SYNCHRONOUS SESSION RUBRIC

Rubrics to mark students’ performance in each synch session.

Performance level → Goo

Needs help Needs some help In progress Very good
Criteria ↓ d
Task achievement, participation, preparation,
comprehension and ability to follow oral 1 2 3 4 5
instructions
Interactive communication, oral interaction, use
1 2 3 4 5
of camera and microphone
Accuracy of oral responses: Use of vocabulary
1 2 3 4 5
and grammar studied in the lesson
Pronunciation and fluency 1 2 3 4 5

Description of levels
Needs help level: A student gets 1 as a final session score. He/She shows tech savvy to interact with the
class but lack of knowledge and practice does not allow him/her to perform orally in the level.
Needs some help level: A student gets 2 as a final session score. This is not a passing grade. He/She
shows tech savvy to interact with the class but has little knowledge and practice that do not allow him/her
to perform orally well in the level.
In progress level: A student gets 3 as a final session score. The student shows tech savvy to interact with
the class but it’s clear that he/she has not completed all previous work and often struggles to perform
orally at the level.
Good level: A student gets 4 as a final session score. The student shows tech savvy to interact orally with
the class and it’s clear that he/she has completed previous work. However, he/she needs reinforcement
and additional practice in the topics discussed.
Very good level: A student gets 5 as a final session score. The student shows tech savvy to interact with
the class and it’s clear that he/she has completed previous work. He/She can perform oral tasks easily and
shows an excellent command of vocabulary and grammar structures.

* Tech savvy must be a prerequisite to take part in synchronous sessions. Teacher may be flexible during the
first sessions as students get used to the platform.
 RUBRICS TO MARK STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN EACH SYNCH SESSION
Performance level
→ Needs help Needs some help In progress Good Very good
Criteria ↓
Task achievement, 1 2 3 4 5
participation, Does not understand Has difficulty Understands Understands Understands and
preparation, instructions for tasks understanding instructions for instructions for performs
comprehension and nor performs them instructions for tasks, tasks with some tasks with little instructions for
successfully. requires frequent rephrasing and rephrasing and tasks successfully.
ability to follow
Lack of preparation repetition and performs some performs most of Well-prepared for
instructions for the session rephrasing and instructions them. the session
Gives simple oral performs some well. Quite well-prepared Gives extended oral
phrases and/or single- instructions Only partially for the session answers
word answers successfully. prepared for the Gives extended oral
Shows little session answers most of the
preparation for the Gives quite times.
session extended oral
Gives single-sentence answers
oral answers. sometimes.
Interactive Starts and keeps the Starts and keeps the Starts and keeps Starts and keeps the Starts and keeps the
communication, conversation when conversation rarely. the conversation conversation going conversation going
oral interaction, use prompted by Interacts with difficulty going easily. Interacts successfully.
of camera and instructor and Maintains simple sometimes. easily. Connects Interacts fluently
classmates. Interacts exchanges. Needs Interacts with his/her and skilfully,
microphone
with lots of difficulty. prompting and support some hesitation. contributions to the contributing to the
Has considerable when interacting. Keeps the conversation. conversation.
difficulty maintaining Little use of camera conversation Develops the Develops the
simple exchanges. and/or when instructor going with very conversation conversation
Needs additional requests. little prompting adequately effectively
prompting and and support Uses camera at Uses camera at all
support when Lots of background Uses camera most times and/or times
interacting. noise while speaking sometimes when instructor spontaneously.
No use of webcam and interacting in class and/or when requests.
affects communication instructor No background
Too much constantly. requests. Some background noise while
Background noise noise while speaking and
while speaking and Background speaking and interacting in class.
interacting in class noise while interacting in class.
affects speaking and
communication interacting in
seriously. class affects
communication.
Accuracy of oral 1 2 3 4 5
responses: Use of Fails to use the Poor use of language Uses few Shows a fine use of Shows a good use
vocabulary and language structures structures studied in the language most language of language
grammar studied in studied in the lesson lesson when structures structures studied in structures studied in
the lesson when performing performing orally. studied in the the lesson when the lesson when
orally. Limited vocabulary for lesson when performing orally. performing orally.
Lacks vocabulary the tasks. performing Uses a range of Uses a range of
appropriate for the Presence of false orally. vocabulary vocabulary
task. friends, quite a lot of Fair use of appropriate for appropriate for the
A lot of Spanish Spanish interference vocabulary for most of the tasks. task.
interference the tasks.
Pronunciation and 1 2 3 4 5
fluency Poor pronunciation Often poor Fair Mostly intelligible Intelligible
Words are not pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation. pronunciation
stressed correctly. Words are rarely Fair use of Intonation Intonation
No use of stressed correctly. rising/falling (rising/falling) is (rising/falling) is
rising/falling Little use of intonation generally adequate. appropriate.
 intonation when rising/falling intonation Speech is slow Fluent and smooth Fluent and clearly
needed. when needed. and with speech with some articulated speech.
Speech is slow except Speech is slow except constant hesitation Few or no
for short or for short or memorized hesitation hesitations.
memorized expressions.
expressions. Quite a lot of Spanish
interference.

Adapted from

UPC English Program Synchronous session rubric (2016)

Cambridge Speaking scales

Penalty for late comers

Punctuality for one-hour sessions Punctuality for two-hour sessions

Time Penalty Time Penalty

5 minutes late Tolerance 10 minutes late Tolerance
6 to 10 minutes late - 1 point 11 to 15 minutes late - 1 points
11 to 15 minutes late - 2 points 16 to 20 minutes late - 2 points
16 or more minutes late Absent (0) 21 or more minutes late Absent (0)

Penalty for leaving class early

Penalty for one-hour sessions Penalty for two-hour sessions

Time Penalty Time Penalty

5 minutes before the end of the session Tolerance 10 minutes before the end of the session Tolerance
6 to 10 minutes before the end of the - 1 point 11 to 15 minutes before the end of the - 1 points
session session
11 to 15 minutes before the end of the - 2 points 16 to 20 minutes before the end of the - 2 points
session session
16 or more minutes before the end of the Absent (0) 21 or more minutes before the end of Absent
session the session (0)