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1

(developing)  

2

(intermediate)

3

 (expert)

Body Language

• Learner uses and body language at all, is very stiff.
• Learner uses body language that is hard to understand.Audience can’t interpret the character.
• The learner isn’t confident with his/her performance, keeps fiddling.

• Learner uses some good body language with motion that describe their mood
• Learner uses some understandable body language. Audience, slightly understands
•  The learner is sometimes confident with his/her performance. Fiddles occasionally.

• Learner uses a range of body languages to portray the character.
• Learner uses easy body language that portray the character. Audience understands it perfectly.
• The learner is always confident. With minimum fiddling, or sometimes none at all.

Facial Expression

• Learner is dull and does not express any facial expression.
• Learner might be smiling or chuckling even though their character might not be like that

• Learner sometimes expresses emotion but does not express enough to be convincing.
• Learner sometimes loses character.

• Learner always expresses the emotion of the character clearly.
• Learner portrays character all the way through.

Understanding of the Character

• Learner has little understanding of the character.
• They have the tendency to be out of character
• Does not evoke emotions from audience.
• Learner is not able to react at all when something unexpected happens.
• The audience is not able to figure out the character played by the learner by simply watching the performance.

• Learner has some understanding of the character.
• Learner tries to stay in character.
• Learner evokes little emotion from the audience.
• Learner looks uneasy when something sudden happens, and thus is not able to react in accordance with the character.
• Audience have a slight hint of the character played, but it is not obvious.

• Learner has total understanding of the character.
• Learner is always in character.
• Learner evokes emotion from the audience
• Learner is able to react to a sudden situation in a way that the character would.
• The audience is aware of the character the learner is playing.

Tone of voice

• Learner has variation in his/her tone while not being able not to speak accordingly.
• The learner might tend to stutter, showing nervousness
• Learner has enunciation issues like stuttering, mumbling etc.

• Learner has variation in his/her tone while speaking according to the emotion.
• Has variation but does not make it lively enough.
• Learner might sometimes stutter but sometimes speak in a confident tone

• Learner always changes his/her tone while speaking according to the emotion and character
• Learner speaks in a very confident tone.
• Learner applies enunciation in speech.