Exceeds |
Meets Expectations |
Meets Expectations |
Does not meet |
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| Language use | Language includes narration and description; ideas are connected and presented in different time frames. Mostly connected sentences. | Creates with language; able to express own ideas in a variety of ways and tenses. Some strings of sentences, possibly complex sentences. | Creates with language; able to express ideas in a basic way. Simple sentences. |
Uses mostly memorized phrases; minimal attempts to create. Mostly connected phrases. |
| Communication strategies |
Initiates and maintains conversation with various strategies. Clarifies by paraphrasing. | Maintains conversation by asking and answering questions. | Maintains simple conversation; asks and answers basic questions. |
Responds to direct questions; little initiation. |
| Comprehensibility | Message generally understood by native speakers unaccustomed to language learners. | Message generally understood by those accustomed to language learners. |
Understood with some difficulty by those accustomed to language learners. |
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| Vocabulary and Grammar |
Uses wide range of vocabulary taught in class. Few (0-1) errors in targeted grammar forms. | Uses many of the vocabulary words taught in class. Some (2-3) errors in targeted grammar forms. | Uses some vocabulary taught in class. Several (4-5) errors in targeted forms. | Limited vocabulary. Many errors or no use of targeted forms. |
| Content | Draws in examples and information from class and outside sources. | Uses multiple examples and information from class to support conversation. | Uses limited information and examples from class to support conversation. | Uses no relevant examples or information or was off topic. |
Adapted from a rubric developed by participants in the 2008 CARLA Summer Institute |
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