LISTENING SKILLS

Very Poor Performance

1. Comprehension: Struggles to understand even the most basic spoken English.

2. Attention: Often distracted and unable to follow spoken instructions or conversations.
3. Response: Rarely able to respond appropriately to simple questions.
4. Vocabulary: Limited vocabulary recognition, leading to frequent misunderstandings.
5. Pronunciation: Difficulty recognising different accents and pronunciations.

Comments:

 Needs significant improvement in understanding and responding to basic spoken English.

 Shows difficulty in staying focused during listening activities.
 Requires additional practice to enhance vocabulary recognition and comprehension.

Poor Performance

1. Comprehension: Understands some basic spoken English but misses key details.
2. Attention: Inconsistent attention to spoken content, leading to partial comprehension.
3. Response: Can respond to simple questions but struggles with more complex
interactions.
4. Vocabulary: Recognizes common words but has trouble with less frequent vocabulary.
5. Pronunciation: Struggles with understanding various accents.

Comments:

 Demonstrates partial comprehension of basic spoken English but needs improvement.

 Needs to improve focus and attention during listening tasks.
 Should work on expanding vocabulary and understanding different accents.

Fair Performance

1. Comprehension: Understands main ideas and some details in spoken English.

2. Attention: Generally attentive but occasionally misses parts of the conversation.
3. Response: Can respond to most questions but with occasional hesitation.
4. Vocabulary: Adequate vocabulary recognition, though complex words may pose a
challenge.
5. Pronunciation: Understands standard accents but may struggle with regional variations.

Comments:

 Shows good understanding of main ideas but needs to improve detail comprehension.
 Maintains attention fairly well but can improve consistency.
 Should continue to expand vocabulary and practice with different accents.
Good Performance

1. Comprehension: Understands both main ideas and details in spoken English.

2. Attention: Attentive throughout listening tasks, rarely missing key points.
3. Response: Responds appropriately to a variety of questions with confidence.
4. Vocabulary: Good vocabulary recognition, including less common words.
5. Pronunciation: Understands a range of accents with minimal difficulty.

Comments:

 Demonstrates a solid understanding of both main ideas and details.

 Maintains excellent focus and attention during listening activities.
 Responds confidently and accurately to questions.

Very Good Performance

1. Comprehension: Fully understands nuanced and complex spoken English.

2. Attention: Consistently attentive, capturing even subtle details.
3. Response: Responds quickly and accurately to all types of questions and conversations.
4. Vocabulary: Excellent vocabulary recognition, including specialized terminology.
5. Pronunciation: Easily understands various accents and pronunciations.

Comments:

 Exhibits an outstanding level of comprehension, including complex and nuanced content.

 Maintains perfect attention, ensuring no details are missed.
 Responds promptly and effectively to all listening tasks, demonstrating advanced skills.
SPEAKING SKILLS

Very Poor Performance

1. Fluency: Struggles to form basic sentences; frequent long pauses and hesitations.
2. Pronunciation: Pronunciation errors often make speech unintelligible.
3. Vocabulary: Extremely limited vocabulary; relies heavily on simple, common words.
4. Grammar: Frequent grammatical errors that impede understanding.
5. Interaction: Rarely engages in conversation; struggles to respond to questions.

Comments:

 Needs significant improvement in forming basic sentences and speaking without long
pauses.
 Pronunciation needs substantial work to improve clarity.
 Requires extensive vocabulary building.
 Must work on grammar to communicate more effectively.
 Should practice engaging in conversations and responding to questions.

Poor Performance

1. Fluency: Can form basic sentences but with frequent pauses and hesitations.
2. Pronunciation: Pronunciation issues often require listener to ask for clarification.
3. Vocabulary: Limited vocabulary; struggles with less common words.
4. Grammar: Many grammatical errors that occasionally impede understanding.
5. Interaction: Limited engagement in conversation; difficulty responding to more complex
questions.

Comments:

 Shows basic ability to form sentences but needs to improve fluency.

 Pronunciation needs improvement for better clarity.
 Should work on expanding vocabulary.
 Needs to reduce grammatical errors.
 Encouraged to engage more in conversations and practice responding to questions.

