ANNEX VI. CRITERIA OF EVALUATION- SPEAKING
Evaluation criteria
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Score
Speed of responses
A lot of hesitation and difficult to understand what he said
The response is rather slow and hesitant
A little hesitation and pause
Respond without any hesitation

Rhythm, stress, intonation
More influence of the first language accent and usually difficult to understand because of very poor pronunciation
More influence of the first language accent and poor intonation
Good pronunciation, but a little influence of the first language accent
Good pronunciation and speak like a native speaker

Vocabulary (range and appropriateness)
Very limited vocabulary range and usually difficult to understand
Limited vocabulary range and sometimes uses words that aren´t suitable
Good use of appropriate words, but with some hesitation
Rich vocabulary and good use of appropriate words

Appropriateness of responses (Ability to understand and respond appropriately)
Usually not very appropriate response, so it is difficult to understand
Sometimes not very appropriate response and there are some incomplete sentences
Appropriate response but sometimes there are incomplete sentences
Good and appropriate response

Accuracy
Usually very serious errors in the area of grammar and it is very difficult to communicate.
Several serious errors in the area of grammar and sometimes it is difficult to communicate
A few serious errors in the area of grammar, but it still is understandable
Only a few errors in the area of grammar, but able to correct himself

Repetition of responses
The test-taker is asked to repeat words and phrases which are unclear, but very little language is comprehensible
The best-taker is asked to repeat words and phrases which are unclear and then everything is understandable, but longer, more complicated sentences remain incomprehensible
The test-taker is asked to repeat words and phrases which are unclear and then everything is understandable
Spoken language is very clear