Speaking Rubric Name: ______________________________________

Category Needs Improvement (0,4)/ Satisfactory (0,6)/ Good (0,8)/ Excellent: (1,0) /
Grammatical Needs Improvement Satisfactory Good Excellent
Resource Student was difficult to Student was able to Student was able to Student was able to
(Grammar) understand and had a express his/her ideas express his/her express his/her
hard time and responses ideas and responses ideas and responses
communicating his/her adequately but often fairly well but makes with ease in proper
ideas and responses displayed mistakes with their sentence structure
because of grammar inconsistencies with tenses, however is and tenses.
mistakes. their sentence able to correct
structure and tenses. themselves.
Pronunciation Needs Improvement Satisfactory Good Excellent
Student was difficult to Student was slightly Pronunciation was Pronunciation was
understand, quiet in unclear with good and did not very clear and easy
speaking, unclear in pronunciation at interfere with to understand.
pronunciation. times, but generally is communication.
fair.
Lexical Needs Improvement Satisfactory Good Excellent
Resource Student had inadequate Student was able to Student utilized the Rich, precise and
(vocabulary) vocabulary words to use broad vocabulary words learned in impressive usage of
express his/her ideas words but was class, in an accurate vocabulary words
properly, which hindered lacking, making manner for the learned in and
the students in him/her repetitive and situation given. beyond of class.
responding. cannot expand on
his/her ideas.
Comprehension Needs Improvement Satisfactory Good Excellent
(Interactive Student had difficulty Student fairly grasped Student was able to Student was able to
communication) understanding the some of the questions comprehend and comprehend and
questions and topics and topics that were respond to most of respond to all of the
that were being being discussed. the questions and questions and the
discussed. topics that were topics that were
being discussed. being discussed with
ease.
Discourse Needs Improvement Satisfactory Good Excellent
Management Speech is very slow, Speech is slow and Speech is mostly Speech is effortless
(Fluency) stumbling, nervous, and often hesitant and smooth but with and smooth with
uncertain with response, irregular. Sentences some hesitation and speed that comes
except for short or may be left unevenness caused close to that of a
memorized expressions. uncompleted, but the primarily by native speaker.
Difficult for a listener to student is able to rephrasing and
understand. continue. groping for words.