The document describes an ESL composition profile used to evaluate and score ESL writing on a scale from 0 to 25 in five categories: Content, Organization, Language Use, Vocabulary, and Mechanics. For each category, it provides criteria for score ranges from excellent to very poor, describing the level of mastery, errors, clarity, and substantive development demonstrated in the writing.
The document describes an ESL composition profile used to evaluate and score ESL writing on a scale from 0 to 25 in five categories: Content, Organization, Language Use, Vocabulary, and Mechanics. For each category, it provides criteria for score ranges from excellent to very poor, describing the level of mastery, errors, clarity, and substantive development demonstrated in the writing.
The document describes an ESL composition profile used to evaluate and score ESL writing on a scale from 0 to 25 in five categories: Content, Organization, Language Use, Vocabulary, and Mechanics. For each category, it provides criteria for score ranges from excellent to very poor, describing the level of mastery, errors, clarity, and substantive development demonstrated in the writing.
The document describes an ESL composition profile used to evaluate and score ESL writing on a scale from 0 to 25 in five categories: Content, Organization, Language Use, Vocabulary, and Mechanics. For each category, it provides criteria for score ranges from excellent to very poor, describing the level of mastery, errors, clarity, and substantive development demonstrated in the writing.
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ESL Composition Profile (Jacobs et al, 1981, in Weigle, 2002; Boardman & Frydenberg, 2002)
Category Score Criteria
25-21 EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: knowledgeable • substantive CONTENT •thorough development of thesis • relevant to assigned topic 20-16 GOOD TO AVERAGE: some knowledge of subject • adequate range • limited development of thesis • mostly relevant to topic, but lacks detail 15-11 FAIR TO POOR: limited knowledge of subject • little substance •inadequate development of topic 10-0 VERY POOR: does not show knowledge of subject • non-substantive • non pertinent • OR not enough to evaluate 25-21 EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: fluent expression • ideas clearly ORGANIZATION stated/ supported • succinct • well-organized • logical sequencing • cohesive 20-16 GOOD TO AVERAGE: somewhat choppy • loosely organized but main ideas stand out • limited support • logical but incomplete sequencing 15-11 FAIR TO POOR: non-fluent • ideas confused or disconnected • lacks logical sequencing and development 10-0 VERY POOR: does not communicate • no organization • OR not enough to evaluate 25-21 EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: effective complex constructions • few LANGUAGE USE errors of agreement, tense, number, word order/function, article, pronouns, prepositions 20-16 GOOD TO AVERAGE: effective but simple constructions • minor problems in complex constructions • several errors of agreement, tense, number, word order/function, article, pronouns, prepositions but meaning seldom obscured 15-11 FAIR TO POOR: major problems in simple/ complex constructions • frequent errors of negation, tense, number, word order/function, article, pronouns, prepositions and/ or fragments, run-ons, deletions • meaning confused or obscured 10-0 VERY POOR: virtually no mastery of sentence construction rules • dominated by errors • does not communicate • OR not enough to evaluate 15-13 EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: sophisticated range •effective VOCABULARY word/idiom choice and usage • word for mastery • appropriate register 12-10 GOOD TO AVERAGE: adequate range • occasional errors of effective word/idiom form, choice, usage but meaning not obscured 9-7 FAIR TO POOR: limited range • frequent errors of effective word/idiom form, choice, usage • meaning confused or obscured 6-0 VERY POOR: essentially translation • little knowledge of English vocabulary, idioms, word form • OR not enough to evaluate 10 EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: demonstrates mastery of conventions • MECHANICS few errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing 9-8 GOOD TO AVERAGE: occasional errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing but meaning not obscured 7-6 FAIR TO POOR: frequent errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing • poor handwriting • meaning confused or obscured 5-0 VERY POOR: no mastery of conventions • dominated by errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing • handwriting illegible • OR not enough to evaluate
