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4. Does my response demonstrate unity?

• Topical? Yes __ No __
• Grammatical? Yes __ No __

5. Does my response demonstrate proficient language use?

• Word Choice? Yes __ No __
• Idioms? Yes __ No __
• Sentence variety? Yes __ No __


Is my delivery proficient?

• Fluency? Yes __ No __
• Automaticity? Yes __ No __
• Pronunciation? Yes __ No __

6. Does my response (argument) demonstrate coherence?

Yes __ No __






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Task Rating: 3.5 - 4.0 Section Rating: 26 - 30

A response in this range is Coherent because it generally demonstrates
proficiency in all
of the following areas.

O The response demonstrates a clear and consistent method of organization.

P The response demonstrates a clear and consistent progression of ideas.

D The response demonstrates development of the introduction, body and
conclusion; the supporting illustrations are clear and well developed; minor
omissions do not effect meaning or coherence.

U The response demonstrates topical and grammatical unity; the relationship
between ideas is clear and accurate both topically and grammatically.

L The response demonstrates clear and accurate language use; minor
errors in word choice and/or idiom usage and/or syntax do not affect meaning
or coherence.

The delivery demonstrates consistent and accurate fluency, pronunciation and
automaticity; minor difficulties in each area do not affect meaning and/or
coherence, or require listener effort to understand.



Task Rating: 2.5 - 3.0 Section Rating: 18 - 25

A response in this range demonstrates proficiency in at least two of the
following areas.

O The response demonstrates organization.

P The response demonstrates a progression of ideas.

D The response demonstrates limited development; the introduction, body and/or
conclusion might lack development, particularly in the body.

U The response demonstrates topical and grammatical unity; however, the
relationship between ideas might not always be clear or accurate.



Independent Speaking Rating Guide
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L The response demonstrates a limited range of word choice and/or idiom usage,
and/or sentence variety; inaccurate word choice and/or idiom usage, and/or
syntax errors might make the meaning of some words and sentences unclear.

The delivery demonstrates fluency, pronunciation and automaticity; however,
difficulties in each area require listener effort to understand.



Task Rating: 1.5 – 2.0 Section Rating: 10 – 17

A response in this range demonstrates a lack of proficiency in at least two of the
following areas.

O The response demonstrates a serious lack of organization.

P The response demonstrates a serious lack of progression.

D The response demonstrates limited development; the examples lack details and
repeat.

U The response demonstrates a lack of topical and grammatical unity; the

connection of ideas is not clear or accurate.

L The response demonstrates a limited range of word choice and/or idiom usage
and/or sentence variety; however, inaccurate word choice and/or idiom usage,
and/or syntax errors makes the meaning of words and sentences unclear.

The delivery demonstrates difficulties in fluency and/or pronunciation, and/or
automaticity; these difficulties make the meaning of words and sentences
unclear and require listener effort to understand.



Task Rating: 0.0 - 1.0 Section Rating: 0 - 9

A response in this range demonstrates a serious lack of proficiency in at least
two
of the following areas.

O The response demonstrates a serious lack of organization.

P The response demonstrates a serious lack of progression.

D The response demonstrates a serious lack of development in all areas.

U The response demonstrates a serious lack of topical and grammatical unity.

L The response demonstrates a serious lack of language use in all areas.

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Proficiency Checklist

1. Does my response demonstrate organization?

• Deduction? Yes __ No __
• Induction? Yes __ No __


2. Does my response demonstrate progression?


• General-specific? Yes __ No __
• Specific-general? Yes __ No __

3. Does my response demonstrate development-summarization?

• Introduction? Yes __ No __
• Body? Yes __ No __
• Conclusion? Yes __ No __

Integrated Speaking Proficiency Checklist
Organization
• deduction or induction
Progression
• general-specific or specific-general
Development-Summarization
• introduction, body, conclusion
Unity-Synthesis
• topical and grammatical
O

P

D

U

Coherent
Integrated
Spoken
Response
C

Language Use-Paraphrasing
•
word choice, idioms, sentence
variety


Delivery: fluency
automaticity
pronunciation


L

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4. Does my response demonstrate unity-synthesis?

• Topical? Yes __ No __
• Grammatical? Yes __ No __

5. Does my response demonstrate proficient language use-paraphrasing?

• Word choice? Yes __ No __
• Idioms? Yes __ No __
• Sentence variety? Yes __ No __


Is my delivery proficient?

• Fluency? Yes __ No __
• Automaticity? Yes __ No __
• Pronunciation? Yes __ No __

6. Does my response (argument) demonstrate coherence?

Yes __ No __






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