Writing RubricTask Fulfilment Organisation and structure Language control

Grammar Lexis Readability

5 Full achievement of the communicative aim.

The text is easily read and understood by the reader.

All requirements of the task completely satisfied with no omissions/irrelevance.

Effective organisation in appropriate format throughout the text.

Very clear presentation and logical development of all straightforward ideas and arguments

Effective signposting

Good range of grammatical items relating to the task with a good level of accuracy

Good range of lexical items relating to the task with good level of accuracy

Any errors do not impede understanding

Excellent spelling and punctuation

4 Good achievement of the communicative aim

Good awareness of the immediate reader-writer relationship.

Most requirements of the instruction appropriately met.

Good organisation in appropriate format in most of the text.

Clear presentation and logical development of most straightforward ideas and arguments

Good signposting

Appropriate range of grammatical items relating to the task with good level of accuracy (errors may occur when handling more complex ideas)

Appropriate range of lexical items relating to the task with good level of accuracy (may contain some circumlocutions)

Errors occasionally impede understanding but the overall message is clear

Spelling and punctuation is good enough to be followed (punctuation of simple sentences is free from errors)

3 Acceptable achievement of the communicative aim.

Some awareness of the writer-reader relationship.

Most requirements of the instructions acceptably met.

Acceptable organisation in a generally appropriate format

Presentation and development of most straightforward ideas, and arguments are acceptably clear and logical

Acceptable signposting

Acceptable level of grammatical accuracy and appropriacy relating to the task, though range may be restricted

Acceptable level of lexical accuracy and appropriacy relating to the task, though range may be restricted.

Errors sometimes impede understanding of specific ideas

Acceptable spelling and punctuation.

2 Limited/Partial achievement of the communicative aim.

Limited awareness of the writer-reader relationship

Some requirements of the instruction met.

Limited text organisation with minimal consideration of format.

Some ideas and arguments are coherent but others are unclear.

Limited signposting

Limited evidence of grammatical range and accuracy relating to the task, very restricted range.

Limited evidence of lexical range and accuracy relating to the task, very restricted range.

Errors sometimes impede understanding of general ideas

Difficulties with spelling and punctuation.

1 Poor achievement of the communicative aim

Poor awareness of the writer-reader relationship

Most requirements of the instruction are NOT met.

Poor text organisation in an inappropriate format.

Most ideas and arguments lack coherence and do not progress logically

Poor signposting

Inadequate evidence of grammatical range and accuracy (may have control over language below the level)

Inadequate evidence of lexical range and accuracy (may have control over the language below the level)

Errors frequently impede understanding

Poor spelling and punctuation throughout

0 Task not attempted. Wrong task attempted. No performance to evaluate.