Example of analytic scale for writing ability: EXCELLENT ADEQUATE INADEQUATE WEAK 20% 15% 15% 30% 20%

100%
(Adapted from Hedge, Writing, 1988)

General Development 1 Content 2 Organization 3 A sense of audience Specific Components 4 Grammatical skills 5 Complexity of sentences 6 Use of vocabulary 7 Spelling 8 Punctuation 9 Presentation Organisation of content (clarity, coherence, paragraphs) Range (grammatical structures, vocabulary) Complexity of sentence structure Accuracy of grammar, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation Fluency (feel for the language, appropriateness, use of idioms, etc.)

1 2 3 4 5

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