Oral Presentation Rubric

        No comment           Very weak                   Weak                           Sufficient                     Good                 Very Good

Score à	0	1	2	3	4	5
Form
Posture, gestures & eye contact	Slouches. Hands in pockets. No attempt to connect with audience.	Does not connect with audience.	Does not connect well with audience.	Speaks at Teacher for most of the presentation.	Good despite occasional lapses.	Very good Posture. Appropriate gestures when needed. Attends to whole audience
Pitch of voice, delivery speed & timing	Inaudible voice	Much too long/short. Talks too slow/fast	Noticeable problems that cause lack of fluency, misunderstanding or a  breakdown in communication	Too long/short. A tendency to pause unnaturally or produce spurts of language	Good despite occasional lapses.	Strong clear voice,
Use of index cards &/ visual aids	Too much written on visual aids	Overuse of index cards. Poor usage of visual aids.	Relies heavily on index cards	Noticeable use of index cards. Visual aids could have been better.	Use of index cards doesn’t interfere with proceedings. Adequate use of visual aids	Very good, appropriate visual aids, (if used)only  glances at index cards occasionally
Content
Organization	illogical organisation	Difficult to follow	Continuous backtracking or hesitation	Average. Not fully logical	Good. Minor lapses	Very good. Fully logical
Relevance of information	Information not related to title	Irrelevant information detracts from quality of presentation	Some material is irrelevant.	Some material seems offline.	Good despite occasional lapses	Very good. Appropriate. Well balanced
Memorization & Mastery	Read	No evidence of practice	Despite some evidence of practice, mastery not demonstrated sufficiently.	Some evidence of practice but frequent topic related hesitations disrupt flow.	Good control of topic despite minor lapses	Very good. Dominates topic at all times. Fully at ease with topic
Language
Grammar & Sentence structure	Quantity of errors prevents communication of ideas	Errors cause breakdowns in communication	Most sentences contain errors	Noticeable problems that do not deter message coming through	Message is generally clear despite some systematic errors	Very good. Conveys message well despite errors
Vocabulary & Expression	Inadequate or constantly inaccurate	Weak for level. Noticeable problems with word formation that hinders communication.	Despite some evidence of control, errors in word formation or use are numerous	Fairly well controlled despite some minor problems with word choice or formation.	Overall, vocabulary is appropriate and accurate.	Very good. Fully appropriate. Is comfortable with language despite some  minor errors
Coherence & Cohesion	Text unclear due to poor use of cohesive devices or incoherence.	Whilst snatches of meaning are clear, text is generally unconnected	Linking in or between sentences, or word order (or both) cause instances of incoherence.	Despite minor lapses, linking and word order are adequate. Sentences link together fairly well despite minor lapses	Language is generally arranged well. No major problems with word order or linking.	Very good. Text hangs together well. No major problems with cohesion.
Pronunciation	Unintelligible	Weak pronunciation frequently interferes with message coming across	Notable L2 interference that causes problems for audience comprehension.	Good despite minor lapses.	No major problems despite problems with isolated items.	Very good. Nothing that distracts from conveyance of message