COMPETENCES ASSESSMENT

Suggested Rubrics for Evaluation

Written Comprehension
Excellent Good Acceptable Unsuitable
The student has some
The student fully The student generally The student doesn’t
difficulty grasping the
Global meaning grasps the global grasps the global grasp the global
global meaning of the
meaning of the text. meaning of the text. meaning of the text.
text.
The student fully The student identifies The student identifies The student doesn’t
Main ideas identifies the main most of the main only some of the main identify any of the
ideas. ideas. ideas. main ideas.
The student identifies The student identifies The student identifies The student doesn’t
Details
all the details. most of the details. only some details. identify details.
The student fully The student mostly The student partially The student doesn’t
understands the understands the understands the understand the
Text structure and
structure and structure and structure and structure and
characteristics
characteristics of the characteristics of the characteristics of the characteristics of the
text. text. text. text.
The student
The student The student The student doesn’t
understands only
Language understands all the understands most of understand most of the
some of the language
language used. the language used. language used.
used.

Written Production
Excellent Good Acceptable Unsuitable
The student generally
The student only The student mostly The student partially
doesn’t present content
Relevancy presents content that is presents content that is presents content that is
that is relevant to the
relevant to the task. relevant to the task. relevant to the task.
task.
The student follows The student follows The student doesn’t
The student follows
most of the only some of the follow the main
Genre all the conventions of
conventions of the conventions of the conventions of the
the specific text type.
specific text type. specific text type. specific text type.
The student mostly The student organises The student doesn’t
The student organises
Organisation organises the text parts of the text organise the text
the text logically.
logically. logically. logically.
The student writes a The student writes a The student writes a
The student writes a
text that is mostly text that is somewhat text that is not
Cohesion text that is connected
connected and connected and connected and
and cohesive.
cohesive. cohesive. cohesive.
The student chooses The student chooses The student chooses The student doesn’t
vocabulary that is vocabulary that is vocabulary that is choose vocabulary
Vocabulary
appropriate and mostly appropriate partially appropriate that is appropriate
varied. and varied. and varied. and varied.
The student makes The student makes
The student uses The student mostly
Grammar and several errors in many errors in
correct grammar and uses correct grammar
spelling grammar and grammar and
spelling. and spelling.
spelling. spelling.
The student
The student mostly The student doesn’t
The student uses sometimes doesn’t
Punctuation uses correct use correct
correct punctuation. use correct
punctuation. punctuation.
punctuation.

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 Oral Comprehension
Excellent Good Acceptable Unsuitable
The student clearly The student generally The student doesn’t The student doesn’t
understands the topic understands the topic fully understand the understand the topic
General sense
and context of the and context of the topic and context of and context of the
recording. recording. the recording. recording.
The student
The student The student The student doesn’t
understands only
Essential information understands the main understands most of understand the main
some of the main
points. the main points. points.
points.
The student The student The student The student doesn’t
Details understands the understands most of understands some of understand the
details. the details. the details. details.
The student identifies
The student identifies The student identifies The student doesn’t
Opinions and only some of the
the opinions and most of the opinions identify the opinions
attitudes opinions and
attitudes. and attitudes. and attitudes.
attitudes.
The student mostly The student makes The student doesn’t
The student makes
Inference of meaning makes correct few correct make correct
correct inferences.
inferences. inferences. inferences.

Oral Production
Excellent Good Acceptable Unsuitable
The student mostly The student produces The student mostly
The student produces
produces solid some solid does not produce solid
Clarity solid comprehensible
comprehensible comprehensible comprehensible
interactions.
interactions. interactions. interactions.
The student doesn’t
The student conveys The student mostly The student conveys
convey much
appropriate conveys appropriate some appropriate
Relevancy appropriate
information and information and information and
information or
ideas. ideas. ideas.
sufficient ideas.
The student interacts
The student interacts The student mostly The student doesn’t
confidently part of
Flow confidently without interacts confidently interact confidently
the time with several
many pauses. without many pauses. and often pauses.
pauses.
The student mostly The student responds
The student responds The student doesn’t
responds appropriately and
Interaction appropriately and respond appropriately
appropriately and listens to others part
listens to others. or listen to others.
listens to others. of the time.
The student doesn’t
The student uses The student mostly The student uses
use much appropriate
Vocabulary appropriate and uses appropriate and some appropriate and
and varied
varied vocabulary. varied vocabulary. varied vocabulary.
vocabulary.
The student mostly The student uses The student doesn’t
The student uses
uses correct some correct use correct
Grammar correct grammatical
grammatical grammatical grammatical
structures.
structures. structures. structures.
The student uses The student mostly The student uses The student doesn’t
Pronunciation and accurate uses accurate some accurate use accurate
intonation pronunciation and pronunciation and pronunciation and pronunciation and
intonation. intonation. intonation. intonation.
The student makes The student doesn’t
The student makes The student mostly
eye contact and uses make much eye
eye contact and uses makes eye contact
appropriate facial contact and doesn’t
Body language appropriate facial and uses appropriate
expressions and use appropriate facial
expressions and facial expressions and
gestures part of the expressions and
gestures. gestures.
time. gestures.
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 Oral Mediation
Excellent Good Acceptable Unsuitable

The information is Some of the The information

The information is clear to follow but information selected selected is not
clear and easy to sometimes it is not is not relevant, lacks relevant, not clear,
Clarity
follow. The main easy to understand coherence and may not easy to follow
points are clear. what the main points include and includes
are. contradictions. contradictions.