Fair Performance

1. Fluency: Can speak in sentences with occasional pauses; some hesitation.

2. Pronunciation: Pronunciation is generally understandable but with noticeable errors.
3. Vocabulary: Adequate vocabulary for everyday conversation; struggles with complex
words.
4. Grammar: Some grammatical errors that rarely impede understanding.
5. Interaction: Engages in conversation but may struggle with more advanced topics.
Comments:

 Demonstrates ability to speak in sentences but should work on reducing pauses.

 Pronunciation is understandable but could be clearer.
 Vocabulary is sufficient for daily interactions; should continue to expand.
 Grammar is generally correct but can be improved.
 Participates in conversations; encouraged to engage in more complex discussions.

Good Performance

1. Fluency: Speaks smoothly with minimal pauses; good flow.

2. Pronunciation: Pronunciation is clear with few errors.
3. Vocabulary: Good range of vocabulary, including some less common words.
4. Grammar: Mostly correct grammar with minor mistakes.
5. Interaction: Actively engages in conversation; responds well to questions.

Comments:

 Speaks fluently with minimal pauses.

 Pronunciation is clear and generally accurate.
 Demonstrates a good range of vocabulary.
 Uses correct grammar with only minor errors.
 Actively participates in conversations and responds appropriately to questions.

Very Good Performance

1. Fluency: Speaks very smoothly with excellent flow; rarely hesitates.

2. Pronunciation: Pronunciation is nearly perfect; easily understood.
3. Vocabulary: Wide and sophisticated range of vocabulary.
4. Grammar: Uses correct grammar consistently with rare errors.
5. Interaction: Engages fully in conversation; handles complex topics with ease.

Comments:

 Exhibits excellent fluency and smooth speech.

 Pronunciation is nearly perfect, ensuring clear communication.
 Demonstrates a wide and sophisticated range of vocabulary.
 Uses correct grammar consistently.
 Engages confidently in conversations, including complex topics.
READING SKILLS

Very Poor Performance

1. Comprehension: Struggles to understand basic sentences and main ideas.

2. Fluency: Reads very slowly with frequent stops and mispronunciations.
3. Vocabulary: Extremely limited vocabulary; often fails to recognize common words.
4. Inference: Unable to make inferences or understand implied meanings.
5. Analysis: Struggles with identifying basic text structures and themes.

Comments:

 Needs significant improvement in understanding basic sentences and main ideas.

 Reads very slowly; frequent stops and mispronunciations hinder comprehension.
 Requires extensive vocabulary building to recognize common words.
 Must work on making inferences and understanding implied meanings.
 Struggles with identifying text structures and themes; needs practice.

Poor Performance

1. Comprehension: Understands simple sentences and main ideas but misses key details.
2. Fluency: Reads slowly with some stops and mispronunciations.
3. Vocabulary: Limited vocabulary; struggles with less common words.
4. Inference: Has difficulty making inferences and understanding implied meanings.
5. Analysis: Struggles to identify text structures and themes beyond a basic level.

Comments:

 Shows basic understanding of simple sentences and main ideas but needs to grasp key
details.
 Reads slowly; should work on improving reading fluency.
 Vocabulary is limited; needs to expand vocabulary for better comprehension.
 Needs practice in making inferences and understanding implied meanings.
 Should improve ability to identify text structures and themes.

Fair Performance

1. Comprehension: Understands main ideas and some details in grade-level texts.

2. Fluency: Reads at a moderate pace with occasional stops and mispronunciations.
3. Vocabulary: Adequate vocabulary for everyday texts; struggles with complex words.
4. Inference: Can make simple inferences but struggles with more complex ones.
5. Analysis: Identifies basic text structures and themes but needs deeper understanding.

Comments:
  Demonstrates a good understanding of main ideas and some details.
 Reads at a moderate pace; should work on reducing stops and mispronunciations.
 Vocabulary is adequate but needs to be expanded for complex texts.
 Can make simple inferences; encouraged to practice more complex ones.
 Identifies basic text structures and themes; should deepen understanding.

Good Performance

1. Comprehension: Understands main ideas and details in grade-level texts.

2. Fluency: Reads smoothly with minimal stops and clear pronunciation.
3. Vocabulary: Good range of vocabulary, including some complex words.
4. Inference: Makes accurate inferences and understands implied meanings.
5. Analysis: Identifies text structures and themes with good understanding.

