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Speaks fluently Speaks with Able to maintain Speaks in short Limited ability
with minimal few pauses, conversation phrases or to maintain
pauses, maintaining with occasional sentences with conversation.
Fluency demonstrating conversation pauses; pauses;
ease in flow; able to demonstration struggles to
expressing express ideas effort to express maintain
complex ideas. coherently. ideas clearly. conversation
flow.
Near-native Generally clear Pronunciation Pronunciation Pronunciation
pronunciation; pronunciation, generally is often heavily affects
clear, natural, with occasional understandable, inaccurate comprehension.
Pronunciation and easy to minor errors; but with making
understand; easy to noticeable comprehension
minor errors understand errors; difficult at
are rare. overall. occasional times.
difficulty in
clarity.
Utilizes Uses a wide Uses variety of Uses basic Very limited
sophisticated range of vocabulary but vocabulary with vocabulary,
vocabulary vocabulary with occasional limited range; hindering
Vocabulary with precision; accurately, errors; relies on relies heavily communication.
effectively uses incorporating common on common
idiomatic idiomatic expressions and words and
expressions. expressions words. phrases.
and nuances.
Displays near- Demonstrates
Makes some Makes frequent Persistent
perfect good control of
grammar grammar grammatical
command of grammar; mistakes, but mistakes; errors, making
Grammar grammar; occasional generally struggles with communication
communicates errors do not
communicates basic sentence difficult.
complex ideas impede ideas clearly; structure and
accurately and understanding.
shows verb tenses.
effectively. understanding
of tenses.
Easily Demonstrates Understands Demonstrates Limited
comprehends good main points of limited understanding
spoken English, understanding spoken English understanding of spoken
Comprehension including of spoken with occasional of spoken of English.
subtleties and English, repetition; may English; relies
nuances; rarely grasping main struggle with heavily on
requires ideas and some complex ideas. repetition and
repetition. nuances. context.
Rubrics for Speaking Level Test
 Level Range Score
Advanced 21 – 25
Intermediate 16 – 20
Pre-Intermediate 11 – 15
Beginner 1 – 10
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