AFLTA DISTRICT AND STATE CONTEST JUDGING RUBRIC

EXTEMPORANEOUS READING

Students name: ___________________________________________

Level (Circle one): Elementary IntermediateAdvanced Heritage
Target Language: _______________________________
Teacher Letter: _________

Instructions to judges:
1. IMPORTANT: DO NOT hand out copies of the passage to the students who are
waiting.
2. Please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the passage you have been given
with this rubric before listening to the first student. This is a competition, but with the
overall purpose of helping students to improve in and become more enthusiastic about
their target language.
3. Please allow only one student at a time to enter the room. Take the rubric and verify the
students name, level, language, and letter. Do not judge any student who is not wearing
a name tag.
4. When you are ready, please give the passage to the student to look at for one minute,
before beginning to read. Do not answer any questions. After one minute, ask the student
to proceed. Use the rubric below to give your honest professional opinion of the students
reading. If a student hesitates for more than a few seconds at any point, please give a
prompt. Students will eventually see their results, so please feel free --though not
obligated-- to provide encouraging comments and advice to help them improve.
5. IMPORTANT: Make sure that the student returns the passage to you before
leaving the room.
6. For District Contests only: Please keep in mind that we are hoping to send approximately
half of todays competitors on to state competition. This is in no way a mandate, as some
groups may have an unusually high number of students who deserve to move on --or to be
eliminated. It is merely a basic guideline to keep in mind. Students will need a score of at
least 15 in order to advance to state competition.
7. After all students have competed and the allotted competition time window has elapsed,
please select the top three students from your group. Each component of the rubric is
initially weighted equally. In the event of a tie for 1 st, 2nd, or 3rd place, however, the
components are arranged in order of importance to AFLTA, with pronunciation being the
first tie-breaker to consider, fluency the second, etc. Please do not allow a tie in the top
three spots. Use your discretion to choose the winner. Please give your results to the
messenger stationed outside your room, so that they can be processed.

Results to be filled out by the judge(s):

Pronunciation: __________
Fluency/Pace: __________
Intonation/Expression: __________
Confidence/ Poise: __________
Comprehensibility: __________

Total Score: __________

Did this student rank 1st, 2nd, 3rd? If yes, please indicate which: __________

Comments:
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Judge Signature(s): _____________________________________________________________________
READING Students name: ___________________________________________
Level (Circle one): Elementary IntermediateAdvanced Heritage
Target Language: _______________________________
Teacher Letter: __________
Results to be filled out by the judge(s): Circle performance levels
demonstrated.

4 (Distinguished) 3 (Advanced) 2 (Proficient) 1 (Honorable

Mention)

Pronunciatio Student Student uses Student sometimes Student seldom

n impresses judge mostly correct uses correct uses correct
with consistently pronunciation, pronunciation, but pronunciation. The
correct though a few errors also makes many presentation may or
pronunciation. may occur. There is errors. Though may not be
There is excellent competence and comprehensible, comprehensible, but
control of the exhibits good there is only fair there is only weak
correct control of the control over the or poor control
pronunciation of correct correct pronunciation over the correct
the passage. pronunciation of the of the passage. pronunciation of the
passage. passage.

Fluency/ Student Student is Student makes some Student was only

Pace impresses judge competent at interpretation able to exhibit weak
by demonstrating interpreting the errors in of the or poor control
the natural fluency natural fluency and passages fluency over the passages
and pace of the pace of the and pace, but overall natural fluency and
passage, as well as passage, as well as exhibits fair control pace.
strong control good control over over this aspect of
over this aspect of this aspect of the the presentation.
the presentation. presentation.

Intonation/ Student Student uses Student uses Student is mostly

Expression impresses judge intonation and intonation and unable to use
with excellent use expression in a expression intonation and
of intonation and competent way, effectively, but may expression effectively
expression, demonstrating make some errors, during the
indicating a deep good which reflect only a presentation,
comprehension comprehension of basic indicating
of the content of the content of the comprehension of incomplete
the passage. passage. the content of the comprehension of
passage. the content of the
passage.
Confidence/ Student Student Student is confident Student is unable to
Poise impresses judge demonstrates and poised for some maintain confidence
with excellent adequate of the and poise during the
confidence and confidence and presentation, but presentation.
poise throughout poise throughout may also
the entire most of the demonstrate some
presentation. presentation. doubt or difficulty.

Comprehensi Student has Student is able to Student is able to get Student does not
bility overall control of read the entire through the passage, demonstrate control
the passage. passage, with only with frequent over most parts of
Recitation is occasional hesitation. (Any the passage and
natural and hesitation. student requiring a requires multiple
comfortable with pronunciation prompt prompts in order to
no hesitations. from judge should be compete the reading.
automatically placed
in the 2 or 1
category.)