Evaluating Speaking Proficiency





The following is the form that will be used for assessing your oral proficiency in the Spanish language.


Fluency1 23 45 6
Vocabulary1 23 45 67 8
Structure1 23 45 6
Comprehensibility1 23 45 67 89 1011 1213 14

Total points: 34

Definition for Scale Intervals

Fluency

1 Speech halting and fragmentary; long, unnatural pauses, or utterances left unfinished

2 Speech very slow and uneven except for short or routine sentences

3 Speech frequently hesitant and jerky; sentences my be left uncompleted

4 Some definite stumbling, but manages to rephrase or continue

5 Speech generally natural and continuos; only slight stumbling or unnatural pauses

6 Speech natural and continuos; no unnatural pauses

Vocabulary

1-2 Lacks basic words; inadequate; inaccurate usage

3-4 Often lacks needed words; somewhat inaccurate usage

5-6 Occasionally lacks basic words; generally accurate usage

7-8 Rich and extensive vocabulary; very accurate usage

Structure

1 No utterances structurally correct

2 Very few utterances structurally correct

3 Some utterances rendered correctly, but major structural problems remain

4 Many correct utterances, but with definite structural problems

5 Most utterances rendered correctly, with some minor structural errors

6 Utterances almost always correct

Comprehensibility

1-3 Almost entirely/entirely incomprehensible to native speaker of Spanish

4-6 Mostly incomprehensible; occasional phrases comprehensible

7-9 Many errors, about half incomprehensible

10-12 Many errors, but still mostly comprehensible

13-14 Almost entirely/entirely comprehensible to native speaker of Spanish; only an occasional word not comprehensible/no words incomprehensible 1