CRITERIA FOR MARKING SPEAKING

 

 

Give a mark out of 6 for each criterion (development and fluency, grammar and vocabulary), and then calculate a mean to give an overall total out of 6.

 

Mark /		Development and Fluency	Grammar and Vocabulary
Criterion
	• Shows sustained ability to maintain a conversation and to make relevant		• Produces error-free simple sentences.
		contributions at some length.	• Attempts some complex grammatical forms, but may make errors,
6	•	Produces extended stretches of language despite some hesitation.	which rarely cause comprehension problems.
	• Can respond to a change in direction of the conversation.		• Uses a range of appropriate vocabulary to give and exchange views on
	•	Pronunciation is intelligible.	a growing range of general and curricular topics.
	•	Intonation is appropriate.
	• Responds relevantly and at length which makes frequent prompting		• Produces error-free simple sentences.
		unnecessary, resulting in a competent conversation.	• Uses a range of appropriate vocabulary when talking about a range of
5	• Produces mostly extended stretches of language despite some		general and curricular topics.
		hesitation, although instances of using short phrases may be present.	• Occasional mistakes do not cause comprehension problems.
	• Can generally respond to a change in direction of the conversation.
	• Pronunciation is generally intelligible.
	• Intonation is generally appropriate.
	• Attempts to respond to questions and prompts.		• Frequently produces error-free simple sentences.
	• Produces responses which are extended beyond short phrases, despite		• Uses appropriate vocabulary to talk about a limited range of general and
4		hesitation.	curricular topics.
	•	Effort will need to be made to develop the conversation; only partial	• Errors may cause comprehension problems.
		success will be achieved.
	• Pronunciation is mostly intelligible.
	• May not follow English intonation patterns at times.
	• Responses tend to be brief and are characterized by frequent hesitation.		• Produces basic sentence forms and some correct simple sentences.
	• Has to be encouraged to go beyond short responses and struggles to		• Uses a limited range of appropriate vocabulary to talk about a limited
3		develop a conversation.	range of general topics.
	• There is a lack of intelligibility of pronunciation, but it is unlikely to		• Errors are frequent and may lead to misunderstanding.
		impede communication.
	• May not follow English intonation patterns frequently.

 

 

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	•	Responses are so brief that little is communicated.	• Attempts basic sentence forms, but with limited success.
	•	Barely engages in a conversation.	OR
2	•	Pronunciation may cause some communication difficulty.	• Heavily relies on apparently memorized utterances.
	•	Does not follow English intonation patterns.	• Uses a limited range of appropriate vocabulary to talk about a very
				limited range of general topics.
			•	Makes numerous errors except in memorized expressions.
1	•	No communication possible.	•	Cannot produce basic sentence forms.
	•	Pronunciation and intonation patterns cause difficulty for even the most	•	Can only produce isolated words and phrases or memorized utterances.
		sympathetic listener.
	•	No attempt at the response.
0	OR
	•	No ratable language.

 

 

Transript 4

 

Moving around

Andrew

When I was in college, I spent a semester studying in London. And even though we speak the same language, English people and people from the US are very different. I guess I felt that people from the US have a bad reputation. Some people think we’re loud, and that we speak our minds too much. So I tried to listen a bit more and not be so assertive, if that makes sense. I wanted to make a good impression. I suppose I shouldn’t have worried about it, but I did. And, you know, I think it worked somehow.

 

I loved the lifestyle in London. During my free time, I had a lot of fun playing soccer with my British friends – of course they call it football over there. And I really loved the old buildings. I mean they’re really old. We don’t have anything that old in the US, so that part was pretty amazing! Another thing was TV. The British have a different sense of humour very dry. I really like it. Their shows are really funny!

I’d have to say my experience was a positive one overall, except for the rainy weather, of course. I had trouble getting used to that.

 

Transript 5

 

Rachel

I lived in Madrid for a whole year. And I have to be honest and say that at first, well, I wasn’t very happy. You see, I was homesick. I missed my family, and I just wanted to go home. Part of the problem was my Spanish. I couldn’t communicate very well.

But I love to eat! And that’s what really saved me. I tried tapas, those small plates of food with bite-sized portions that they serve in places all over the city. There were so many kinds! Fried squid, sausages, olives, all kinds of meat and seafood in sauces … Oh! It makes me hungry just thinking about

 

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it. And of course, tapas are meant to be shared with other people, so it’s really fun. I made some Spanish friends, and we’d go out for tapas all the time. So, I got to eat a lot of delicious food, and of course, my Spanish improved dramatically as well. But there was one thing that was difficult to adjust to, and that was that dinner was always served at a late hour. I wasn’t used to eating at eleven o’clock at night!

 

Transript 6

Layla

I came to the U.S. from the Middle East. My family opened up a restaurant here. At first, I found it difficult. Everything seemed so different. Just using public transportation, for example, or going to a doctor, as so different. I was pretty overhelmed. And I guess because I wasn’t feeling comfortable, I tended to make friends only with people from my country. I felt like I was living in a bubble, separated from the rest of the people all around me. But once I started feeeling more confident about mny English, I stated meeting local people. I found them very friendly and open, and it turned out to be very easy to make friends.

But there was one thing about people from the U.S. that botheres me at first. I found it hard to get used to the way they talked so much about themselves. It took me a long time to understand that you were supposed to talk about yourself, too, because that is how people get to know one another. It’s still hard for me to talk a lot about myself, but I’m getting better at it.

 

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