iRubric: Practice Exercises for Linguistics rubric

Student can explain concepts of language and can use components of language as an integrative system to inform instruction and planning.

Student understands and can use components of language as an integrative system to inform instruction and planning.

Student demonstrates awareness of language as a system and components of language as an integrative system to inform instruction and planning. Ability to apply to instruction and planning is developing.

Some knowledge of language as a system is present, but ability to apply to instruction and planning may be lacking.

Student recognizes and explains a variety of dialect features, discourse features, and register variations in spoken and written English and understands how variations across languages and dialects can influence ELLs. Can design instructional activities to help ELLs acquire and discursive and rhetorical features and use them effectively.

Student recognizes a variety of dialect features, discourse features, and register variations in spoken and written English and understands how variations across languages and dialects can influence ELLs. Can design instructional activities to help ELLs acquire and discursive and rhetorical features and use them effectively.

Student demonstrates awareness of a variety of dialect features, discourse features, and register variations in spoken and written English and understands how variations across languages and dialects can influence ELLs. Ability to apply to instruction and planning is developing.

Student demonstrates developing awareness of a variety of dialect features, discourse features, and register variations in spoken and written English and understands how variations across languages and dialects can influence ELLs. Ability to apply to instruction and planning may be lacking.

Formatting follows guidelines for assignments as provided in syllabus. Editing is consistent and evident throughout; final product is polished and professional. Few to no errors.

Formatting follows guidelines for assignments. Editing is consistent and evident throughout; any errors do not detract much from the overall level of professionalism.

May contain several errors or guidelines are inconsistently applied. Editing is mostly consistent but may be unevenly applied, or contains several errors which detract from the overall professionalism.

Guidelines for assignments are inconsistently or inaccurately applied. Errors are so numerous as to seriously detract from the professionalism of the assignment.