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      <title>Speaking Skills Assessment Rubric (CEFR A1-C1) by Michael Rooney</title>
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      <description>This rubric evaluates speaking communication skills across different proficiency levels, aligned with CEFR standards from A1 to C1. Each criterion is scored on a 5-point scale.</description>
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         <title>Poor (1 point)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Can manage very short, isolated, mainly pre-packaged utterances. Requires many pauses to search for expressions, articulate less familiar words, and repair communication. Speech is disconnected and hard to follow.]]></description>
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         <title>Fair (2 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Can make themselves understood in short contributions, even though pauses, false starts, and reformulation are very evident. Requires frequent pauses for grammatical and lexical planning.]]></description>
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         <title>Good (3 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Can express themselves with relative ease. Despite some problems with formulation resulting in pauses and 'dead ends,' is able to keep going effectively without help. Speech is generally coherent with reasonable flow.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:41:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Very Good (4 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Communicates spontaneously, often showing remarkable fluency and ease of expression. Can produce stretches of language with a fairly even tempo. May show occasional loss of fluency but generally maintains coherent speech.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Excellent (5 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Speaks fluently with natural, effortless flow. Produces clear, smoothly flowing, well-structured speech. Can express themselves spontaneously, at length, and with notable ease. Only a conceptually difficult subject might hinder natural, smooth flow.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Poor (1 point)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Pronunciation shows strong L1 influence making understanding difficult. Makes frequent phonemic errors that impede communication. Stress and intonation patterns are inappropriate or absent.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Fair (2 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Pronunciation is generally intelligible but L1 interference is noticeable. Stress and intonation patterns may be incorrect, affecting comprehensibility. Frequent mispronunciations require listener effort.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Good (3 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Pronunciation is generally clear enough to be understood despite a noticeable accent. Listeners may need to ask for repetition occasionally. Shows reasonable control of stress and intonation patterns.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Very Good (4 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Pronunciation is clearly intelligible even if a foreign accent is sometimes evident and occasional mispronunciations occur. Can generally use appropriate intonation and stress patterns effectively.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Excellent (5 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Has acquired a clear, natural pronunciation and intonation. Can vary intonation and place sentence stress correctly to express finer shades of meaning. L1 accent has minimal impact on intelligibility.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Poor (1 point)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Shows only limited control of a few simple grammatical structures and sentence patterns in a memorized repertoire. Makes numerous basic errors that can impede meaning.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Fair (2 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Uses some simple structures correctly but still systematically makes basic mistakes. Has limited control of grammatical structures, relying mainly on memorized phrases.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Good (3 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Uses reasonably accurately a repertoire of frequently used patterns. Makes some systematic errors but generally maintains control of basic structures. Can self-correct some mistakes.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Very Good (4 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Shows a relatively high degree of grammatical control. Makes few errors that do not cause misunderstanding. Can use a good range of structures and self-correct most mistakes when they occur.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Excellent (5 points)</title>
         <author>mickthomasrooney</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/omnipro2025/yuw7zause1j1dif/wish/3508627237</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Maintains consistent grammatical control of complex language. Uses a full range of structures naturally and appropriately. Errors are rare and difficult to spot. Can self-correct effectively.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2025-07-02 16:42:01 UTC</pubDate>
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