CRITERIA FOR ORAL ACTIVITY

POINTS LANGUAGE PRONUNCIATION NON-LINGUISTIC ATTITUDE

COMPETENCE

EXTRAORDINARY Speaks using the Uses the pronunciation used in Uses gestures and facial Shows great interest
appropriate vocabulary class perfectly and tried to sound expressions to support what and great effort to
(4)
and structures without natural s/he’s saying perform well and to
remarkable mistakes learn more.

VERY GOOD Speaks correctly or with Uses the pronunciation worked in Is confident and uses non- Shows interest and
few mistakes using the class linguistic competences to make effort to have a
(3)
appropriate language help communication good result, wants to
learn more.
ACCEPTABLE Speaks with several Tries to use the correct Uses non-linguistic Shows interest and
mistakes although it is pronunciation but makes several competences to help aims for a pretty nice
(2)
comprehensible mistakes communication more than result.
linguistic competences
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT Only uses single words Pronounces the words as they are Relies on non-linguistic Effort and interest
and sometimes with written competences to communicate were only enough for
(1)
mistakes a passable result.

NOT ACCEPTABLE Doesn’t try to speak or Doesn’t try to speak or speech is Isn’t able to communicate Doesn’t make any
speech is incomprehensible even with non-linguistic effort or shows
(0)
incomprehensible strategies interest in learning
and improving.

MAXIMUM SCORE: 20 POINTS


Criteria Inadequate=D
(Below Standard)
Organization Writing lacks logical
organization. It shows
some coherence but
ideas lack unity.
Serious errors.
Level of Content Shows some thinking
and reasoning but
most ideas are
underdeveloped and
unoriginal.
Development Main points lack
detailed development.
Ideas are vague with
little evidence of critical
thinking.
Grammar & Spelling, punctuation,
Mechanics and grammatical
errors create
distraction, making
reading difficult;
fragments, comma
splices, run-ons
evident.
Errors are frequent.
Grading Rubric for Written Assignments
Levels of Assessment
Adequate=C Above Average=B Exemplary=A
(Meets Standard) (Exceeds Standard) (Far Exceeds Standard)
Writing is coherent and Writing is coherent and Writing shows high degree of
logically organized. logically organized with attention to logic and reasoning
Some points remain transitions used of points. Unity clearly leads the
misplaced and stray between ideas and reader to the conclusion and
from the topic. paragraphs to create stirs thought regarding the topic.
Transitions evident coherence. Overall unity
but not used of ideas is present.
throughout essay.
Content indicates Content indicates Content indicates synthesis of
thinking and original thinking and ideas, in- depth analysis and
reasoning applied develops ideas with evidences original thought and
with original thought sufficient and firm support for the topic.
on a few ideas. evidence.
Main points are present Main points well Main points well developed with
with limited detail and developed with quality high quality and quantity
development. Some supporting details and support. Reveals high degree
critical thinking is quantity. Critical thinking of critical thinking.
present. is weaved into points
Most spelling, Essay has few spelling, Essay is free of distracting
punctuation, and punctuation, and spelling, punctuation, and
grammar correct grammatical errors grammatical errors; absent of
allowing reader to allowing reader to follow fragments, comma splices,
progress though essay. ideas clearly. Very few and run-ons.
Some errors remain. fragments or run-ons.
Style Mostly in elementary Approaches college Attains college level Shows outstanding style going
form with little or no level usage of some style; tone is beyond usual college level;
variety in sentence variety in sentence appropriate and rhetorical devices and tone
structure, diction, patterns, diction, and rhetorical devices used effectively; creative use of
rhetorical devices or rhetorical devices. used to enhance sentence structure and
emphasis. content; sentence coordination
variety used
effectively.
Format Fails to follow format Meets format and Meets format and Meets all formal and assignment
and assignment assignment assignment requirements and evidences
requirements; incorrect requirements; generally requirements; margins, attention to detail; all margins,
margins, spacing and correct margins, spacing, and spacing and indentations are
indentation; neatness spacing, and indentations are correct; correct; essay is neat and
of essay needs indentations; essay is essay is neat and correctly assembled with
attention. neat but may have correctly assembled. professional look.
some assembly errors.