SPEECH JUDGING RUBRIC

EMCD 2023

Linguistic Excellent Average Below Average Students Score

Competences
(25 points)

Grammatical 5 3 1
Accuracy
(5 points) Makes some Makes Makes
grammatical grammatical grammatical
errors. Errors errors regularly. errors often,
seldom inhibit Errors often Errors inhibit
communication. inhibit communication
communication. greatly.

Vocabulary 5 3 1
(5 points)
Uses a wide Uses a range of Uses a limited
range of vocabulary with range of
vocabulary with a few vocabulary and
a high level of inaccuracies. has noticeable
accuracy. inaccuracies in
vocabulary use.

Pronunciation 5 3 1
(5 points)
Make few or no Make some Makes many
errors. pronunciation errors. Errors
errors, but errors inhibit the
don’t inhibit the understanding of
understanding of meaning.
meaning.

Fluency 5 3 1
(5 points)
Few unnatural Some unnatural Pauses are
pauses. Pauses pauses. Pauses frequent,
do not inhibit generally do not lengthy, and
flow of speech. inhibit flow of unnatural.
speech.

Voice Quality 5 3 1
(5 points)
Voice can be Voice is a little Voice can’t be
 heard clearly, bit unclear but heard at all.
not too loud nor does not affect
too quiet. the performance.

Textual Excellent Average Below Average Students Score

Competences
(25 points)

Quality of ideas 5 3 1
(5 points)
The ideas are The ideas are The ideas are not
relevant to the ambiguous from relevant to the
topic of the the topic of the topic.
speech. speech.

Organization 5 3 1
(coherence &
Cohesion) Produce clear, Some parts of Parts of the
(5 points) smoothly performance are performance are
flowing, well- not well- totally not well-
structured structured and structured and do
speech and show have few not show
controlled use of controlled use of controlled use of
organization organization organization
patterns. patterns. patterns.

Style & Register 5 3 1

(5 points)
Shows control Shows confusion Shows no
shifts of formal of controlling control shifts of
and informal shifts of formal formal and
register. and informal informal register.
register.

Politeness 5 3 1
(5 points)
Can mediate Shows Can not meditate
effectively and overwhelmed effectively and
take account of when mediating take account of
sociocultural and accounting sociocultural
differences. sociocultural differences.
differences.
Tone of Voice 5 3 1
(5 points)
Use a wide range Lack of a wide Use limited
of idiomatic range of range of
expressions and idiomatic idiomatic
appropriate expressions and expressions and
emotional appropriate appropriate
expressions. emotional emotional
expressions expressions

Pragmatic Excellent Average Below average Student Score

Competence
(5 points)

Academic 5 3 1
Conventions
Contestants Less appropriate Not appropriate
(5 points) deliver a speech and accurate use and accurate use
with appropriate of reference to of reference to
and accurate use sources. sources.
of reference to
sources.