Pronunciation

Fluency Vocabulary Grammar Details

and accent

Smooth and fluid speech;

Excellent control of Excellent level of
few to no hesitations; no Accuracy & variety of

5 attempts to search for

words; volume is
Pronunciation is excellent;
good effort at accent
language features; a
wide range of well-
chosen vocabulary
grammatical
structures
description; additional
details beyond the
required
excellent.

Some errors in
Smooth and fluid speech;
Good language control; grammatical Good level of

4 few hesitations; a slight

search for words;
inaudible word or two.
Pronunciation is good;
good effort at accent
good range of relatively structures possibly description; all required
well-chosen vocabulary caused by attempt to information included
include a variety.

Speech is relatively
Frequent grammatical
smooth; some hesitation
Pronunciation is good; Adequate language errors that do not Adequate description;
3 and unevenness caused
by rephrasing and
searching for words;
Some effort at accent, but
is definitely non-native
control; vocabulary
range is lacking
obscure meaning;
little variety in
some additional details
should be provided
structures
volume wavers.

Speech is frequently Frequent grammatical

Weak language control; Description lacks some
hesitant with some Pronunciation is okay; No errors even in simple

2 sentences left
uncompleted; volume very
effort towards a native
accent
basic vocabulary choice
with some words clearly
lacking
structures that at
times obscure
critical details that make
it difficult for the listener
to understand
soft. meaning.

Speech is slow, hesitant &

strained except for short Pronunciation is lacking Frequent grammatical
Weak language control; Description is so lacking
1 memorized phrases;
difficult to perceive
continuity in speech;
and hard to understand;
No effort towards a native
accent
vocabulary that is used
does not match the task
errors even in simple
structures; meaning is
obscured.
that the listener cannot
understand
inaudible.