Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Writing
Adapted from Weir (1998: 69-70):
No
1
Aspect
Organizatio
n
Score
5
10
15
20
Content
Grammar
Vocabulary
5
10
15
20
5
10
15
20
5
10
15
20
Mechanics
5
10
15
20
Description
No apparent organization of the content
Very little organization of content. Underlying structure not
sufficiently apparent
Some organizational skills in evidence, but not adequately
controlled
Overall shape and internal pattern clear. Organizational skills
adequately controlled.
Bear almost no relation to the task
Limited relevance to the task
Mostly answer the task
Relevant and adequate answer to the task
Almost all grammatical patterns inaccurate
Frequent grammatical inaccurate
Some grammatical inaccurate
Almost no grammatical inaccurate
Vocabulary inadequate even for the most basic part of intended
communication
Frequent inadequacies in vocabulary for the task. Perhaps
frequent lexical inappropriacies and/or repetition.
Some inadequacies in vocabulary for the task. Perhaps some
lexical inappropriacies and/or circumlocution.
Almost no inadequacies in vocabulary for the task. Only rare
lexical inappropriacies and/or circumlocution.
Ignorance of conventions of punctuation. Almost all spelling
inaccurate.
Low standard of accuracy in punctuation and spelling.
Some inaccuracy in punctuation and spelling.
Almost no inaccuracy in punctuation.
Writing
Score
Elements
Main ideas
17 20
Essay
13 16
Essay
9 12
Development
58
Ideas
04
Essay is
addresses the
addresses
of ideas not
incomplete
completely
assigned topic;
the issues
complete of
inadequate
but
essay is
reflect careful
concrete and
misses
somewhat off
thinking or
reflect
thoroughly
some
the topic;
was hurriedly
academic-
developed; no
points;
paragraphs
written,
level work,
extraneous
ideas
arent divided
inadequate
no apparent
material; essay
could be
exactly right.
effort in area
effort to
reflects
more fully
of content.
consider the
thought.
developed,
topic
some
carefully.
extraneous
material
present.
Supporting
details
17 20
Arrangement
13 16
Body of
9 12
Problems with
58
Severe
04
No apparent
of material
essay is
the order of
problems with
organization
shows plan
acceptable,
ideas in body;
ordering of
of body;
(could be
but some
the
ideas; lack of
severe lack
outlined by
ideas arent
generalizations
supporting
of
reader),
fully
may not be
evidence
supporting
supporting
developed;
fully supported
conclusion
evidence;
evidence
sequence is
by the evidence
weal of
writer has
Appropriat
e words
and
phrases
Grammar
given for
logical but
given;
illogical
not made
generalization;
transitional
problems of
inadequate
any effort to
conclusion
expressions
organization
effort at
organize the
logical and
may be
interfere
organization
composition
complete.
absent or
(could not
misused.
be outlined
13 15
Precise
10 12
Attempts
79
Some
46
Poor
by reader)
03
Inappropriat
vocabulary
variety;
vocabulary
expression of
usage; use of
good
misused; lacks
ideas;
use of
parallel
vocabulary;
awareness of
problems in
vocabulary;
structure;
not wordy;
register; may
vocabulary;
no concept
concise;
register
be too wordy.
lacks variety
of register
register good.
OK; style
of structure.
or
fairly
sentence
concise.
variety.
13 15
Native-like
10 12
Advanced
79
Ideas are
46
Numerous
03
Severe
fluency in
proficiency
getting through
serious
grammar
English
in English
to the reader,
grammar
problems
grammar,
grammar,
but grammar
problems
interfere
correct use of
some
problems are
interfere with
greatly with
relative
grammar
apparent and
communicatio
the
clauses,
problems
have a negative
message;
prepositions,
dont
effect on
of the writers
reader cant
modals,
influence
communication
ideas;
understand
articles, verb
communica
grammar
what the
forms and
tion,
run-on
review of
writer was
tense
although
sentences; or
some
trying to
sequencing;
the reader
fragments
areas clearly
say;
no fragments
is aware of
present.
needed
unintelligibl
or run-on
them, no
difficult to
sentences
fragments
read
sentence
or
sentences.
structure
fun-on
sentences.
Cohesive
Devices
13 15
Precise
10 12
Attempts
79
Some cohesive
46
Poor
03
Inappropriat
cohesive
variety;
devices
expression of
devices
good
misused; may
ideas;
use of
usage; use of
cohesive
be too wordy.
problems in
cohesive
pronouns,
devices; not
cohesive
devices; no
substitutions,
wordy;
devices; lacks
concept of
conjunctions,
style fairly
variety of
sentence
synonyms,
concise.
structure.
variety.
antonyms
good.
Mechanics
13 15
Correct use of
10 12
Some
79
Uses general
46
Serious
03
Complete
English
problems
writing
problems with
disregard
writing
with
for
conventions
writing
has errors;
English
paper
Total
conventions
spelling
parts of essay
writing
margins,
or
problems
not legible
conventions
allophone
punctuation
distract reader;
errors in
needed
punctuation
sentence
paper
capitals,
occasional
errors interfere
punctuation
illegible;
paragraph
spelling
with ideas
and final
obvious
indented,
errors; left
punctuation,
capitals
punctuation
margin
unacceptable
missing, no
and spelling;
correct,
to educated
margins,
very neat.
paper is
readers.
severe
80 100
neat and
spelling
legible.
problems.
60 79
40 59
21 39
0 20
Speaking:
Adapted from Haris
Aspect
Fluency
Explanation
Fluent and no mistake in the ways in saying the
sentences
If there are 5 pausing time maximum
If there are more than 5 pausing time
Score
16 - 20
11 15
6 10
Pronunciation
Accuracy
Content
15
16 20
11 15
6 10
15
16 20
11 15
6 10
15
16 20
11 15
6 10
15