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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]

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[oldfatfarang]

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

[Freaka]

[Rapacious Mr. Batstove]

[Col.Brandon]

It's painful to watch some poor little bugger recite a list of random English words produced by an online translator.

"Yoda sounds like it does, the bedspread."

Imagine if we could somehow harness all that wasted effort. It'd be like kimchi-powered cold fusion.

[jay-shi]

We did a speech contest at my school recently and these are the criteria we tood the students we would be judging them on. Hope that helps.

Enthusiasm

* Enjoyment

Does the student seem to be happy to be presenting his speech? Is the student in a good mood? Is the student conveying his happiness?

* Confidence

Is the student confident about his performance? Does the student seem nervous? Is the student managing stage fright well?

* Physical presentation

Is the student standing up straight? Is the student using body language to enhance the speech? Is the student looking ahead at the audience?

Content

* Interesting speech and originality

Is the speech interesting? Are there interesting, original, anecdotal or even humorous aspects to the speech? Does the speech feel heartfelt by the student?

* Correct grammar

Is the speech grammatically correct?

* Memorization

Did the student memorize the speech well enough? Are there gaps in the speech due to memorization failure? Is the student ever at a loss for words?

Delivery

* Loudness

Is the speech being performed loud enough for the audience to fully comprehend it? Is the student screaming when he should only be talking loudly?

* Pronunciation

Is the student properly pronunciating the words to the speech. Is there any Konglish in the student's pronunciation?

* Flow of speech

is the speech said to fast or too slow? Are the pauses in accordance to the punctuation of the speech. Are any pauses used for dramatic effect when need be?

[garykasparov]

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[oldfatfarang]

[yingwenlaoshi]

BS Factor

Does it sound like he/she wrote it?