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All marks for individual pieces of coursework and examinations are given to the nearest integer. These criteria apply to undergraduate and graduate course units.
70-100
Oral
Excellent pronunciation and intonation, practically no morphological or syntactical errors in normal conversation situations, near native use of vocabulary and idioms, completely fluent and effortless speech, near native comprehension and responsiveness.
Written
Practically no morphological or syntactical errors, outstanding use of vocabulary, style and register, originality, outstanding command of the topic, critical ability, convincing argument.
60-69
Oral
Good pronunciation and intonation, all important sound distinctions of the language made with only a few inadequacies, occasional grammatical/syntactical errors which do not obscure meaning, good use of vocabulary and idioms, understands nearly everything, only occasional repetition necessary, fluency and speed of speech only slightly affected by language problems.
Written
Occasional grammatical errors which do not obscure meaning, good use of vocabulary, style and register, sound and sensible answers, well informed and well presented.
50-59
Oral
Some inadequacies in pronunciation and intonation, some grammatical/syntactical errors which do not obscure meaning, communicates message quite well, presentation is clear, ideas are relevant, appropriate response to questions.
Written
Some grammatical or syntactical errors which do not generally obscure meaning, occasional use of inappropriate terms but vocabulary, style and register basically adequate, showing adequate knowledge of the subject.
40-49
Oral
Inadequacies in pronunciation impair comprehension, more frequent and/or serious grammatical or syntactical errors which tend to obscure meaning, some use of inappropriate terms, fluency and speech of delivery noticeably affected by language problems.
Written
Serious grammatical or syntactical errors which tend to obscure meaning, some use of inappropriate terms but vocabulary, style and register barely adequate, lacking critical ability and of dubious relevance.
35-39
Oral
Frequent inadequacies in pronunciation and intonation and comprehension seriously impaired, frequent grammatical or syntactical errors which obscure meaning, frequent use of wrong vocabulary, fluency and speed adversely affected by language problems, response inadequate, examiner forced to speak unusually slowly or to over articulate.
Written
Frequent grammatical and syntactical errors which obscure meaning, frequent use of wrong or limited vocabulary, style and register, very little knowledge or relevance but uncritical or naive.
10-34
Oral
Pronunciation inadequacies necessitate concentrated listening, problems with important sound distinctions of the language which lead to extreme difficulties in expressing themselves, misunderstanding, constant grammatical errors, utterances restricted to basic patterns and often irrelevant, halting and hesitant speech, silence forced by language inadequacies, examiner forced to speak unusually slowly, to repeat and reformulate before understood.
Written
Frequent grammatical and syntactical errors, seriously impairing meaning, lexical errors and limited vocabulary, minor traces of knowledge, incomprehensibility and irrelevance.
0-9
A zero score is only awarded if a piece of work does not exist. 1-9 can be considered to be reserved for the very flimsiest notions of an attempt at the piece of work in question.