APPENDIX G
ORAL PROFICIENCY RATING SCALE GUIDELINES
Pronunciation
If mispronunciation should occur, please note the words on
rating sheet.
1. Often unintelligible with excessive mispronunciation,
making comprehension extremely difficult.
2. Intelligible, but with frequent mispronunciations which
may, at times, interfere with communication. Extremely
high amount of hesitations, repetitions, and unusual
pauses.
3. Always intelligible, but reflects occasional mispronunciations
which are usually systematic, with a number of hesitations,
repetitions, and unusual pauses.
4. Essentially like that of an average speaker of the
same age, except for some residue or overtones that suggest
nonstandardness or some mispronunciation when compared with
other students within the same community. There may be a
few repetitions, unusual pauses, or hesitations.
5. For all practical purposes, like that of an average
speaker within the same community; pronunciation may reflect
characteristic features of the dialect of the region. Pro
nunciation is clear, easily understood by another native
speaker.
Grammar
If errors occur, please note them on rating sheet.
1. Makes excessive number of errors in grammar, except in stock
phrases; extremely limited in range and variety of syntactic
structures.
2. Makes frequent errors in grammar, which may interfere with
normal communication; rather limited in range and variety
of syntactic structures; frequently resorts to rephrasing
in midcourse.
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