IMPROMPTU SPEECH (30)

S.No Parameter Excellent (6) Good (4) Average (2) Poor (0)
• speaks fluently
with only rare • speaks fluently • speaks at length
• usually maintains flow
repetition or self- with only without noticeable
of speech but uses
correction; occasional effort or loss of
repetition, self-correction
• any hesitation is repetition or self- coherence.
and/or slow speech to
content related correction. • may demonstrate
keep going.
rather than to find • Hesitation is language-related
Fluency & • may over-use certain
1 words or usually content- hesitation at times, or
Coherence connectives and
grammar. related and only some repetition
discourse markers?
• speaks coherently rarely to search for and/or self-correction.
• produces simple speech
with fully language. • uses a range of
fluently, but more
appropriate • develops topics connectives and
complex communication
cohesive features. coherently and discourse markers with
causes fluency problems
• develops topics appropriately some flexibility
fully and
appropriately
• Clear evidence
• Beginning of
of critical thinking-
critical thinking
application,
• Highlights tend
analysis, synthesis,
to address
and evaluation.
peripheral
• Highlights are
issues.
Evidence of characterized by • Absence or almost
• Generally • Poorly developed
2 Critical clarity of argument negligible instances
accurate but could critical thinking
Thinking or depth of insight of critical thinking
be improved with
into theoretical
more analysis and
issues, originality of
creative thought.
treatment, and
• Tendency to
relevance.
recite facts rather
• Includes unusual
than address
insights
issues
• uses a wide
• uses vocabulary
vocabulary
resources flexibly
resource readily
to discuss a variety
and flexibly to • manages to talk
• uses vocabulary of topics.
convey precise about familiar and
with full flexibility • uses some less
meaning. unfamiliar topics but
and precision in common idioms and
Lexical • uses fewer uses vocabulary with
3 all topics. phrases vocabulary
Resources common idioms limited flexibility.
• uses idioms and and shows some
and phrases, with • attempts to use
phrases naturally awareness of style and
occasional paraphrase but with
and accurately collocation, with some
inaccuracies. mixed success
inappropriate choices.
• uses paraphrase
• uses paraphrase
effectively as
effectively
required
Grammatical • uses a full • uses a wide • uses a range of • produces basic
4
Range and range of range of complex structures sentence forms
structures structures with with
 Accuracy naturally and flexibly some flexibility reasonable accuracy
appropriatel • produces a • frequently • uses a limited range of
y majority of error- produces error-free more complex structures,
• produces free sentences sentences, though but these usually contain
consistently with only very some grammatical errors and may cause
accurate occasional mistakes persist some comprehension
structures apart inappropriacy or problems
from ‘slips’ basic/non-
characteristic of systematic errors
native speaker
speech
• uses a wide
• uses a range of
range of
pronunciation
• uses a full pronunciation
features with mixed • uses a limited range of
range of features.
control. pronunciation features.
pronunciation • sustains flexible
• shows some effective • attempts to control
features with use of features,
use of features but this features but lapses are
precision and with only
5 Pronunciation is not sustained. frequent.
subtlety. occasional lapses.
• can generally be • frequent
• sustains • is easy to
understood mispronunciations that
flexible use of understand
throughout, though cause some difficulty for
features throughout; L1
mispronunciation of the listener
throughout. accent has minimal
individual words or
• is effortless effect on
sounds reduces clarity
to understand intelligibility
at times