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Central Bucks World   Language Rubric for Speaking Assessments

Exemplary Response

8

Very Good Response

7

Acceptable   Response

6

Limited Response

5-4-3-2-1-0

Task Completion

(How well do you complete the task/how well do you interact?)

Exceeds task expectations.

Elaborates on all ideas.

*Initiates, maintains, and closes a conversation with confidence and   fluency.

*Reacts appropriately to situation and partner all of the time.

Completes task and slightly exceeds expectations.

Elaborates on most ideas.

*Initiates, maintains, and closes a conversation with some confidence   and/or fluency.

*Reacts appropriately to situation and partner most of the time.

Completes task.

Does not elaborate on ideas.

*Initiates, maintains and closes a conversation.

*Reacts appropriately to situation and partner some of the time.

Attempts or does not complete task.

Misses critical information.

*Memorizes conversation.

*Can barely maintain conversation.

*Reacts inappropriately to situation and partner.

Proficiency & Fluency

(How well do you deliver your message?)

Conveys message easily with few or no errors.

Uses pronunciation understood by native speakers.

Uses consistent and proper inflection.

Conveys message with minor errors that do not interfere with meaning.

Uses pronunciation understood by most native speakers.

Uses proper inflection.

Conveys message with errors and slight pauses that interfere with   meaning.

Uses pronunciation by sympathetic native speakers.

Uses some inflection.

Conveys message with errors and long pauses that interfere with   meaning.

Uses pronunciation that interferes with communication.

Uses no inflection.

Vocabulary/Content

(How extensive and applicable is your vocabulary?)

Uses accurate, rigorous vocabulary.

Uses appropriate transitional words and idioms.

Uses circumlocution to describe unknown words.

Uses accurate and some rigorous vocabulary.

Uses some transitional words and idioms.

May attempt circumlocution to describe unknown words.

Uses adequate vocabulary.

Uses few or no transitional words or idioms.

Does not use circumlocution to describe unknown words.

Uses repetitious and narrow range of vocabulary.

Uses inappropriate vocabulary frequently.

Does not attempt circumlocution.

Grammar/Accuracy

(How accurate is your language?)

Uses a variety of complex structures accurately (moods, tenses, idioms, clauses, etc).

Self corrects.

Organizes thoughts or ideas logically and consistently.

Uses some complex structures accurately (moods, tenses, idioms,   clauses, etc).

Self corrects most of the time.

Organizes most thoughts or ideas logically.

Uses few or no complex structures

(moods, tense, idioms, clauses, etc).

Self corrects occasionally.

Organizes some thoughts or ideas logically.

Uses simple sentences.

Does not self- correct.

Makes little attempt to organize thoughts or ideas.

Risk-Taking

(How comfortable are you taking risks with the language?)

Exceptional evidence of risk-taking, creativity, originality, effort   and detail.

*Student is able to advance conversations and adapts when unknown   situations arise

*Student creates questions for clarification

Evidence of risk-taking, creativity, originality, effort and detail.

*Student may be able to advance the conversation but does not do it   consistently

*Does not create questions for clarification

Little evidence of risk-taking, creativity, originality, effort and   detail.

*Student is only able to answer questions and respond in a   predictable conversation

*Student can only ask prepared questions

Minimal attempt or no evidence of risk-taking, creativity,   originality, effort and detail.

*Student does not respond to questions

*Student does not create questions