LENG1161/2:

Rubric for Storytelling Task Name:

CEFR EXIT LEVEL: 5 4 3 2 1 0

B2
Content is well-developed and Content is adequately developed Content shows limited Content is not related to the
clearly explained; Story is well- with some explanation; ideas are development and explanation; story topic; ideas are
organized with a clear structure; adequately organized with a ideas are poorly organised, unorganised, unclear and
Content & ideas are logically sequenced; story generally clear structure, but the unclear and difficult for the severely difficult for the
Organization is easy for the listener to follow; listener may have occasional listener to follow; uses time listener to follow; does not
organizes time well: no part of the difficulty following the story; too poorly: the whole story is too contain an identifiable story
story is too short or too long. much/little time is spent on a long or too short. structure.
section of the story.
Pronunciation is intelligible; Pronunciation is generally Has limited control of Speech is frequently
uses a range of pronunciation intelligible; mispronunciation of phonological features at both unintelligible; does not have
features; individual sounds are individual sounds and words word and sentence level; control of phonological
articulated clearly; word and occasionally interfere with mispronunciations are frequent features at both word and
Pronunciation sentence stress are well-placed; intelligibility; word and sentence and interfere with intelligibility; sentence level.
shows effective use of rhythm, stress are generally well-placed; Unnatural and/or inappropriate
intonation, pauses and chunking intonation is generally appropriate; pauses and chunking make
with a few inappropriacies. uses pauses and chunking despite speech difficult to follow.
occasional inappropriacies.
Good control and range of simple Generally adequate use of Poor use of grammatical forms; Attempts only basic sentence
and some complex grammatical grammatical forms; uses a limited produces only basic sentence forms; errors in grammar
Shares Shares
forms; uses an effective range of range of more complex structures, forms and some correct simple predominate; has insufficient
features features
general and topic-related but these may contain errors; sentences; errors are frequent vocabulary to complete the
Grammar & of 5 and of 3 and
vocabulary despite a few vocabulary is generally adequate, and may interfere with task or has very limited
Vocabulary 3 1
inappropriacies. but with a limited range and communication; vocabulary control and range of lexis;

occasional inappropriacies; makes range is limited with frequent errors cause severe strain for
occasional word choice errors. inappropriacies and word choice the listener.
errors.
Speaks confidently and naturally; Maintains flow of speech but uses Frequently speaks with Frequently speaks with long
able to speak at length with very occasional repetition, self- noticeable pauses; speaks slowly pauses and hesitation;
little repetition, self-correction or correction and/or slow speech to with frequent repetition and self- cannot remember or select
Fluency hesitation. keep going; produces simple correction; has frequent key words from story; cannot
speech fluently, but more complex problems remembering or communicate basic message
communication interferes with selecting words from story. and meaning of story.
fluency.
Uses a range of techniques to Uses some techniques to engage Uses limited techniques to Does not use techniques to
engage the audience in the story the audience in the story engage the audience in the story; engage the audience in the
skilfully; effective use of hand adequately; generally effective use noticeable under-use/over-use of story; does not use hand
gestures, body movement and eye of hand gestures, body movement hand gestures that may distract gestures or make direct eye
Delivery
contact to hold the audience’s and eye contact to hold the the audience; little evidence of contact to hold the
attention; does not look at story audience’s attention; may effective body movement and/or audience’s attention;
script. occasionally read directly from eye contact to hold the completely relies on reading
story script. audience’s attention; frequently from story script.
reads from story script.
Final Score: _____ /25 = _____ /5