Rubric for Task 1

TASK 1 RUBRIC: Presentation of task # 1

Intermediate Intensive English I. Term II- 2013

Student’s name: _______________________________________________________

Category	4	3	2	1
Task completion   and preparedness	Superior Completion of the task; content rich. The student is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed.	Completion of the task. Content appropriate. The student seems pretty prepared but might have needed a couple more rehearsals.	Partial Completion of the task; content somewhat adequate and mostly appropriate. The student is somewhat prepared, but it´s clear that rehearsal was lacking.	Minimal completion of the task, content undeveloped. The student does not seem at all prepared to present.
Clear speech	Speaks clearly and distinctly all the time and mispronounces no words. Speech may contain elements of a native accent.	Speaks clearly and distinctly all the time, but mispronounces very few words. Understood without difficulty by listener.	Speaks clearly and distinctly most (94-85%) of the time. Mispronounces some words. Usually understood by a listener.	Often mumbles or can not be understood or mispronounces a lot of words. Difficult to understand. Speech is so strongly influenced by first language.
Fluency	The speech demonstrates ease and comfort with the language and any pausing is natural.	The student completes nearly all thoughts but has some pauses. Speech flows naturally most of the time.	There are mostly complete thoughts with significant pauses as the student searches for words to complete the thoughts.	There is a lot of hesitation and stopping and sometimes the student does not complete thoughts or may leave a long period of silence during speech delivery.
Grammar	There are almost no grammatical mistakes in student’s speech.	There are a few grammatical mistakes in student’s speech.	There are some grammatical mistakes in student’s speech.	There are a lot of grammatical mistakes in student’s speech.