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ESL Written N/A Needs Improvement Satisfactory Excellent Level

Assessment criteria
• Student’s ideas are basic and • Student’s ideas are mostly • Student considers topic from
irrelevant to the task relevant to the task more than one perspective and
• Structure is visible but lacks • Structure is clear and includes some examples and
clarity visible. illustrations
Criterion D: Ideas are undeveloped • Some ideas are developed • All ideas are relevant to the task,
Writing Level 1 is not • Limited use of cohesive devices and supported but not always supported.
Message & achieved • Cohesive devises often • Basic cohesive devises used • Presentation is generally effective
Organisation incorrectly employed generally correctly and clear
• Structure contributes effectively
to development of ideas.
• Use and range of cohesive
devises is appropriate
• Language is not always • Language is on the whole • Language used effectively for
comprehensible and impairs comprehensible and rarely communication with few mistakes
communication. impairs communication. • Good variety of vocab and idiom.
• Range of vocab and idiom is • The use of vocab and idiom show • Use of register is correctly applied
basic. some variety and awareness of • A standard range and variety of
Criterion E: Writing:
Level 1 is not • Repeated errors in the use of register appropriate grammatical structures
Language
achieved simple grammatical structures • Basic grammatical structures are are used with good degree of
• Spelling/writing often impedes usually correct. accuracy.
intelligibility • Repeated errors when more • Occasional mistakes do not
complex structures are attempted. impede intelligibility
• Spelling/writing seldom impedes
intelligibility.
• Student’s use of vocabulary is • Student’s use of vocabulary is • Student’s use of vocabulary is
often inappropriate and limited sometimes appropriate and usually appropriate and generally
Criterion C • Frequent errors in spelling, somewhat varied. varied.
Style & Language Level 1 is not pronunciation, punctuation and • Less frequent errors in spelling, • Few errors in spelling,
Usage achieved syntax. pronunciation, punctuation and pronunciation, punctuation and
• Little attempt to use a register syntax. syntax.
appropriate to task • Some attempt to use a register • Often attempts to use a register
appropriate to task appropriate to task

Created by W. Waters, N. Kotaman, L. Eckstein-Smith

Created by W. Waters, N. Kotaman, L. Eckstein-Smith