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4. Does my response demonstrate unity?

• Topical? Yes __ No __
• Grammatical? Yes __ No __

5. Does my response demonstrate proficient language use?

• Word Choice? Yes __ No __
• Idioms? Yes __ No __
• Sentence variety? Yes __ No __ Is my delivery proficient?

• Fluency? Yes __ No __
• Automaticity? Yes __ No __
• Pronunciation? Yes __ No __

6. Does my response (argument) demonstrate coherence?

Yes __ No __
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P The response demonstrates a clear and consistent progression of ideas.

D The response demonstrates development of the introduction, body and
conclusion; the supporting illustrations are clear and well developed; minor
omissions do not effect meaning or coherence.

U The response demonstrates topical and grammatical unity; the relationship
between ideas is clear and accurate both topically and grammatically.

L The response demonstrates clear and accurate language use; minor
errors in word choice and/or idiom usage and/or syntax do not affect meaning
or coherence.

The delivery demonstrates consistent and accurate fluency, pronunciation and
automaticity; minor difficulties in each area do not affect meaning and/or
coherence, or require listener effort to understand.
Task Rating: 2.5 - 3.0 Section Rating: 18 - 25

A response in this range demonstrates proficiency in at least two of the
following areas.

O The response demonstrates organization.

P The response demonstrates a progression of ideas.

D The response demonstrates limited development; the introduction, body and/or
conclusion might lack development, particularly in the body.

connection of ideas is not clear or accurate.

L The response demonstrates a limited range of word choice and/or idiom usage
and/or sentence variety; however, inaccurate word choice and/or idiom usage,
and/or syntax errors makes the meaning of words and sentences unclear.

The delivery demonstrates difficulties in fluency and/or pronunciation, and/or
automaticity; these difficulties make the meaning of words and sentences
unclear and require listener effort to understand.
Task Rating: 0.0 - 1.0 Section Rating: 0 - 9

A response in this range demonstrates a serious lack of proficiency in at least
two
of the following areas.

O The response demonstrates a serious lack of organization.

P The response demonstrates a serious lack of progression.

D The response demonstrates a serious lack of development in all areas.

U The response demonstrates a serious lack of topical and grammatical unity.

L The response demonstrates a serious lack of language use in all areas.

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1. Does my response demonstrate organization?

• Deduction? Yes __ No __
• Induction? Yes __ No __ 2. Does my response demonstrate progression? • General-specific? Yes __ No __
• Specific-general? Yes __ No __

3. Does my response demonstrate development-summarization?

• Introduction? Yes __ No __
• Body? Yes __ No __
• Conclusion? Yes __ No __

Integrated Speaking Proficiency Checklist
Organization
• deduction or induction
Progression
• general-specific or specific-general
Development-Summarization
• introduction, body, conclusion
Unity-Synthesis
• topical and grammatical
O

P

5. Does my response demonstrate proficient language use-paraphrasing?

• Word choice? Yes __ No __
• Idioms? Yes __ No __
• Sentence variety? Yes __ No __ Is my delivery proficient?

• Fluency? Yes __ No __
• Automaticity? Yes __ No __
• Pronunciation? Yes __ No __

6. Does my response (argument) demonstrate coherence?

Yes __ No __
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