Speaking Rubric

Profile

Score

Range

Criteria

Organization /

Content

3

2-3

1-2

0- 1

Presentation is coherent and well organized (beginning, middle, and end) allowing audience to follow the content easily.  Student demonstrates understanding of the material without it sounding memorized.

Presentation shows little coherence and organization; rambles or may seem like a list of facts, causing audience to have difficulty following the content. Student demonstrates fragmented understanding which reflects partial memorization.

Presentation shows little organization, unclear purpose, unclear transitions, abrupt ending. Audience cannot understand the content because there is no sequence of information. Student demonstrates no understanding of the material, which sounds completely memorized.

Fluency

3

2-3

1-2

0-1

Presentation is comfortably delivered with no break in flow. Sentences are not choppy.

Hesitations break the flow at times; some sentences are complete, whereas others are short and incomplete.

Choppy because of frequent pauses in speech, most sentences are fragmented and disconnected.

Grammar

3

2-3

1-2

0-1

Few to no grammatical errors in communication, which aids listeners’ comprehension.

Various grammatical errors begin to impede the listener’s comprehension.

High frequency of errors distracts from listener’s comprehension.

Pronunciation

3

2-3

1-2

0- 1

Pronunciation is clear, few to no errors.

A few errors, but still understandable.

High frequency of poorly pronounced words.

Performance

3

2-3

1-2

0- 1

Lively presentation with appropriate changes in voice inflection, speaker is easy to hear. Student maintains eye contact with audience, seldom returning to notes.

Little enthusiasm, some changes in voice inflection, speaker is moderately easy to hear. Student maintains eye contact most of the time but frequently returns to notes.

No enthusiasm at all, monotone presentation, speaker may be quite difficult to hear. Student reads all the notes with occasional eye contact.

Profile

Score

Range

Criteria

Comprehensibility

3

2-3

1-2

0- 1

Dialogue is comprehensible, easy for listeners to understand and interpret. Students respond well to one another.

Dialogue is choppy with parts that seem disconnected and are difficult to follow. Difficulty for listeners to respond well due to lack of clarity.

Questions and responses barely comprehensible as evidenced by:

• Lack of clarity
• Listeners struggling to comprehend speakers

Fluency

3

2-3

1-2

0- 1

Dialogue is comfortably memorized with no break in flow. Sentences are not choppy.

Hesitations break the flow at times, some sentences are complete, whereas others are short and incomplete.

Choppy because of frequent pauses in speech, most sentences are fragmented and disconnected.

Grammar

3

2-3

1-2

0- 1

Few to no grammatical errors in communication, which aids listeners’ comprehension of the dialogue.

Various grammatical errors begin to impede the listener’s ability to understand the dialogue.

High frequency of errors distracts from listener’s comprehension of dialogue.

Pronunciation

3

2-3

1-2

0- 1

Pronunciation is clear, few to no errors.

A few errors, but still understandable.

High frequency of poorly pronounced words.

Performance

3

2-3

1-2

0- 1

Lively production with appropriate changes in voice inflection, speaker is easy to hear, seldom using notes; creative touches added to realism of the dialogue.

Little enthusiasm, some changes in voice inflection, speaker is moderately easy to hear, frequently returning to notes.

No enthusiasm at all, monotone presentation, speaker may be quite difficult to hear, reads from notes