Name: _____________________________
LANG 2030 Part 1 Assessment criteria for the analytical report
Task achievement
Excellent Your report is interesting and
insightful, with clearly focused,
relevant and substantial content.
Paraphrasing and referencing are
skillfully managed. There are almost
no citation errors.
Very good Your report is at an appropriate level
of detail and combines description
and analysis very well. You support
your assertions with evidence.
Paraphrasing and the use of
references are well-managed. Any
errors are minor and involve the
mechanics of citation.
Good Your report is at an appropriate level
of detail most of the time, and
combines description and analysis.
You support your assertions with
evidence nearly all the time.
Paraphrasing and the use of
references are adequate, with
occasional minor errors.
Satisfactory Your report is at an appropriate level
of detail most of the time, but is
mainly descriptive. You usually
support your assertions with
evidence. Paraphrasing and the use
of references are usually adequate,
with occasional errors.
Section: ___________
Organization
Your introduction and
conclusion are very helpful and
your report is logical and
coherent. You have appropriate
sub-headings Paragraphing is
skillfully managed and all
aspects of cohesion are wholly
satisfactory.
Your introduction and
conclusion are helpful and your
report is logical and coherent.
You have appropriate sub-
headings Your paragraphs are
all of an appropriate length, with
a topic sentence and controlling
idea, which is well elaborated.
You use a range of cohesive
devices effectively.
You have an introduction and a
conclusion and your report is
logical and coherent. You have
appropriate sub-headings Your
paragraphs are all of an
appropriate length, with a topic
sentence and controlling idea.
You use cohesive devices with
some flexibility.
You have an introduction and a
conclusion and your report is
logical and coherent. You have
sub-headings. Sometimes the
way you connect ideas and
integrate your references is
clumsy. Almost all your
paragraphs are all of an
appropriate length, and have a
focus.
Vocabulary
You use a wide range of
vocabulary, including idiomatic and
specialized words. You may make
one or two errors in word form.
You use a range of vocabulary with
some less common words. You
make occasional errors in word-
choice and word form.
You use a range of vocabulary.
You make some errors in word-
choice and word form.
You use an adequate range of
vocabulary, but often repeat the
same words and phrases. You
make frequent errors in word-
choice and word form but your
writing is understandable.
Grammar
You use a wide range of
structures accurately. You
may make one or two
grammatical errors. Your
style is appropriate for a
formal academic report.
You use a range of
structures, and your style
is appropriate for a formal
academic report nearly all
of the time. Error-free,
complex sentences are
frequent in your writing.
You may make occasional
errors.
You use a range of
structures, and your style
is appropriate for a formal
academic report most of
the time. You make some
repeated errors.
You use both simple and
complex structures, but
may often repeat the same
structures. Your style may
often not be appropriate for
a formal academic report.
You make frequent errors
but your writing is
understandable.
 Below Any one of the following factors puts
satisfactory your report in this category:
1. The report is all description with no
attempts at analysis.
2. Most of the time you do not give
evidence to support your assertions.
3. Paraphrasing and the use of
references are not adequate you
may have plagiarized and/or not
given in-text references and/or not
included a list of references.
Poor Any two of the above factors puts the
report in this category.
Very poor Any three of the above factors puts
the report in this category.
COMMENTS:
Any one of the following factors
puts your report in this
category:
1. The introduction and/or the
conclusion may be missing
and/or there are no sub-
headings.
2. The report is not logical or
coherent. Ideas are not
connected.
3. Most paragraphs do not have
a clear focus.
Any two of the above factors
puts the report in this category.
Any three of the above factors
puts the report in this category.
You use a limited range of
vocabulary. You make frequent
errors in word-choice and word
form and at times your writing is
not understandable.
frequent errors and at
You use a very limited range of
common, high-frequency words
and phrases. You make frequent
errors in word-choice and word
form and often your writing is not
understandable.
You can only produce common,
high-frequency words and your
limited vocabulary and frequent
errors make your report very
difficult to understand.
You use simple structures
and a limited range of
complex structures. You
often repeat structures,
and you may make many
errors with complex
structures. You make
times your writing is not
understandable. Your style
is not appropriate for a
formal academic report.
You try to use complex
structures but you are only
accurate when you use
simple structures. You
make frequent errors and
often your writing is not
understandable.
Only very simple structures
are used. Errors are
frequent and make this
report very difficult to
understand.