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The First Assessed Speaking Task Overview for St dents

Task fulfillment, coherence and cohesion

! All parts of the task are very

well addressed. The speech is completely convincing.

Language: appropriateness, range, and accuracy Sustained use of quite a wide range of idiomatic and vivid voca ulary, and sustained use of a variety of idiomatic structures, appropriate for the given audience and purpose. The speaker uses quite a few e$amples of a range of voca ulary, and a variety of structures, appropriate for the given audience and purpose. The speaker uses a range of voca ulary, and a variety of structures, appropriate for the given audience and purpose. The speaker uses an adequate range of voca ulary, and a variety of structures, appropriate for the given audience and purpose. The spea er chooses language with the given audience and purpose in mind. !ocabulary and structures are not too formal for this audience and purpose, and are appropriate for spo en "nglish (e.g. the spea er avoids long, comple# sentences). The spea er may ma e one or two vocabulary or grammar errors, but not more, as this is a prepared speech.

Pronunciation Pronunciation is consistently well!controlled, and very effectively used for the purpose of this speech.

" All parts of the task are well

addressed. The anecdote"s# supports the message of the speech well, and the speech is very persuasive.

Pronunciation is used to some good effect for the purpose of this speech.

# All parts of the task are

addressed. The anecdote"s# supports the message of the speech quite well, and the speech would achieve its purpose.

Pronunciation is appropriate and controlled for the purpose of this speech to other first year students.

$ All parts of the task are

adequately addressed, although some parts may e etter addressed than others. The speech is etween % minutes and %& minutes long no less and no more. The speech is about the given topic. It has a message which is appropriate for the given audience and purpose. There is one anecdote, or two. The anecdote(s) supports the message of the speech. The anecdote(s) is adequately developed for its purpose within a short speech. There is a logical development of ideas through the whole speech. At the end of the speech the spea er states (or reiterates) the message. The speech is coherent (logically organised). The anecdote is introduced

Pronunciation is adequate for general spoken 'nglish and causes no strain for the listener. The spea er pronounces most words$sounds clearly. There may be one or two errors, but not more, as this is a prepared and practised speech. The rhythm (stress and pausing between thought groups) is mostly appropriate for general spo en "nglish. There may be occasional hesitations, but most pauses are natural. The spea er%s intonation is mostly appropriate for general spo en "nglish.

LANG1001 / 1002:

The First Assessed Speaking Task Overview for St dents

and integrated into the speech.

LANG1001 / 1002:

The First Assessed Speaking Task Overview for St dents

% (ost parts of the task are

addressed, so the overall su stance is minimally adequate. )evelopment may e limited or un alanced and not always relevant to the purpose. The speech may e a little less than % minutes long or more than %& minutes long.

The speaker uses a limited range of voca ulary and*or a limited variety of structures. +, The speaker uses language more appropriate to a written style, which may not always e easy for listeners to follow.

Pronunciation is not quite successful for general spoken 'nglish.

2 The task is addressed only

partially and*or the speech is very short "less than -m ./ secs long#, resulting in an overall lack of su stance. )evelopment of points is limited or not relevant to the purpose. There appears to have een little, if any, attempt to consider the audience and purpose of the speech. su stance is minimal, or the ideas present may not e relevant to the purpose. The speech may e far too short "less than - minute long#. There appears to have een no attempt to consider the audience and purpose of the speech.

The speaker only uses common or high frequency words or phrases and*or a limited range of mostly simple structures. There appears to have een little, if any, attempt to consider the appropriateness of the language for the given audience and purpose.

Pronunciation is not successful for general spoken 'nglish.

1 The task is attempted, ut

The speaker only uses a narrow range of language, which is restricted to common high!frequency words and phrases and simple sentence structures. There appears to have een no attempt to consider the appropriateness of the language for the given audience and purpose.

Pronunciation causes strain for the listener.

0 The lin to the video is sent to the instructor after the e#tended deadline of midnight on
&ednesday, '(th )ctober* or the tas is not attempted.