Table 1

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RUBRICS GRADING SYSTEM

5 4 3 2 1
Strong Proficient Developing Emerging Beginning

English Usage  Does not use any  Uses English words  Uses English slang
 Repetitive usage of
 Hardly uttered any
Filipino (or other
 Use of English other words other than most of the time. or Taglish English word (once or
language besides
words English words.  Uses Filipino words English if applicable)
twice only)
once or twice for words  Only spoke in
words hard to translate Filipino

Grammar  Correct usage of  Hardly any mistakes  Lacks mastery in  Spoke in phrases  Did not speak any
Sentence Fluency words.  Constructs phrases parallelism  Broken down words coherent sentence.

Used difficult every now and then  Misplacement of  Over use of a  Misuse of verbs
sentence structures.  Carefully spoken words word… eg. And, then
 Comprehensible words.  Run-ons
 No chance to
 difficulty in observe for use of
and Complicated  Had some proper constructing sentences Taglish
sentences  Wrong tenses

Speech
 No
mispronunciation of
 rare  consistent  an obvious effort in  Most of the spoken
mispronunciation of mispronunciation of 3 trying to correctly words are
 Phonetics words
words (once or twice) to 5 words pronounce the words mispronounced
 fluent and smooth
 Or no chance to
observe (hardly spoke
a sentence)

 Pauses for a  Rare use of the  Usage of of ‘uhms’  Over use of ‘uhms’
moment or two, once
 Pauses
‘uhms’ and ‘ahs’ and ‘ahs’ every after a and ‘ahs’
occasionally.
 Flow or twice  Uses “sentence coherent thought  Pauses for a long
 slight hesitation
 Smooth fillers”  Inappropriate pause amount of time
 Pauses quite often  struggles to read  Or no chance to
 obvious hesitation observe (hardly spoke
a sentence)

 Delivers well and  Deals with errors in  adequate  Exclaims every  Apologizes for
with emotion a discreet manner pronunciation mistake mistakes
 good pronunciation  Voice is loud and  Deals with mistakes  unclear delivery  Soft, trembling
 Diction of words clear silently voice
 Power in voice is  Or no chance to
good but diminishes as observe (hardly spoke
she ends her sentences a sentence)

Word Choice  Descriptive  Appropriate words  Correct usage of  Repetitive  Misuse of words
 Wide choice of  Overdone words  Inappropriate usage  Limited usage of
 Precision
vocabulary descriptions  typical word choice of words words (very short
 Effectiveness  Energizing word sentences that hardly
 Imagery choice
 use of “sentence  Off topic answers makes sense)
fillers”
 Carefully chosen  Or no chance to
eg. stuff, things,
words observe (hardly spoke
whatever, you know
 Neutral response a sentence)
what I mean)