Comments:

 Shows a solid understanding of main ideas and details.

 Reads smoothly with minimal stops and clear pronunciation.
 Demonstrates a good range of vocabulary, including some complex words.
 Makes accurate inferences and understands implied meanings.
 Identifies text structures and themes with good understanding.

Very Good Performance

1. Comprehension: Fully understands nuanced and complex texts.

2. Fluency: Reads very smoothly with excellent pace and pronunciation.
3. Vocabulary: Wide and sophisticated range of vocabulary.
4. Inference: Makes insightful inferences and grasps subtle implied meanings.
5. Analysis: Identifies and deeply understands text structures and themes.

Comments:

 Exhibits excellent comprehension of nuanced and complex texts.

 Reads very smoothly with excellent pace and pronunciation.
 Demonstrates a wide and sophisticated range of vocabulary.
 Makes insightful inferences and grasps subtle implied meanings.
 Identifies and deeply understands text structures and themes.
WRITING SKILLS

Very Poor Performance

1. Content: Struggles to express basic ideas; content is often irrelevant or unclear.

2. Organization: Lacks structure; ideas are jumbled and disconnected.
3. Grammar and Syntax: Frequent grammatical errors that impede understanding.
4. Vocabulary: Extremely limited vocabulary; over-reliance on basic words.
5. Mechanics: Many spelling, punctuation, and capitalisation errors.

Comments:

 Needs significant improvement in expressing basic ideas clearly and relevantly.

 Lacks structure; needs to learn how to organise thoughts logically.
 Frequent grammatical errors make the writing difficult to understand.
 Requires extensive vocabulary building.
 Should work on reducing spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors.

Poor Performance

1. Content: Expresses simple ideas but often lacks detail and relevance.
2. Organization: Basic structure present but ideas are not well connected.
3. Grammar and Syntax: Many grammatical errors that sometimes impede understanding.
4. Vocabulary: Limited vocabulary; struggles with more advanced words.
5. Mechanics: Several spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors.

Comments:

 Expresses simple ideas but needs to add more detail and relevance.
 Basic structure present; should work on connecting ideas more logically.
 Many grammatical errors; needs to improve grammatical accuracy.
 Vocabulary is limited; encouraged to learn more advanced words.
 Needs to reduce spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors.

Fair Performance

1. Content: Communicates main ideas and some details; relevance can vary.
2. Organization: Structure is clear but may have some inconsistencies in idea flow.
3. Grammar and Syntax: Some grammatical errors that rarely impede understanding.
4. Vocabulary: Adequate vocabulary for common topics; struggles with complex terms.
5. Mechanics: Occasional spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors.

Comments:

 Communicates main ideas well but should ensure all content is relevant.
  Structure is clear but should work on improving the flow of ideas.
 Some grammatical errors; encouraged to refine grammatical accuracy.
 Adequate vocabulary; should expand vocabulary for complex topics.
 Occasional spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors; needs attention.

Good Performance

1. Content: Communicates ideas clearly and relevantly; includes supporting details.

2. Organization: Well-organized with logical flow and clear connections between ideas.
3. Grammar and Syntax: Few grammatical errors that do not impede understanding.
4. Vocabulary: Good range of vocabulary, including some advanced words.
5. Mechanics: Minimal spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors.

Comments:

 Communicates ideas clearly and includes relevant supporting details.

 Well-organized structure with logical flow and clear connections between ideas.
 Few grammatical errors; maintains good grammatical accuracy.
 Demonstrates a good range of vocabulary, including some advanced words.
 Minimal spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors.

Very Good Performance

1. Content: Communicates complex ideas clearly and relevantly; thoroughly detailed.

2. Organization: Excellent organization with seamless flow and strong connections.
3. Grammar and Syntax: Rare grammatical errors; maintains high grammatical precision.
4. Vocabulary: Wide and sophisticated range of vocabulary.
5. Mechanics: Very few, if any, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors.

Comments:

 Exhibits excellent ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and in detail.

 Excellent organization with seamless flow and strong connections between ideas.
 Rare grammatical errors; demonstrates high grammatical precision.
 Wide and sophisticated range of vocabulary.
 Very few, if any, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors.