The mark bands below are rough and general descriptions; speeches need not have every feature described to fit in a particular band. Many speakers will range across multiple bands depending on the feature assessed – for example, their style might appear of the 73-75 range, while their engagement might be closer to the 67-69 bracket, and their argumentation closest to the 70-72 range. Judges should not treat any individual feature as decisive in and of itself, but should rather aim to balance all features of the speech to come to the speaker score that seems most appropriate. Throughout this scale, ‘arguments’ refers both to constructive material and responses. Judges should assess all speakers in a fair manner and must take note of the fact that neither language proficiency nor accent influence a speaker’s speaker score. Please use the full range of the scale.
Score | Qualitative Comments |
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95 – 100 |
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92 – 94 |
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89 – 91 |
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86 – 88 |
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83 – 85 |
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79 – 82 |
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76 – 78 |
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73 – 75 |
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70 – 72 |
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67 – 69 |
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64 – 66 |
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61 – 63 |
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58 – 60 |
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55 – 57 |
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50 – 55 |
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This scale has been transcribed word-for-word from pages 57-58 of the Korea WUDC Judge Manual into an HTML-based format so it can load more quickly and viewed more easily on mobile devices.
The speaker scale was initially created by Sam Block, Jonathan Leader Maynard and Alex Worsnip and updated by the Warsaw EUDC Adjudication Core.