C1 roleplay feedback rubric

How to score

Rate each category from 1 to 5 after a roleplay.

Category 1: Strategic framing

• 5: issue framed clearly with scope and priorities
• 3: generally clear but partially unfocused
• 1: unclear or scattered framing

Category 2: Decision communication

• 5: recommendations are concrete, sequenced, and justified
• 3: recommendations present but insufficiently supported
• 1: vague suggestions without rationale

Category 3: Interaction agility

• 5: responds to challenges precisely and adaptively
• 3: responses adequate but sometimes generic
• 1: avoids or misses key challenges

Category 4: Register and tone

• 5: tone consistently appropriate to context and audience
• 3: mostly appropriate with minor mismatch
• 1: frequent register mismatch

Category 5: Synthesis quality

• 5: integrates competing points into coherent next step
• 3: partial synthesis
• 1: no effective integration

Improvement loop

1. Identify lowest category.
2. Replay same scenario with one targeted improvement.
3. Compare scores after second attempt.

Speaking tip

Advanced improvement is fastest when one rubric category is trained at a time.