SPEAKING RUBRIC

CRITERIA SCORE
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COHERENCE Can´t express ideas Can link words or Can link groups of Can link a series of Can use a limited number of
clearly. Express groups of words with words with shorter, discrete cohesive devices to link
isolated and very basic linear simple connectors simple elements into his/her utterances into clear,
unconnected connectors like "and" like "and, "but" and a connected, linear coherent discourse, though
sentences. or "then". "because". sequence of points. there may be some
"jumpiness" in a long
contribution.
FLUENCY Speech is slow, Can manage very Can make Can keep going Can produce stretches
hesitant and short, isolated, him/herself comprehensively, of language with a
strained except mainly Prepackaged understood in very even though fairly even tempo.
for short utterances, with short utterances, pausing for Although he/she can
memorized much pausing to even though grammatical and be hesitant as he or
phrases; difficult search for pauses, false starts lexical planning she searches for
to perceive. Thus, expressions, to and reformulations and repair is very patterns and
it shows too many articulate less are very evident. evident, especially expressions, there are
stops familiar words, and in longer stretches few noticeably long.
to repair of free production.
communication.
PRONUNCIATION The pronunciation Frequent problems Pronunciation and Pronunciation and Pronunciation and
is lacking and hard with pronunciation intonation errors intonation are intonation are almost
to understand; No and intonation. sometimes usually clear and always very clear and
effort towards a make it difficult to accurate with a accurate.
native accent. understand the few problems.
student.
ACCURACY Shows lack of Shows only Uses some simple Uses reasonably Shows a relatively
grammatical limited control structures accurately a high degree of
structures and of a few simple correctly, but still repertoire of grammatical control.
sentence patterns grammatical systematically frequently used Does not make errors
in a memorized structures and makes basic "routines" and which cause
repertoire sentence patterns mistakes. patterns misunderstanding, and
in a memorized associated can correct most of
repertoire. with more his/her mistakes.
predictable
situations.
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