Grading Criteria 5 4 3 2 0 Content: Complete and sufficient Nearly complete and Connection to task and Minimal connection to No content; response not in Task completion and topic to tasks, thoroughly sufficient to tasks with topic, but noticeably task and topic, very target language; unrelated to development developed topic, rich in only minor omissions, lacking in topic limited development of task details nearly developed topic, development and details details adequate level of details Language Usage: Accurate to Highly attentive to Some control over Limited control over No response; response not attention Structural details, grammar, structural details, structural details with structures and range of structures, limited range in target language vocabulary grammatically precise only minor imprecisions vocabulary but lacking of vocabulary, direct for level, rich in which do not detract in attention to structural translation from native vocabulary and variety significantly from overall details as appropriate language, frequent use of of structures meaning, fairly broad for level, evidence of non-target language range of vocabulary and native-language elements variety of structures influence Fluency: Fluid expression of Nearly fluid expression Some noticeable lapses Consistent difficulties No response; response not Flow, organization, ideas, well-organized, with only minor lapses, in expression of ideas, with expression requiring in target language comprehensibility, comprehensible and/or fairly well organized, and/or problems with significant reader effort, comprehension evident comprehension errors do not organization and elements of non-target significantly detract from comprehensibility which language overall intended require reader effort meaning, evidence of comprehension Speaking Grading Criteria 5 4.5 or 4 3.5 or 3 2.5 or 2 0
Grading Criteria 5 4 3 2 0 Content: Task completion and topic development Complete and sufficient to tasks, thoroughly developed topic, rich in details Nearly complete and sufficient to tasks with only minor omissions, nearly developed topic, adequate level of details Connection to task and topic, but noticeably lacking in topic development and details Minimal connection to task and topic, very limited development of details No content; response not in target language; unrelated to task Language Usage: Structural details, grammar, vocabulary Highly attentive to structural details, grammatically precise for level, rich in vocabulary and variety of structures Accurate attention to structural details with only minor imprecisions which do not detract significantly from overall meaning, fairly broad range of vocabulary and variety of structures Some control over structures and range of vocabulary but lacking in attention to structural details as appropriate for level, evidence of native-language influence Limited control over structures, limited range of vocabulary, direct translation from native language, frequent use of non-target language elements No response; response not in target language Fluency: Flow, organization, comprehensibility, comprehension Fluid expression of ideas, well-organized, comprehensible and/or evident comprehension Nearly fluid expression with only minor lapses, fairly well organized, errors do not significantly detract from overall intended meaning, evidence of comprehension Some noticeable lapses in expression of ideas, and/or problems with organization and comprehensibility which require reader effort Consistent difficulties with expression requiring significant reader effort, elements of non-target language No response; response not in target language Speaking Grading Criteria 5 4.5 or 4 3.5 or 3 2.5 or 2 0
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