| Mastery Level | Standard Level | Unacceptable Level |
Objective 1 | Clear pronunciation and natural intonation | Understandable pronunciation and recognizable intonation | Poor pronunciation using only Japanese katakana to try to speak English and flat intonation |
Objective 2 | Natural accent, stress, and rhythm | Understandable accent, stress, and rhythm | Incomprehensible accent, stress, rhythm |
Objective 3 | Mastery of all textbook vocabulary | Mastery of most of the textbook vocabulary which the teacher focused on in class lectures | Mastery of only a few of the textbook vocabulary which the teacher focused on in class lectures |
Objective 4 | Mastery of all the grammar from the textbook and from the teacher's lectures | Mastery of most of the grammar from the textbook and from the teacher's lectures | Mastery of only some of the grammar from the textbook and from the teacher's lectures |
Objective 5 | Able to maintain a basic conversation fluently | Able to maintain a basic conversation somewhat fluently | Not able to maintain a basic conversation |
Objective 6 | Able to express opinions in English clearly | Able to express opinions in English somewhat clearly | Not able to express opinions in English |
Objective 7 | Able to explain ideas fluently in English | Able to explain ideas somewhat fluently in English | Not able to explain ideas in English |
Objective 8 | Able to use all of the English conversation strategies from the textbook skillfully and with ease | Able to recognize and use many English conversation strategies from the textbook | Not able to recognize or use English conversation strategies from the textbook |