English Class Evaluation Guidelines
English Class Evaluation Guidelines
FLUENCY Speech is slow, hesitant Speech is frequently Smooth and fluid speech; Smooth and fluid speech;
and strained except for hesitant with some few hesitations; a slight few to no hesitations; no
short memorized phrases; sentences left search of words; inaudible attempts to search for
difficult to perceive uncompleted; volume word or two. words; volume is excellent.
continuity in speech; very soft.
inaudible.
VOCABULARY Weak language control; Weak language control; Good language control; Excellent control of language
vocabulary that is used do basic vocabulary choice good range of relatively features; a wide range of
not match the task. with some words well-chosen vocabulary. well-chosen vocabulary.
clearly lacking.
GRAMMAR Frequent grammatical Frequent grammatical Some errors in Accuracy and variety of
errors even in simple errors even in simple grammatical structures grammatical structures.
structures; meaning is structures that at times possibly caused by
obscured. obscure meaning. attempt to include a
variety.
DETAILS Description is so lacking Description lacks some Good level of description; Excellent level of
that the listener cannot critical details that all required information is description; additional
understand. make it difficult for the included. details beyond the required.
listener to understand.
STUCTURE AND Writer makes 8 or Writer makes from Writer makes from Writer makes from Writer makes from
PUNCTUATION more errors in 6 to 7 errors in 4 to 5 errors in 2 to 3 errors in 0 to 1 errors in
grammar and grammar and grammar and grammar and grammar and
punctuation punctuation punctuation punctuation punctuation
VOCABULARY Writer uses some Writer uses a few Writer uses enough Writer uses a lot of Writer uses a wide
AND SPELLING isolated words that vocabulary to have vocabulary to vocabulary and range of vocabulary
make no sense, and a general idea of complete the task makes from 0 to 2 for detailed
makes 7 or more the text, and makes and makes from 3 errors in spelling information and
errors in spelling from 5 to 6 errors in to 4 errors in makes no errors in
spelling spelling spelling
COHESION AND Text is difficult to A few parts of the Text sometimes is Text is most of the Text is easy to
COHERENCE follow. Ideas are text are difficult to easy to follow. times easy to follow.
unclear and follow. A few ideas Ideas are follow. Ideas are
disorganized are unclear and sometimes clear generally clear and Ideas are clear and
disorganized and organized organized organized
TASK Writer does not Writer follows a few Writer follows some Writer follows Writer follows all
ACHIEVEMENT follow instructions of the instructions of the instructions almost all the the instructions
given given instructions given given