CEFR-informed learning, teaching and assessment: a practical guide

by Nagai, Noriko

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Full title :CEFR-informed learning, teaching and assessment : a practical guide / Noriko Nagai, Gregory C. Birch, Jack V. Bower, Maria Gabriela Schmidt.

Summary

This book is a practical guide to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR) (Council of Europe 2001) and the CEFR Companion Volume (CEFR/ CV; COE 2018), which have increasingly been used to inform the language policies and teaching practices of countries within and outside of Europe. It helps practitioners to (i) grasp essential and core concepts of the Common European Framework of Reference, (ii) identify parts of the CEFR and the CEFR/CV as well as other CEFR-related resources and documents that are relevant for readers different purposes, and (iii) utilise and adapt these resources for their own needs. Written by practitioners for practitioners, this hands-on guide covers the philosophy of the CEFR, curricula, assessment, learner autonomy, the task-based approach, and teacher development. Logically explaining all aspects of the framework and its application, this manual helps readers deal with many of the difficulties encountered when using CEFR and the CEFR CV. The book will appeal to a wide audience, including teacher educators; curriculum and materials developers; examination boards unfamiliar with the CEFR; university language departments and language centres responsible for developing their own curricula, teaching/learning approaches and assessment instruments; and policy-makers wanting to learn more about the implications of adopting the CEFR. It is a guidebook, a reference book and a workbook all in your hand. "Admirably clear and systematic, this book provides prospective users of the CEFR with precise and comprehensive guidance. Reading the book has been a heartening experience, not least because it fills a gap that has existed since the publication of the CEFR twenty years ago." Professor David Little, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:Singapore
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

Notes

3.2.2 Assessing Achievement and Proficiency Through Criterion-Referenced and Norm-Referenced Tests

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (284 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789811558948, 9811558949
DOI:10.1007/978-981-15-5894-8
oclc:on1181833239
LC Classification:P118.2
Dewey Decimal:418.0071

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 The CEFR and Practical Resources -- 1.1 Overview of the CEFR -- 1.1.1 Aims of the COE, CEFR and ELP -- 1.1.1.1 Council of Europe -- 1.1.1.2 The Common European Framework of References for Languages -- 1.1.1.3 European Language Portfolio -- 1.1.2 Key Aspects of the CEFR -- 1.1.2.1 Action-Oriented Approach and Learners as Social Agents -- 1.1.2.2 Backward Design and Needs Analysis -- 1.1.2.3 Comprehensive, Transparent, Coherent, and Neutral -- 1.1.2.4 Plurilingualism and Pluriculturalism -- 1.1.2.5 A Profile of Needs and Proficiency

1.2 The Descriptive Scheme and the Common Reference Levels -- 1.2.1 Four Modes of Communication: Reception, Production, Interaction, and Mediation -- 1.2.2 Competence: General, Communicative Language, Plurilingual, and Pluricultural -- 1.2.3 The Common Reference Levels -- 1.3 History and Criticism of the CEFR -- 1.3.1 CEFR History and Development -- 1.3.2 ELP History and Development -- 1.3.3 Criticisms of the CEFR -- 1.4 The CEFR in and Beyond Europe -- 1.4.1 The CEFR in Europe -- 1.4.2 The CEFR Beyond Europe -- 1.5 Practical Resources for the CEFR -- 1.5.1 Resources by Institution

1.5.2 Resources Rela…

Subjects

EDUCATION -- Evaluation EDUCATION -- Language Experience Approa… Examinations & assessment Language and languages -- -Ability test… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… Language teaching & learning (other tha… Language: reference & general Second language acquisition -- Ability …