State of Israel

Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport

English Inspectorate

Rubric for Assessing Oral Social Interaction

Four and Five Points

The Extended Interview

Communicative Ability Points Accuracy Points

• Understands questions • Correct use of complex

20 language structures 20
• Interacts fluently
• Rich vocabulary
• Gives extended answers
• Comprehensible
pronunciation

16 16

• Understands questions with some • Correct use of simple

rephrasing 12 language structures 12
• Interacts with some hesitation • Basic vocabulary
• Gives single-sentence answers • Mostly comprehensible
pronunciation

8 8

• Has difficulty understanding questions; • Incorrect use of simple

requires frequent repetition and language structures
rephrasing
4 • Limited vocabulary 4
• Interacts with difficulty
• Poor pronunciation
• Gives simple phrases and/or single-
word answers

Teachers can give in-between grades e.g. 10 pts.

 State of Israel
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
English Inspectorate

Rubric for Assessing the Project Presentation and Interaction

Four and Five Points

The Project Presentation and Interaction

Project Presentation Pts Accuracy Pts Project Interaction Pts

• Presentation is well-organized • Correct use of • Understands

and includes: introduction, complex questions
summary of main ideas and language
20 20 • Gives extended 20
conclusion structures
answers
• Presentation is sustained and • Vocabulary is
• Gives clear
detailed (talks for about three topic-related
explanations all of
minutes) and rich
the time
• Personal perspective is • Comprehensible
included pronunciation
• Presentation is spoken rather
than read from notes
16 16 16
• Presentation is organized but • Correct use of • Understands
lacks one element simple questions with some
language rephrasing
• Presentation is adequate but 12 12 12
structures
not detailed (talks for about • Gives single-
two minutes) • Vocabulary is sentence answers
topic-related
• Personal perspective is hardly • Gives clear
but basic
related to explanations some
• Mostly of the time
• Presentation is mostly spoken
comprehensibl
rather than read from notes e
pronunciation
8 8 8
• Presentation is disorganized • Incorrect use of • Has difficulty
simple language understanding
• Presentation is short (stops
structures questions; requires
talking after one minute) 4 4 4
frequent repetition
• Vocabulary is
• Personal perspective is not and rephrasing
general and
included basic • Gives simple
• Presentation is read from phrases and/or
• Poor
notes single-word
pronunciation answers
• Gives unclear or no
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Teachers can give in-between grades e.g. 10 pts.
One grade is given for accuracy that reflects accuracy for both the project presentation and the project interaction.