Communication

Beginning

Developing

Good Skills

Excellent Skills

Correct sentence construction

Coherence of argument  suffers from many grammatical errors.

Still require a lot of work on the part of the listener to understand.

Errors do not interfere with the meaning – listening stress is less.

Few grammatical errors and no stress on the part of the listener.

 Pronunciation

Errors interfere strongly with meaning. Very difficult to follow.

Errors still require a lot of work on the part of the listener to understand.

Errors do not interfere with the meaning – listening stress is less.

Pronunciation is good with few or no errors.  Easy to listen to.

 Appropriate vocabulary

Speaker unable to find appropriate words to convey clear meanings.

Speaker still grasping at use of appropriate vocabulary

Speaker has enough word attack to convey general meaning.

Speaker able to find appropriate vocabulary with ease.

Well organised oral text with staging

Arguments not staged – no logical development.

Arguments partially staged, but sequencing  is still confusing.

Arguments  staged well, and most developed logically.

Arguments well staged and developed  logically.

Gives information with supporting evidence

Rarely supports argument with evidence.

Sometimes supports argument with evidence.

Usually supports argument with evidence.

 Always supports argument with evidence.

Demonstrates understanding of other panellists’ views/able to clarify

Never asks other panellists for clarification, or makes a comment on their argument.

Makes short, simple comments on other panellists’ arguments.

Attempts more detailed clarification or comments on other panellists’ arguments.

Can formulate precise comments and clarification of other panellists’ arguments.