Final oral task rubric

English 0 – 1– 2 – 3
Below are a set of criteria you can use to grade your students during their speaking tests.
These criteria are general and can be customized for the levelof the students being tested.
Some criteria may not apply at very low levels.
Interactive
Task achievement Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation
communication
Speaks fluently, Frequently Has a wide Can be Keeps and
with no produces range of lower- understood develops the
hesitation. complex frequency with no effort interaction
Covers all aspects sentences, as vocabulary, from the naturally and
of the task fully. appropriate to appropriate to listener. spontaneously
level. level. Can produce all to get to the
Speaks at length communicative
with no prompting Very few or no No searching the sounds of
errors. for vocabulary the language goal with no
Excellent required. support.
effectively.
4 points Verb formation Uses synonyms
Makes natural use
is accurate. and Uses stress, Negotiates.
of linking and
paraphrase. intonation, and
signposting, as
Uses idiomatic linking skillfully, Responds
appropriate to
language as appropriate appropriately.
level.
naturally, as to level.
No repetition Uses natural
appropriate to
Proper use of level. speech.
webcam and audio
tools.
Speaks fluently, Sentence forms Little searching Can be easily Keeps and
with little show some for vocabulary. understood. develops the
hesitation. complexity. interaction quite
Can use some Accent causes
Gives a well- Can use synonyms and no difficulty for naturally and
spontaneously
developed response subordinate paraphrase. the listener.
to get to the
to task. clauses. Some use of Uses stress and communicative
Is willing to speak at Few errors idioms, as intonation to goal with very
Good length if prompted. Verb formation appropriate to clarify little support.
level. meaning.
3.5 points Uses linking is generally
regularly, as accurate. Often
appropriate to negotiates
level.
Often responds
Little repetition. appropriately.
Adequate use of
webcam and audio
tools.

Adapted from EVOLVE DIGITAL Speaking Assessments Teacher's Grading Guide © Cambridge University
Press & Assessment 2022
 Interactive
Task achievement Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation
communication
Some hesitation Produces basic Has the Can be Keeps and
but maintains flow sentence forms vocabulary understood, but develops the
of speech. accurately, but needed to mispronunciations interaction to get
rarely uses convey can cause to the
Answer fulfils basic
subordinate meaning. confusion for the communicative
requirements of
clauses. Only listener. goal with
question or task.
Occasional occasional prompting and
Satisfactory Some repetition
errors. searching for support.
3 points Occasional use of vocabulary.
Verb formation Sometimes
linking.
is sometimes negotiates.
inaccurate. Sometimes
Fair use of webcam
and audio tools. responds
appropriately.

Hesitates often or Produces only Produces only Speech is difficult Has considerable
at length. basic sentence isolated to understand. difficulty to keep
forms. words. and develop the
Does not achieve Mispronunciations
task. Makes Frequently cause difficulty for interaction.
frequent searches for the listener.
Produces little Fails to get to the
errors. words.
language. communicative
Produces verbs Shows a goal.
Communication
only in base limited range
Below level breaks down form. of
completely. Requires lots of
2 points vocabulary. prompting and
Poor use of support.
webcam and
audio tools. Does not
negotiate.
Responds with
very short
utterances.

• Absence: 0 points
• Use of Spanish: 0 points
• No video is available (only audio): 0 points.

Adapted from EVOLVE DIGITAL Speaking Assessments Teacher's Grading Guide © Cambridge University
Press & Assessment 2022