World English

B01 - B12

SPEAKING CRITERIA

COMPREHENSION

SCORE

LEVEL
9 10

FLUENCY

16
9 10

GRAMMAR

16
9 10

8
7

VOCABULARY

16
9 10
8
7
16

PRONUNCIATION

9 10

7
16

Total

CRITERIA
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD:
GOOD Understands fairly well with some support,
and at slower speed and with some repetition. Answers are mostly
relevant and prompt. Most utterances are expanded. Very few repair
strategies are used.
GOOD:
GOOD Has some trouble understanding so adjustments in speed and
vocabulary might be necessary as well as some repetition. Contributions
are may sometimes be irrelevant. Some attempts to use repair strategies.
AVERAGE:
AVERAGE: Understands only very general conversational subjects at slow
speed with frequent repetition.
NEEDS REINFOR
REINFORCEMENT:
ORCEMENT: Cannot be said to understand even simple
conversational English.
EXCELLENTEXCELLENT-VERY GOOD:
GOOD Contributions are usually coherent and of an
appropriate length. Speaks with some pauses and hesitation which may
demand some patience of the listener. Willing to initiate as well as
respond in most of the test.
GOOD:
GOOD Ideas may be choppy, and long hesitations and pauses may be
frequent to have time to think, but interaction is not broken down.
Sometimes not able to neither initiate nor keep to the norms of turntaking in parts of the test.
AVERAGE:
AVERAGE: Interaction is not sustained due to the lack of initiation and
response. Contributions are incoherent and minimal. Long, intrusive
hesitations contribute to the breakdown of the interaction.
NEEDS REINFOR
REINFORCEMENT:
ORCEMENT: Insufficient sample of spoken language.
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD:
GOOD: There might be a few inaccuracies in
grammar in more complex structures, but these do not obscure the
message. Kind of sophisticated grammatical forms are used.
GOOD: There may be frequent errors in grammar and word order, but
message is generally conveyed. Basic grammatical forms are used.
AVERAGE:
AVERAGE: Errors of grammar and word order make comprehension quite
difficult.
NEEDS REINFOR
REINFORCEMENT:
ORCEMENT: Gross inadequacies in the use of linguistic
resources mean message is destroyed.
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: Vocabulary is sufficiently effective, but there
may be occasional errors which do not,
not however, obscure meaning.
GOOD:
GOOD Vocabulary is sometimes inaccurate and/or insufficient, so
meaning is sometimes obscured.
AVERAGE:
AVERAGE: Misuse of words and very limited vocabulary make
comprehension quite difficult.
NEEDS REINFOR
REINFORCEMENT:
ORCEMENT: Vocabulary is inadequate for even the simplest
conversation.
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: Stress, rhythm, intonation and individual
sounds are usually
usually appropriate to convey the message. Interference with
L1 is noticeable, but meaning is not obscured.
GOOD:
GOOD Speech is sometimes difficult to understand, causing strain on the
listener because of inaccuracies in the pronunciation of individual sounds
and in word stress.
AVERAGE:
AVERAGE: Speech is often unintelligible because of gross inaccuracies in
the pronunciation of individual sounds and in word stress. Frequent
repetitions are required.
NEEDS REINFOR
REINFORCEMENT:
ORCEMENT: Gross interference with L1 or insufficient
sample of spoken language.

50 points

B01 B12