英文诗歌朗诵评价标准.docVIP

Evaluation Criteria: Physical Presence Voice and Articulation Dramatic Appropriateness Level of Difficulty Evidence of Understanding Overall Performance Accuracy PHYSICAL PRESENCE Eye contact, body language, and poise. Tips: Present yourself well and be attentive. Use good posture. Look confident. Use eye contact with the entire audience. Don’t focus solely on the judges. Nervous gestures, poor eye contact with the audience, and lack of poise or confidence will detract from your score. Relax and be natural. Enjoy your poem—the judges will notice.? Qualities of a strong recitation: Ease and comfort with the audience. Engagement with the audience through physical presence, including appropriate body language, confidence, and eye contact—without appearing artificial. VOICE AND ARTICULATION Volume, pace, rhythm, intonation, and proper pronunciation.?Keep in Mind: Contestants will use a microphone at the National Finals Tips: Project to the audience. Capture the attention of everyone, including the people in the back row. However, don’t mistake yelling for good projection. Proceed at a fitting and natural pace. Avoid nervously rushing through the poem. Do not speak so slowly that the language sounds unnatural or awkward. With rhymed poems, be careful not to recite in a sing-song manner. Make sure you know how to pronounce every word in your poem. Articulate. Line breaks are a defining feature of poetry. Decide whether a break requires a pause and, if so, how long to pause. Qualities of a strong recitation: All words pronounced correctly, and the volume, rhythm, and intonation greatly enhance the recitation. Pacing appropriate to the poem. DRAMATIC APPROPRIATENESS Recitation is about conveying a poem’s sense with its language. It is closer to the art of oral interpretation than theatrical performance. (Think storyteller or narrator rather than actor.) A strong performance will rely on a powerful internalization of the poem rather than distracting dramatic gestures. You r