• Ability to maintain flow of speech

• Coherence

• Interaction

• Structures

• Vocabulary

• Pronunciation / Intonation

• Structures

1. Speaks at length almost effortlessly; any hesitation is limited to searching for ideas.

2. Can express her/himself in a clear, well-structured and convincing way on complex subjects.

3. Can interact appropriately, confidently and skilfully, clarifying and initiating, as well as maintaining and developing the conversation/discussion.

4. Produces a wide range of structures with a variety of long and/or complex sentences.

6. Can vary intonation and place sentence stress correctly in order to express finer shades of meani

7. Grammatical accuracy is consistently high even with more complex sentences; minor errors may occu

8. Lexical accuracy is consistently high. Occasional minor slips, but no significant errors.

1. Can produce stretches of language with a fairly even tempo; although s/he can be hesitant as s/he searches for language, there are few noticeably long pauses.

2. Expresses her/himself clearly, expanding and supporting ideas with subsidiary points and relevant examples.

3. Can interact appropriately, clarifying, as well as initiating, maintaining and developing the conversation/discussion.

4. Produces a range of structures, which includes some long and/or complex sentences.

5. Produces a range of appropriate vocabulary but lexical gaps occur.

6. Produces clear pronunciation and intonation most of the time. Word / sentence stress is generally appropriat

7. Grammatical accuracy is generally high; any mistakes do not cause misunderstanding. Uses some complex structures successfully.

8. Lexical accuracy is generally high, though some confusion and incorrect word choice may occur without hindering communication.

1. Can keep going comprehensibly, even though pausing for grammatical and lexical planning and repair is evident, especially in longer stretches of product

2. Expresses her/himself well enough to be followed without difficulty most of the tim

3. Has enough strategies to maintain a conversation/ discussion on familiar topics.

4. Has a range of basic structures to express him/hersel

5. Has a sufficient vocabulary to express him/herself on a familiar topic.

6. Pronunciation is intelligible even if a foreign accent is evident and mispronunciations occu Word / sentence stress problems may occur.

7. Uses simple structures reasonably successfully. Errors are noticeable but do not affect communicatio

8. Shows good control of elementary vocabulary but major errors still occur when expressing more complex thoughts or handling unfamiliar topics which may hinder communication.