ENG 101: ENGLISH SPEAKING & LISTENING SKILLS MARKS: 20

FINAL SPEAKING EXAMINATION DURATION: 2-3 MINUTES/STUDENT

CRITERIA FOR GRADING SPEAKING PERFORMANCE

STUDENT
ID
STUDENT NAME Content
&
Relevance
(2 marks)
Creativity
(2 marks)
Complete-
-ness
(2 marks)
Coherence
(2 marks)
Overall
Communi-
-cativeness
(2 marks)
Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50


DESCRIPTION OF THE CRITERIA ACCORDING TO PROFICIENCY LEVELS
(This lists includes but is not limited to common characteristics of each level observed in our students
during the course)

CRITERIA
/
LEVEL

Content/
Relevance
Creativity Completeness Coherence Overall
Communicativeness
ELEMENTARY False starts;
limited content;
roundabout
expressions; etc.
use of
memorized
phrases and
keywords;
inability to
deal with
various forms
of sentences;
inability to
produce
unguided
speech; deals
with most
topics using
merit-
demerit
perspective;
etc.
Mostly
fragmented
speech; difficulty
in producing
complete ideas
with details;
need for
constant
prompts to
complete gaps in
content; etc.
Very low or no
organization
of speech;
inability to be
consistent
about word
order; almost
no use or
wrong use of
transition
words;
difficulty in
keeping track
of own ideas;
etc.
difficulty in
expressing
incomprehension;
hesitant and nervous
speech; very little or
no use of gestures
and tone variations;
inability to perform
under pressure;
silences and gaps in
speech; etc.
INTERMEDIATE Focused use of
simple
expressions;
simple
argumentation;
descriptions using
use of
common
phrases; deals
with most
topics using
merit-
Ability to return
to various places
in their
expressions and
add details;
require less
Limited ability
to use
common
transition
words;
organizes all
Ability to respond to
simple
commands/instructio
ns; confident but
simple speech; ability
to make their point if
complete
sentences; etc.
demerit
perspective;
low level
creativity in
handling
different
sentence
types; ability
to handle
simple
questions; low
level critical
thinking
ability; etc.
prompts; simple
summarizing
ability; etc.
speech in the
same manner;
inability to
handle large
chunks of
information;
etc.
allowed extra time;
etc.
ADVANCED Strong focus on
content;
persuasive use of
language; etc.
ability to
handle &
express
complex ideas
in different
ways; ability
to express
cause-effect
relationships
between
ideas; ability
to explain
produced
speech; ability
to express
opinions; use
of idiomatic
expressions;
use of various
linguistic and
discourse
tools; etc.
Can skillfully
introduce,
elaborate on and
conclude their
answer on the
topic; ability to
produce specific
details with
ease;; etc.
Speech is
organized in
her/his unique
style;
comprehensiv
e use of
transition
words; etc.
Fluent and easily
comprehensible
speech; ability to
clarify ideas; ability
to seek ways to
express something in
a different way; quick
response to queries;
etc.