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UDB Rubric Workshop. Jeff Puccini English Language Fellow, El Salvador 2012. Speaking proficiency includes?. Give examples…. How many categories?. Currently the speaking rubrics at UDB have 4 categories: Output (30%) Grammar (30%) Vocabulary (20%) Pronunciation (20%).
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UDB Rubric Workshop Jeff Puccini English Language Fellow, El Salvador 2012
Speaking proficiency includes? Give examples…
How many categories? Currently the speaking rubrics at UDB have 4 categories: Output (30%) Grammar (30%) Vocabulary (20%) Pronunciation (20%)
What do others use? IELTS TOEFL CERF CELS IEC@DVC (Jeff’s school in CA)
IELTS Fluency and coherence Lexical resource Grammatical range and accuracy Pronunciation (Scale is 1 to 9)
TOEFL “Scoring is holistic, based on 3 categories (scale is 0 to 4)” • Delivery: clear, fluid, pace, intonation (sustain for whole time without repetitions) • Language use: grammar & vocab. • Topic development: how fully you answer, how clearly you express your ideas, how you connect ideas.
CERF RANGE (Linguistic) ACCURACY (Linguistic) FLUENCY (Pragmatic) INTERACTION (Sociolinguistic) COHERENCE (Pragmatic)
CELS Grammar & Vocabulary Discourse Management Pronunciation Interactive Communication
IEC@DVC Fluency (50%) Accuracy (50%)
Fluency Words spoken per minute Keep speaking without long pauses Relevance of the response to the question Use functions appropriately Clear, logical organization
Accuracy Basic and Intermediate grammar (see list for details) Advanced grammar (connectors, clauses, conditionals, complex tenses, etc.) Basic/Intermediate Vocabulary (familiar topics, collocation, parts of speech, count/non-count, etc.) Advanced Vocabulary (higher level words, academic language, idioms) Pronunciation of words and sentences
TwoCategories: Benefits Positive washback. Ss know what they are working on and why Balanced emphasis Ease of marking
TwoCategories: Drawbacks Organization of details Limited diagnosing of specific stengths and areas for improvement
Two Proposals: • 2 Categories (50% each): Fluency/Accuracy • 4 Categories (25% each): • Fluency Output/Pronunciation • Task achievement (Using functions, coherence) • Grammar • Vocabulary