Oral Evaluation Criteria

Excellent

Good

Average Poor
Content/Ideas · Communicates ideas clearly
· Relevant to topic
· Able to respond
· Not always relevant to topic
· Not always easy to follow ideas · Unable to respond
Vocabulary (word choice) · Variety of expressions
· Use of idioms
· Variety of expressions with occasional errors · Use of basic expressions
· Limited use of English
· Lacks basic words
· Frequent use of English
Grammar (sentence structure, verb conjugations, agreement, articles, pronouns, prepositions) · Use of complex structures with few errors
· Correct use of simple structures
· Use of complex structures with occasional errors
· Use of simple structures with few errors
· Use of simple structures with occasional errors · Incorrect use of simple structures
Fluency · Natural Speech · Some hesitation
· Can rephrase and continue
· Frequent hesitation
· Sentences left incomplete
· Utters isolated words
Pronunciation (intonation, rhythm) · Native-like · Foreign accent but comprehensible to a native speaker · Comprehensible to a native speaker used to dealing with foreigners · Incomprehensible to a native speaker used to dealing with foreigners