Thoughts confused, inconsistent, and not well thought through before speaking. Few if any examples.

Thoughts not well organized. Listeners have difficulty following the speaker's ideas. Main points are unclear. Perhaps some examples, but sometimes not well connected to main points.

Satisfactory thought content. Reasonably well organized. Overall flow of ideas sometimes unclear. Points sometimes not made clearly. Some relevant examples. More would be useful.

Clearly thought through and well organized. Clear introduction and conclusion. Main points well stated. Coherent flow of ideas. Good illustrative examples.

Many grammatical errors; speaks in incomplete sentences; accent difficult to understand.

Few grammatical errors; but sentences are either incomplete or run on. Accent requires significant effort to understand. Uses few English colloquial expressions.

Few grammatical errors; some sentences are either incomplete or run on; minimal accent; speaks what would normally be considered standard English.

No grammatical errors with exceptional sentence structures; fluent and elegant English.

Slides or diagrams seem to have been cut-and-pasted together; no connection between slides.

Boring and somewhat uninformative slides/diagrams.

Generally good set of slides and diagrams. Conveys the main points reasonably well in a traditional way. Adequate diagrams.

Well rehearsed/thought through, informative, creative, and engaging presentation. Diagrams extremely well designed to get points across in intuitive ways.

Makes virtually no contact with audience/listeners and seems unaware of audience/listener reactions.

Makes occasional eye contact with audience but seems uninterested in audience/listener reactions.

Maintains good contact with audience/listeners but doesn't always answer questions in enough detail. Generally acknowledges difficult issues.

Makes exceptional rapport with audience/listeners. Encourages dialogue. Provides additional material/examples/information when needed. Always clear how well difficult issues have been handled.