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Assessing Verbal Interaction: Towards European Harmonization. Insights from the Co-Operation between Spanish and French Language Exams for Higher Education (CertAcles/CLES)
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Zabala Delgado, Julia; Rouveyrol, Laurent – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
Verbal interaction has been the subject of a growing interest among language professionals in Europe since the CEFR was published in 2001; in linguistics, verbal interaction has long been studied. In the Bakhtinian approach, it is even considered "the fundamental reality of language". All types of interaction share the fact that they are…
Descriptors: Spanish, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Underlying Action-Oriented and Task-Based Approach of the CEFR and Its Implementation in Language Testing and Assessment at University
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Fischer, Johann – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The underlying methodological approach of the CEFR is defined as being "action-oriented" and task-based (Council of Europe. 2001. "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment." Cambridge University Press: 9), although it explicitly leaves room for a variety of approaches, since the CEFR…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Rating Scales, Guidelines
Apprenticing Future Economists: Analysing an ESP Course through the Lens of the New CEFR Extended Framework
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Portman, Daniel; Broido, Monica – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
Increasingly, professionally-oriented tertiary institutions are concerned with equipping their students with the English language skills needed in today's global professional world. The recently extended 2018 Common European Framework (CEFR) provides useful guidance to help institutions develop curricula to achieve this goal. This paper describes…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Rating Scales, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Teacher Development: Resources and Devices to Promote Reflective Attitudes toward Their Profession
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Schmidt, Maria Gabriela; Nagai, Noriko; Naganuma, Naoyuki; Birch, Gregory – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) has been increasingly used to inform language policies and teaching practices in Japan. The Japanese Ministry of Education proposed in 2011 that objectives of English curricula at the secondary education level ought to be stated using the "Can do" schemata of the CEFR and…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Rating Scales, Language Planning, Teaching Methods