HOLISTIC ORAL LANGUAGE SCORING RUBRICS

Rating

Description

6

• communicates competently in social and classroom settings
• speaks fluently
• masters a variety of grammatical structures
• uses extensive vocabulary
• understands classroom discussion without difficulty

5

• speaks in social and classroom settings with sustained and connected discourse; any errors do not interfere with meaning
• uses a variety of structures with occasional grammar errors
• uses varied vocabulary

4

• initiates and sustains a conversation with descriptors and details; exhibits self-confidence in social situations, begins to communicate in classroom settings
• speaks with occasional hesitation
• uses some complex sentences
• uses adequate vocabulary; some word usage irregularities
• understands classroom discussions

3

• begins to initiate conversation
• uses predominantly present tense verbs; demonstrates errors of omission
• uses limited vocabulary

2

• begins to communicate personal and survival needs
• speaks in single-word utterances and short patterns
• uses functional vocabulary
• understands words or phrases

1

• begins to name concrete objects
• repeat words and phrases
• understands little or no English