The student doesn’t

The student has
The student has The student conveys convey much
summarised and
summarised the main some appropriate appropriate
paraphrased the main
Relevancy and ideas but has not information by information or has
ideas without copying
processing paraphrased them. No summarising the copied it from the
literally. No
information has been main ideas, but not text. Extra
information has been
added. all. information may have
added.
been added.
The student speaks
The student speaks The student mostly The student doesn’t
confidently part of
confidently without speaks confidently speak confidently and
Flow the time with several
many pauses. The without many pauses. often pauses. The
pauses. The speech is
speech is fluent. The speech is fluent. speech is not fluent.
not always fluent.
The student uses The student uses The student doesn’t
The student mostly
a wide rage of appropriate use varied vocabulary
Vocabulary uses appropriate and
appropriate vocabulary but it is or is not able to
varied vocabulary.
vocabulary. not varied. paraphrase.
The student uses
The student uses The student uses The student uses
a wide range of
a wide range of basic but correct basic grammatical
Grammar grammatical
correct grammatical grammatical structures but not
structures but not
structures. structures. always correctly.
always correctly.
The student uses
The student uses The student mostly The student doesn’t
understandable
Pronunciation and understandable uses understandable use understandable
pronunciation and
intonation pronunciation and pronunciation and pronunciation and
intonation with a
intonation. intonation. intonation.
strong foreign accent.

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 Written Mediation
Excellent Good Acceptable Unsuitable
The information is The information The information
The information is
clear to follow but selected is not selected is not
clear and easy to
sometimes it is not relevant, lacks relevant, not clear,
Clarity follow. The main
easy to understand coherence and may not easy to follow
points are
what the main points include and includes
emphasised.
are. contradictions. contradictions.

The student doesn’t

The student has
The student has The student conveys convey much
summarised and
summarised the main some appropriate appropriate
paraphrased the main
Relevancy and ideas but has not information by information or has
ideas without copying
processing paraphrased them. No summarising the copied it from the
literally. No
information has been main ideas, but not text. Extra
information has been
added. all. information may have
added.
been added.
The text does not
The text follows the The text follows the The text follows the
follow the
conventions of the conventions of the conventions of the
conventions of the
Genre and specific text type, specific text type, but specific text type to a
specific text type, or
organisation addressing it it is not addressed certain extent but the
it is not addressed
appropriately to the appropriately to the degree of formality is
appropriately to the
specific audience. specific audience. not correct.
specific audience.
The written text is
The written text is The written text is
logically organised, The written text is not
logically organised, organised, connected
connected and logically organised.
connected and and cohesive. The
cohesive. The text is Some parts are not
cohesive. The text is text is organised in
organised in coherent. Paragraphs
Cohesion and organised in paragraphs but they
paragraphs, which seem to have no
organisation paragraphs, which do not have key
mostly have a key connection. Some
have a key sentence. sentences. A few
sentence. Basic basic connectors and
A wide range of basic connectors and
connectors and linkers are used but
connectors and linkers are correctly
linkers are correctly not all correctly.
linkers is used. used.
used.
The student uses
appropriate The student doesn’t
The student uses
The student mostly vocabulary but it is use varied vocabulary
a wide rage of
uses appropriate and not varied. There are or is not able to
Vocabulary appropriate
varied vocabulary. some spelling paraphrase. There are
vocabulary. Spelling
Spelling is correct. mistakes but they do many spelling
is correct.
not impede mistakes.
comprehension.

The student uses

The student uses The student uses The student uses
a wide range of
a wide range of basic but correct basic grammatical
Grammar grammatical
correct grammatical grammatical structures but not
structures but not
structures. structures. always correctly.
always correctly.

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 COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Suggested Rubrics for Assessment
Each team member may be assessed individually according to the following assessment items:
1. Project involvement (20%)
2. Attitude in class (20%)
3. Performance during presentation of project (60%)
You may want to use the following rubrics to assess your students.

RUBRIC FOR CLASS ASSESSMENT BASED ON TEACHER'S OBSERVATION

Excellent Good Acceptable Unsuitable
Project Always brings the Almost always brings Almost always brings Often forgets to bring
involvement material needed and is the material needed the material needed the material needed or
always willing to work and is almost always but sometimes it is is not willing to work.
and get involved in the ready to work and get either incomplete or
project. involved in the project. inadequate.

Attitude in Never criticises the Rarely criticises the Occasionally criticises Often criticises the
class project or other group project or other group the project or other project or other group
members’ work. members’ work. group members’ work. members’ work.
Always has a positive Often has a positive Sometimes has a Often has a negative
attitude towards work attitude towards work negative attitude attitude towards work
and encourages team and often encourages towards work and does and rarely encourages
members to work team members to work not always encourage team members to work
together. together. team members to work together.
together.

RUBRIC FOR ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT’S PERFORMANCE DURING PROJECT PRESENTATION

Excellent Good Acceptable Unsuitable
Speaks clearly Speaks clearly all Speaks clearly Some parts of It is difficult to
the time, with good almost all the time, the presentation understand the
pronunciation and but sometimes the are unclear and student’s presentation
intonation. pronunciation and makes some and the pronunciation
the intonation are not mistakes involving and intonation are very
good. pronunciation and poor.
intonation.

Content Shows an outstanding Shows a good Shows only an Shows no command

command of the topic command of the acceptable command of the topic with no
based on excellent topic based on good of the topic based on research.
research. research. basic research.

Enthusiasm Looks relaxed and Looks for eye contact Sometimes looks for Looks very nervous
confident and looks with the audience. eye contact with the and does not look at
for eye contact with Often uses body audience but doesn’t the audience during
the audience. Uses language and facial look confident. the presentation. Does
body language and expressions to generate Sometimes uses body not use body language
facial expressions to interest and hold language and facial or facial expressions.
generate interest and the attention of the expressions but often Fails to generate
hold the attention of audience. fails to generate any interest in the
the audience. interest and hold audience.
the attention of the
audience.

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