omitting some of them. 8 pts

Appropriate use of cohesive devices at this level. Outstanding

10 pts

Discourse management and communicative strategies

Mostly short phrases or single words, no use of Minimum

communicative strategies. 2 pts
Omission of most communicative strategies, no attempt to Acceptable
expand on ideas. 4 pts
Some misuse or omission of communicative strategies, some Satisfactory
attempt to expand on ideas. 6 pts
Generally appropriate communicative strategies, expanding Competent
on ideas most of the time. 8 pts
Appropriate communicative strategies, expanding on ideas Outstanding
most of the time. 10 pts

Structural range

Structures mostly inaccurate, major errors even in basic Minimum

sentences. 2 pts
Considerably limited for the level, sometimes impedes Acceptable
communication. 4 pts

Limited, but getting the message across. Satisfactory

6 pts

Generally appropriate, some non-intrusive mistakes. Competent

8 pts

Appropriate within familiar contexts at this level. Outstanding

10 pts
 Lexical range

Too limited or inappropriate even with familiar topics. Minimum

2 pts
Considerably limited for the level, use of Spanglish, and Acceptable
wrong collocation. 4 pts
Limited for the level, wrong word choice at times, Satisfactory
considerable collocation mistakes. 6 pts
Generally appropriate though slightly limited for the level, Competent
noticeable collocation mistakes. 8 pts

Good within familiar contexts, some collocation mistakes. Outstanding

10 pts

Pronunciation, intonation, rhythm, stress and links

Practically unintelligible. Minimum

2 pts
Not always intelligible, intrusive mistakes, strong influence Acceptable
from Spanish. 4 pts
Generally intelligible, with mistakes in individual words, and Satisfactory
considerable influence from Spanish. 6 pts
Intelligible most of the time, some mistakes in individual Competent
words (non intrusive). 8 pts

Intelligible all the time, some non-intrusive mistakes. Outstanding

10 pts
Critical Thinking

Evidence evaluation

Takes information from source(s) without any interpretation/ evaluation.

Takes viewpoints of experts as fact, without question.

Takes information from source(s) with some interpretation/evaluation, but does not
develop enough coherent analysis or synthesis. Takes viewpoints of experts as
mostly fact, with little questioning.

Takes information from source(s) with enough interpretation/evaluation to develop a

coherent analysis or synthesis. Questions viewpoints of experts.

Takes information from source(s) with enough interpretation/evaluation to develop a

comprehensive analysis or synthesis. Thoroughly questions viewpoints of experts.

Accurately interprets evidence and thoughtfully evaluates alternative points of view.

Excerpted and adapted from University of New Orleans: Critical thinking rubric. Copyright 2022 University of New
Orleans.
 Minimum
2 pts

Acceptable
4 pts

Satisfactory
6 pts

Competent
8 pts

Outstanding
10 pts
Creativity and Innovation

Finding and proposing new ideas and solutions

Proposes no ideas or innovation solutions.

Reformulates already available ideas or innovative solutions.

Proposes the content of some ideas or innovative solutions.

Proposes novel or unique ideas and solutions.

Transforms ideas and solutions into entirely new forms.

Excerpted and adapted from Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management 13 (2016), pp 118-123: Rubric
to asses the competence of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in Bachelor Degree. Copyright 2016 Brazilian
Journal of Operations & Production Management.
 Minimum
2 pts

Acceptable
4 pts

Satisfactory
6 pts

Competent
8 pts

Outstanding
10 pts
Teamwork

Contribution and attitude

Rarely listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Often is not a good
team player.

Often listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others, but sometimes is not
a good team member. Is often negative about the task(s).

Usually listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Does not cause
controversy in the group. Usually has a positive attitude about the task(s).

Almost always listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Tries to keep
people working well together. Often has a positive attitude about the task(s).

Listens actively and shows understanding by paraphrasing or by acknowledging and

building on others' ideas. Always has a positive attitude about the task(s).
 Minimum
2 pts

Acceptable
4 pts

Satisfactory
6 pts

Competent
8 pts

Outstanding
10 pts
Feedback

Response to feedback content

Does not acknowledge feedback.

Acknowledges feedback but does not make corrections.

Acknowledges feedback and makes minimal corrections.

Acknowledges feedback and makes the needed corrections considering additional

resources, examples and other alternatives. If he/she does not agree, he/she does
not explain why.

Acknowledges feedback and makes all the needed corrections considering additional
resources, examples and other alternatives. If he/she does not agree, he/she explains
why.
 Minimum
2 pts

Acceptable
4 pts

Satisfactory
6 pts

Competent
8 pts

Outstanding
10 pts