Composition Correction Key
Symbol |
Error |
Incorrect |
Correct |
AC |
Accent |
lapiz |
lápiz |
|---|---|---|---|
LX |
Lexicon |
Aprendió la noticia |
Se enteró de la noticia (aprender means learn but is not used in Spanish in the context where you have tried to use it) |
MD |
Mood (modo verbal) |
Te pido que vienes (indicative) |
Te pido que vengas (subjunctive) |
MW |
Missing Word (often an article: el, la, los, las, etc.) |
Biología es fácil. |
LA biología es fácil. |
NA |
Noun/ Adj. Agreement |
la problema |
el problema |
PR |
Pronoun (often, you used the wrong pronoun: lo instead of él, for example) |
Me madre es francesa. |
MI madre es francesa. |
RV |
Reflexive Verb |
Yo lavo el pelo. |
YO ME lavo el pelo. |
SP |
Spelling |
la baca |
la vaca |
SY |
Syntax (often you've directly translated an English structure that does not quite match the Spanish) |
Juan gusta la química |
A Juan le gusta la química. |
TE |
Verb Tense (often imperfect where you should use preterite and vice versa) |
Ayer compraba un libro. |
Ayer compré un libro. |
VA |
Verb Agreement |
Ella bebemos. |
Nosotros bebemos. |
WW |
Wrong Word (often ser when it should be estar and vice versa) |
Mario es cansado Mi sujeto favorito es el arte. (sujeto = person in Spanish) |
Mario está cansado. Mi materia favorita es el arte. |
???? |
Incomprehensible Su profesor no comprende. |
Composition Grid for Grading Purposes
Comprehensibility (20%)
Very little is comprehensible 1 2 3
Generally comprehensible with interpretation 4 5 6 7
Almost 100% comprehensible 8 9
100% comprehensible 10
Content (20%)
Little information conveyed 1 2 3
Basic information conveyed 4 5 6 7
All information conveyed 8 9
All information conveyed(beautifully, creatively, with flair) 10
Vocabulary (30%)
Inadequate 4 5 6
Sometimes word choice is wrong 7 8 9 10
Generally appropriate but not impressive 11 12 13
Broad, precise, and impressive 14 15
Spelling (10%)
Frequent spelling errors 1 2
Sporadic spelling & mechanics problems 3 4
Near perfect spelling & mechanics 5
Grammar (20%)
Very little control of basic structures; problems with agreement, word order, prepositions, and determiners 3 4
Control of basic structures; still problems with agreement, word order, prepositions 5 6 7
Excellent controll of sentence patterns and structures 8 9 10