Fluency
Pronunciation
and accent
5
Smooth and fluid speech;
few to no hesitations; no
Pronunciation is excellent;
attempts to search for
good effort at accent
words; volume is
excellent.
4
Smooth and fluid speech;
few hesitations; a slight
search for words;
inaudible word or two.
3
Speech is relatively
smooth; some hesitation
Pronunciation is good;
and unevenness caused
Some effort at accent, but
by rephrasing and
is definitely non-native
searching for words;
volume wavers.
Pronunciation is good;
good effort at accent
Vocabulary
Grammar
Details
Excellent control of
language features; a
wide range of wellchosen vocabulary
Accuracy & variety of
grammatical
structures
Excellent level of
description; additional
details beyond the
required
Some errors in
grammatical
Good level of
Good language control;
good range of relatively structures possibly description; all required
information included
well-chosen vocabulary caused by attempt to
include a variety.
Adequate language
control; vocabulary
range is lacking
Frequent grammatical
errors that do not
Adequate description;
obscure meaning;
some additional details
little variety in
should be provided
structures
2
Speech is frequently
Frequent grammatical
Weak language control;
Description lacks some
hesitant with some
Pronunciation is okay; No
errors even in simple
basic vocabulary choice
critical details that make
sentences left
effort towards a native
structures that at
with some words clearly
it difficult for the listener
accent
uncompleted; volume very
times obscure
lacking
to understand
soft.
meaning.
1
Speech is slow, hesitant &
strained except for short
Pronunciation is lacking
Frequent grammatical
Description is so lacking
Weak language control;
errors even in simple
memorized phrases;
and hard to understand;
that the listener cannot
vocabulary that is used
difficult to perceive
No effort towards a native
structures; meaning is
understand
does not match the task
obscured.
continuity in speech;
accent
inaudible.