APPENDIX A

RUBRICS FOR ASSESSING THE ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF STUDENTS

Categories Criteria 1 2 3 4
(expectation
links)

Knowledge/ The student... The student... The student... The student... The student...
•
• demonstrates • •
Understanding demonstrates • demonstrates some demonstrates demonstrates
• knowledge of knowledge of limited thorough
language specified knowledge of knowledge of considerable knowledge
forms and language specified specified of specified
conventions structures and language language knowledge of language
vocabulary. specified
(OC10) structures and structures and language structures and
vocabulary. vocabulary. structures and vocabulary.
vocabulary.

Thinking/Inquiry The student… The student... The student... The student... The student...
• critical and • interprets • uses critical • uses critical • uses critical • uses critical
creative meaning, and and and and

summarizes creative creative creative

thinking skills content, adds creative thinking thinking thinking thinking
information, skills with skills with skills with a
solves limited use moderate skills with high
problems in and
creative ways. effectiveness. effectiveness. considerable degree of
(OC1) effectiveness. effectiveness.
Categories Criteria 1 2 3 4
(expectation
links)

• inquiry skills The student… The student… The student… The student… The student…
(e.g., • explains • applies few • applies • applies most of • applies all or
formulating personal of the some of the the almost
questions, opinions, and skills involved skills involved skills involved in
planning, formulates in an in an an all of the skills
selecting and supports inquiry inquiry involved in an
strategies and judgements. process. process. inquiry process. inquiry
resources,
analyzing, (OC5) process.
interpreting • uses specific
and assessing research
information; skills (e.g., data
forming gathering,
note taking,
conclusions outlining) in
preparing an
assignment.
(R5)

Communicati
on The student... The student... The student... The student... The student...
•
communicatio • presents orally • • •
n of using communicates communicates • communicates communicates
correct
information pronunciation information information information and information and
and ideas and and ideas and ideas ideas ideas
intonation, and with limited with some with a high
body clarity. clarity. with considerable degree of
language and
other non- clarity. clarity.
verbal cues, to
clarify and
enhance a
message.
(OC12)
• • • •
communicatio communicates communicates • communicates communicates
n for • uses form of with with with with
different
audiences, presentation a limited some sense a strong sense
using (debate, sense of of a clear sense of of
dialogue,
various forms speech) to audience and audience and audience and audience and
effectively
communicate purpose. purpose. purpose. purpose.
with audience.
(OC4, 6, 7)
 Categories Criteria 1 2 3 4
(expectation links)

Application The student... The student... The student... The student... The student...
• application of • uses specified • uses • uses • uses
knowledge language specified specified specified • uses specified
and skills in structures and language language language language
familiar vocabulary structures structures structures structures
and and vocabulary and vocabulary and vocabulary
contexts in familiar contexts vocabulary in in in in
familiar familiar familiar familiar contexts
correctly. (OC 10) contexts with contexts with contexts with with
numerous occasional
errors. some errors. errors. few or no errors.
• use of the uses language • uses • uses • uses
language in structures language language language • uses language
and vocabulary in
new contexts new structures and structures and structures and structures and
vocabulary in vocabulary in vocabulary in vocabulary in
contexts accurately. new new new new
contexts with contexts with contexts with a
limited some contexts with high
degree of
accuracy. accuracy. considerable accuracy.
accuracy.
• making • makes • makes • makes • makes • makes
connections connections connections connections connections connections
with with a high
throughout oral with limited with moderate considerable degree of
presentation that go effectiveness. effectiveness. effectiveness. effectiveness.
beyond scope of
required
material.