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[oldfatfarang]

I've been asked to judge a speech contest for a neighboring midle school (who doesn't have a native speaker).

I don't know yet if they're just memorising sentences/paragraphs - or they're making their own speeches.

Judging speaking seems to be very subjective. Is there an objective way to classify speech performance?

Any ideas on what I should look for? I thought about:
- pronunciation
- L & R confusion
- Singular - plurals
- Konglisheeee

- intonation
- word stress
- sentence stress
- fluency

- Confidence
- Posture

Personally, I think these contests can do a lot of damage. In my last job I spent 2 1/2 months getting a girl to talk confidently again after she received disparaging remarks made by a native speaking contest judge.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I'd be sure to throw in an originality and creativity mark, too.

[Texas T-Bone]

pronunciation, tempo, eye contact, volume, word / grammar usage, intonation, fluency, creativeness / originality, posture

While a contest is a little different from a day to day class, seems that the same would apply. I usually video record speeches and involve the class in open discussions at the end. . .things that wouldn't matter in a contest. However, I am curious are you allowed to interact with them? If so, maybe asking them questions and judging their impromtu ability could be another factor.

B~

[oldfatfarang]

I don't know what's going to happen yet. Typical. I'll probably be taken to the school 5 minutes before the contest. Flattered, sat down, and told : "you judgee now".

I'm very concerned I'll do more harm than good.

[Scotticus]

[ddeubel]

Please see my public speaking folder for many rubriks, from simple to complex, on this. Some in the form of checklists and peer evaluation.

I would recommend that if you are doing a public speaking contest, you use the blank template and the modifiers/descriptors that accompany it, to design your own. I've linked to it below but see the whole folder in total.

Typically the criteria is of 3 parts; Fluency / Presenting Skills / Content and you can weigh differently. (I typically just put a 2X or how much, at the right, outside the box, to indicate the weight. Then just add up the score after evaluation and X each criteria by the appropriate weight. Sounds complex but isn't at all.

but you can also add criteria such as Audience interest, pronounciation/voice, participation/effort.

DD

http://www.esnips.com/doc/75d13f7c-a25e-4498-9748-80f5b7a518a4/Rubrik-descriptors

http://www.esnips.com/doc/bade52cd-1e10-4ba5-853c-0c94ae3f9a33/Presentation-rubric

[garykasparov]

EDIT

[oldfatfarang]

No, it's in the same public school district as my public school.

[Freaka]

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