Foreign Language Department:<br />Rubric for Oral Presentational Communication

Oral Presentational Communication

9-10    Demonstrates excellent competence in oral expression

• Excellent completion of task at level of instruction
• Extensive and mostly accurate use of structures appropriate to level
• Rich variety of vocabulary and/or idioms, as appropriate
• Errors are minimal and do not interfere with communication; communicates with little or no hesitation; pronunciation is near-native

8-9    Demonstrates good to very good competence in oral expression

• Good to very good completion of task at level of instruction
• Frequent and mostly accurate use of structure appropriate to level
• Good to very good variety of vocabulary and/or idioms as appropriate
• Errors rarely interfere with communication; communicates with minimal hesitation, pronunciation is comprehensible

7-8    Demonstrates fair to good competence in oral expression

• Partial to good completion of task at level of instruction
• Somewhat accurate use of appropriate/required structures
• Basic to limited variety of vocabulary and/or idioms as appropriate
• Errors occasionally interfere with communication; communicates with some hesitation; pronunciation is mostly comprehensible

6-7    Demonstrates minimal competence in oral expression

• Partial completion of task
• Minimal or no use of accurate/required structures
• Limited vocabulary and/or idioms; reliance on cognates
• Errors interfere with communication; communicates with frequent hesitation; pronunciation is barely comprehensible

0-5.5    Demonstrates lack of competence in oral expression

• Little to no completion of task
• Little to no evidence of appropriate use of structures
• Little to no evidence of appropriate use of vocabulary and/or idioms
• Response is incomprehensible