SACE700 Presentation Marking Criteria
70-85 60-69
Organisation and Excellent organisation .
Cohesion (intro, staging, summing
up); message followed
easily with no strain;
excellent links/signposting;
excellent time management
Content Excellent preparation;
Excellent content, all
supported; excellent
analysis/evaluation;
excellent awareness of
audience/excellent info.
transfer
Register and Lexis Excellent register; exc.
vocabulary range; exc.
explanation; avoids jargon
Grammar and Accuracy No errors; clear ability to
manipulate ling. systems
effortlessly
Delivery Confident body language;
audience fully engaged;
script independent, uses
notes effectively; v. good
pronunciation, with only v.
occasional errors; v. good
pacing, volume, pausing; v.
good fluency
Visual Support and Excellent visuals
Academic. Conventions incorporated effortlessly;
confident use of visual aids
Handling Questions Excellent comprehension of
Qs; excellent range of
strategies to deal with
difficult Qs.
50-59
Very good organisation
(intro, staging, summing
up); message followed
without strain and effort for
the listener; very good links/
signposting; very good time
management
Well prepared; Adequate,
relevant and interesting
info., also well supported; v.
good analysis/evaluation; v.
good awareness of
audience/ v. good
information transfer
Appropriate register
throughout; very good
range of vocabulary; very
good explanation; avoids
jargon
Occasional very minor
errors; ability to manipulate
full range of linguistic
systems is evident
Generally confident
language; audience usually
engaged; script
independent, uses notes
well; good pronunciation
with some minor errors,
which would not usually
impede understanding; v.
good pacing, volume,
pausing; generally fluent
V. good, relevant visuals,
smoothly incorporated;
visual aids used effectively
V. good comprehension;
v. good strategies for
dealing with difficult Qs; v.
good response to Qs.
40-49
Good organisation (intro,
staging, summing up);
message followed with little
strain and effort for the
listener; good
links/signposting; good time
management
Adequate preparation;
Adequate and interest. info.,
mostly well supported and
relevant; good
analysis/evaluation; clear
awareness of audience/
good information transfer
Appropriate. register; good
vocabulary range; generally
good explanation; avoids
jargon
Errors intrude occasionally;
indications that range of
linguistic systems can be
manipulated
Good, mostly confident
body language; audience
mostly engaged; script
independent, uses notes
well; good pronunciation,
with occasional errors; good
pacing, volume, pausing;
good fluency
Good, relevant visuals, well
incorporated; visual aids
used well
Good comprehension;
Good strategies for dealing
with difficult Qs; Good
response to Qs. difficult Qs; quite good
30-39
Quite good organisation
(intro, staging, summing
up); message followed with
occasional strain and effort
for the listener; quite good
links/signposting;
reasonable time
management
Reasonably prepared;
Adequate information,
though some parts
irrelevant or poorly
supported; some
analysis/evaluation;
reasonable awareness of
audience/quite good
information transfer
Mostly appropriate.
register; reasonable
vocabulary range; sufficient
explanation; some jargon
Errors intrude sometimes;
generally limited ability to
manipulate. basic linguistic
systems
Quite good body language;
audience generally
engaged; mostly script
independent; reasonable
pronunciation, with some
errors; reasonable pacing,
volume, pausing; reason.
fluency
Quite good visuals, quite
well incorporated, mostly
relevant; reasonable use of
visuals
Quite good
comprehension; some
strategies for dealing with Qs; poor response to Qs.
response to Qs.
0-30
Poor org. (intro, staging, summing No attempt at organisation.
up); listener has to strain to follow Significantly under time
message; poor links/signposting;
poor time management
Poorly prepared; Inadequate or Irrelevant info; no analysis
irrelevant info., poorly supported;
lack of analysis/evaluation; poor
awareness of audience/poor
information transfer
Register often inappropriate; limited Inappropriate register
vocabulary; insufficient. explanation; throughout
use of jargon
Frequent grammar errors; limited Errors make it impossible to
ability to manipulate beyond basic follow
structures
Poor body language; audience not Inappropriate body language;
fully engaged; mostly script read from script.
dependent; poor
pronunciation/creates many
problems for the listener; problem
with pacing, volume, pausing;
limited fluency
Limited visual support; poorly No visuals
incorporated; poor use of visuals
Limited comprehension; no No reasonable attempt to
strategies for dealing with difficult answer questions