Assessment form for oral presentations

Poor Satisfactory Adequate Good Excellent

1. Content
Content coverage and relevance of 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ideas to topic
Explanation and support (explanations, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
examples)
Lexical range and appropriacy/ 4 6 8 10 12 13/14/15 16 17/18/19 20
accuracy
Grammatical range and appropriacy/ 4 6 8 10 12 13/14/15 16 17/18/19 20
accuracy
2. Organisation
Coherence (logical organisation) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Cohesion (cohesive devices) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3. Delivery
Pronunciation, (sounds, weak forms, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
stress, intonation etc)
Fluency, flow of ideas 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Total 100

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 CRITERION
Content
Coverage
Relevance of ideas
Explanation and support
Grammatical range
Grammatical accuracy
Lexical range
Lexical appropriacy/register
Organisation
Coherence (logical
organisation: introduction/
body - emphasizing key
points/ conclusion
-summarizing)
Cohesion (cohesive
devices)
Delivery
Pronunciation, (sounds,
weak forms, stress,
intonation etc)
Fluency, flow of ideas
POOR
content partially covered;
most ideas irrelevant;
most points were not
supported
limited range of
grammar;
frequent errors in both
simple and complex
structures;
a poor range of
vocabulary is used;
frequent inappropriacy in
word choice;
frequent inconsistencies
in register.
absence of structure;
overall aspect rambling.
lack of specific
connectors;
pronunciation hinders
meaning to be conveyed;
serious difficulties in
maintaining flow (frequent
hesitations).
ADEQUATE EXCELLENT
content covered; content fully covered;
most ideas relevant to topic; all ideas relevant to topic;
most major points were every major point is well supported
adequately supported with with several relevant, effective and
relevant facts, statistics and/or precise explanations and/or
examples. examples.
adequate range of grammar; wide range of grammar;
complex structures may contain errors are rare;
errors; a wide range of vocabulary is used;
an adequate range of vocabulary appropriate word choice;
is used; register is consistent throughout.
some inappropriacy in word
choice;
some inconsistencies in register.
unbalanced presentation (e.g. stages of presentation clear; clear
introduction too long); signposting;
development of presentation consistently coherent;
mostly unmarked; wide range of cohesive devices
cohesive devices just adequate;
rambling at times.
pronunciation helps most meaning pronunciation helps meaning to be
to be conveyed; conveyed effectively (week sounds,
maintains flow with some contractions, stress and intonation
difficulty (hesitations due to used to convey meaning);
language search). flow maintained throughout the
presentation (without hesitations
caused by language search)