Fairfax County Public Schools - PALS: Performance Assessment for Language Students

Level 1 Speaking Tasks - Analytic Rubric

 

Important! To grade the student's performance, please see Scoring the Level 1 Speaking Task.

 

For a more detailed explanation of how to determine a student's points, go to Explanation of Level 1 Speaking Rubric or click below on the title of the rubric domain.

 

Task Completion 1 -- Minimal completion of the task and/or responses frequently inappropriate 2 -- Partial completion of the task, responses mostly appropriate yet undeveloped 3 -- Completion of the task, responses appropriate and adequately developed 4 -- Superior completion of the task, responses appropriate and with elaboration Comprehensibility 1 -- Responses barely comprehensible 2 -- Responses mostly comprehensible, requiring interpretation on the part of the listener 3 -- Responses comprehensible, requiring minimal interpretation on the part of the listener 4 -- Responses readily comprehensible, requiring no interpretation on the part of the listener  Fluency 1 -- Speech halting and uneven with long pauses and/or incomplete thoughts 2 -- Speech choppy and/or slow with frequent pauses, few or no incomplete thoughts 3 -- Some hesitation but manages to continue and complete thoughts 4 -- Speech continuous with few pauses or stumbling  Pronunciation 1 -- Frequently interferes with communication 2 -- Occasionally interferes with communication 3 -- Does not interfere with communication 4 -- Enhances communication Vocabulary 1 -- Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of vocabulary 2 -- Somewhat inadequate and/or inaccurate use of vocabulary 3 -- Adequate and accurate use of vocabulary 4 -- Rich use of vocabulary Grammar 1 -- Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of basic language structures 2 -- Emerging use of basic language structures 3 -- Emerging control of basic language structures 4 -- Control of basic language structures

Important! To grade the student's performance, please see Scoring the Level 1 Speaking Task. 

 

 

Last update: September 1999

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