Grading Criteria for the Oral Exam                         Name: ________________________

 

SPAN/FREN 1001 - 2002                                        Course number: _____________________

                                                           

VOCABULARY (20%)

  • Inadequate, inaccurate for this level                                                                                 6              8              10
  • Barely adequate for the situation and level, repetitive                                                  12            14
  • Adequate for the situation and level                                                                                17            18
  • Broad, precise, impressive for this level                                                                           19            20

 

FLUENCY (20%)

  • Halting, fragmented, unnatural pauses                                                                            8              10            12
  • Generally natural and continuous                                                                                     14            15            16
  • Very natural, with no unnecessary pauses                                                                      18            19            20

 

INFORMATION PROVIDED (25%)

  • Little information is provided; ideas not well developed                                              13            15            17
  • Only basic information is provided; ideas fairly well developed                                 19            21            23
  • Most necessary information is provided; ideas very well developed                         24            25

 

GRAMMAR (25%)

  • Almost inaccurate except for stock phrases                                                                    14            15            16
  • Uncertain control of the language; frequent errors                                                        17            18            19
  • Fair control of the language; some errors                                                                        20            21            22
  • Very good control of the language; very few errors                                                      23            24            25

 

PRONUNCIATION (10%)

  • Pronunciation is frequently unintelligible                                                                        3              4
  • Heavy English influence requires concentrated listening                                             5              6
  • Occasional mispronunciations                                                                                          7              8
  • Very few mispronunciations                                                                                              9              10

 

TOTAL: _______ / 100 points