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Using the ELP as a Basis for Self- and Peer Assessment When Selecting "Best" Work in Modern-Language Degree Programmes

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Dalziel, Fiona; Davies, Gillian; Han, Amy – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016

The European Language Portfolio (ELP) was designed as a tool that "supports reflective learning and fosters the development of learner autonomy" (Little 2009, "The European Language Portfolio: Where pedagogy and assessment meet". Strasbourg: Council of Europe.…

Descriptors: Modern Languages, Undergraduate Students, Portfolios (Background Materials), Second Language Learning

Developing Communicative Competence in University Language Programmes

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Šajgalíková, Helena; Breeze, Ruth – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013

This article deals with university language teaching in the perspective of its shift from linguistic competence towards communicative competence, and presents some aspects of the underlying process. It analyses the findings from a survey conducted within the Leonardo project "Transparency in the Acquired Language Competences" (TALC;…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages), College Second Language Programs, Second Language Instruction

Standardising Assessment to Meet Student Needs in Foreign Language Modules in a University Context: Is Standardisation Possible?

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Nunan, Anna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014

The Applied Language Centre at University College Dublin offers foreign language modules to students in ten languages at CEFR [Common European Framework of Reference for Languages] levels ranging from A1 to B2. Efforts have been underway in the Centre to standardise the assessment components across languages to ensure parity between module credits…

Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Students, Standards