Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese - Studies in Spanish - Undergraduate Program - Spanish 101-201

ORAL EXAMS RUBRIC

Name ____________________________________ Grade ________________________________

Pronunciation	Almost entirely incomprehensible to a native speaker	Mostly incomprehensible	Many errors, but difficult to comprehend	Many errors, but comprehensible to a native speaker	Occasional words mispronounced. Moderate accent	Entirely comprehensible. American accent is not strong
	F or D	D+ or C-	C or C+	B- or B	B+ or A-	A
Vocabulary	Inadequate and inaccurate vocabulary	Often lacks basic words	Occasionally lacks basic words	Generally accurate usage. Circumlocutes	Rich and extensive vocabulary	Very accurate usage, complex vocabulary
	F or D	D+ or C-	C or C+	B- or B	B+ or A-	A
Grammatical Structure	No correct utterances	Very few correct utterances	Major structural problems	Mostly correct, but definite structural problems	Largely correct, minor structural problems	Utterances almost always correct
	F or D	D+ or C-	C or C+	B- or B	B+ or A-	A
Fluency	Halting and fragmentary. Long pauses	Slow and uneven except for routine sentences	Hesitant/jerky Incomplete sentences	Stumbling speech, but can rephrase or continue	Generally natural/continuous Slight pauses	Speech natural and continuous. No odd pauses.
	F or D	D+ or C-	C or C+	B- or B	B+ or A-	A