Speaking Scoring Rubric From Brown and Harris: Scores Fluency Pronunciation Grammar Comprehension [PDF]

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Speaking Scoring Rubric from Brown and Harris



Scores Fluency 1 (No Specific fluency description. Refer to other to four language areas for implied level of fluency).



2



3



4



5



Pronunciation Errors in pronunciation are frequent, but can be understood by a native speaker, used to dealing with for engineers attempting to speak his language.



Grammar Errors in grammar are frequent, but speaker can be understood by a native speaker used to dealing with foreigners attempting to speak his language.



Can handle with confidence but not with facility most social situations, including introductions and casual conversations about current events, as well as work, family, and autobiographical information. Can discuss particular interests of competence with reasonable ease. Rarely has to grop for words.



Accent is intelligible though often faulty.



Can usually handle elementary constructions quite accurately but does not have thorough or confidents control of grammar.



Errors never interfere with understanding and rarely disturb the native speaker. Accent may be obviously foreign.



Comprehension is quite complete at a normal rate of speech.



Able to use language fluently on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs. Can participate in any conversation within the range of this experience with a high degree of fluency. Has complete fluency nin the language such that his speech is fully accepted by



Errors in pronunciation are quite rare.



Control of grammar is good. Able to speak the language with sufficient structural accuracy to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical, social, and professional topics. Able to use the language accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs. Errors in grammar are quite rare. Equivalent to that of an educated native speaker.



Equivalent to that of an educated native speaker.



Equivalent to and fully accepted by educated native speakers.



Comprehension Within the scope of his very limited language experience, can understand simple question and statements if delivered with slowed speech, repetition, or paraphrase. Can get the gist of most conversations of non-technical subjects (i.e., topics that require no specialized knowledge).



Can understand any conversation within the range of his experience.



educated native speakers.



Writing Scoring Rubric from Brown



Aspects



Scores 4 3



Content (C) 30 % -topic -detail



2



Performances The topic is complete and clear and the details are relating to the topic the topic is complete and clear but the details are almost relating to the topic the topic is complete and



1 4



Organization (O) 20 % -identification -description



3



2



1



4 Grammar (G) 20 %



3 2 1 4



Vocabulary (V) 15 %



3 2 1 4



Mechanics (M) 15 % -Spelling -Punctuation -Capitalization



3 2 1



clear but the details are not relating to the topic the topic is not clear and the details are not relating to the topic Identification is complete and descriptions are arranged with proper connectives Identification is almost complete and descriptions are arranged with almost proper connectives Identification is not complete and descriptions are arranged with few misuse of connective Identification is not complete and descriptions are arranged with misuse of connectives Very few grammatical or agreement inaccuracies Few grammatical or agreement inaccuracies but not effect on meaning Numerous grammatical or agreement inaccuracies Frequent grammatical or agreement inaccuracies Effective choice of words and word forms Few grammatical or agreement inaccuracies but not effect on meaning Limited range confusing words and word forms Very poor knowledge or words, word forms, and not understandable It uses correct spelling, punctuation and capitalization It has occasional errors of spelling, punctuation and capitalization It has frequent errors of spelling, punctuation and capitalization It is dominated by errors spelling, punctuation and capitalization