Midterm Oral Task

Rubric
Beginner, High
Beginner, Basic and
Low Intermediate
Interactive
Task achievement Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation
communication
Speaks fluently, Frequently Has a wide Can be Keeps and
with no hesitation. produces range of lower- understood develops the
complex frequency with no effort interaction
Covers all aspects
sentences, as vocabulary, from the naturally and
of the task fully.
appropriate to appropriate to listener. spontaneously to
Speaks at length level. level. get to the
Can produce all
with no prompting communicative
Very few or no No searching the sounds of
required. goal with no
errors. for vocabulary the language
Excellent Makes natural use support.
effectively.
Verb formationis Uses synonyms
4 points of linking and
accurate. and paraphrase. Uses stress, Negotiates
signposting, as
intonation, and
appropriate to Uses idiomatic
linking skillfully, Responds
level. language
as appropriate to appropriately.
naturally, as
No repetition level
appropriate to
Proper use of level. Uses natural
webcam and audio speech
tools

Speaks fluently, Sentence forms Little searching Can be easily Keeps and
with little show some for vocabulary. understood. develops the
hesitation. complexity. interaction quite
Can use some Accent causes
naturally and
Gives a well- Can use synonyms and no difficulty for
spontaneously to
developed response subordinate paraphrase. the listener.
get to the
to task. clauses.
Some use of Uses stress and communicative
Is willing to speak at Few errors idioms, as intonation to goal with very
length if prompted. appropriate to clarify meaning. little support.
Verb formationis
level.
Uses linking generally
Good regularly, as accurate Often
negotiates.
3.5 points appropriate to
level.

Often responds
Little repetition appropriately.
Adequate use of
webcam and audio Rarely reads a
tools script during the
task, maintaining
natural speech

Adapted from EVOLVE DIGITAL Speaking Assessments Teacher's Grading Guide © Cambridge University
Press & Assessment 2022
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Task achievement Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation
communication
Some hesitation Produces basic Has the Can be Keeps and
but maintains sentence forms vocabulary understood, but develops the
flow of speech. accurately, but needed to mispronunciation interaction to get
rarely uses convey scan cause to the
Answer fulfils
subordinate meaning. confusion for the communicative
basic
clauses. listener. goal with
requirements of Only
prompting and
question or task. Occasional occasional
support.
errors. searching for
Some repetition
vocabulary.
Satisfactory3 Occasional use Verb formationis Sometimes
sometimes negotiates.
points of linking.
inaccurate.

Fair use of Sometimes

webcam and responds
audio tools appropriately.

Frequent lack of
natural speech due
to partial reading
of a script
Hesitates often Produces only Produces only Speech is Has considerable
or at length. basic sentence isolated words. difficult to difficulty to keep and
forms. understand. develop the
Does not Frequently
interaction.
achieve task. Makes frequent searches for Mispronunciations
errors. words. cause difficulty for
Produces little Fails to get to the
language. Produces verbs Shows a the listener.
communicative
only in base limited range goal.
Communication
form. of vocabulary.
breaks down
completely. Requires lots of
Below level2 prompting and
Poor use of support.
points webcam and
audio tools Does not negotiate
Responds with
very short
utterances.

Lack of natural
speech due to
reading a script
during the task
• Absence: 0 points
• Use of Spanish: 0 points
• No video is available (only audio): 0 points.

Adapted from EVOLVE DIGITAL Speaking Assessments Teacher's Grading Guide © Cambridge University
Press & Assessment 2022