Modern Languages

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Modern Languages Linking CfE Outcomes to other
languages frameworks (Common European Framework
of Reference)
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Common European Framework of Reference for
Languages (CEFR)
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Common European Framework of Reference for
Languages

• The Common European Framework of Reference for
  Languages (CEFR) has been produced by the Council
  of Europe and it aims to provide a
  comprehensive, transparent and coherent
  framework for language teaching.
• The Framework also defines levels of proficiency
  which allow learners progress to be measured at
  each stage of learning on a life-long basis.

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• Common European Framework of Reference for
  Languages
• The framework emphasises the most relevant
  contexts for language use particularly in the
  following areas
• to deal with the business of everyday life in
  another country, and to help foreigners staying
  in their country to do so
• to exchange information and ideas with young
  people and adults who speak a different language
  and to communicate their thoughts and feelings to
  them
• to achieve a wider and deeper understanding of
  the way of life and forms of thought of other
  nations and of their cultural heritage.

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• A scale of Common Reference levels describes
  learner performance at six levels (from a basic
  to a proficient user) and five kinds of skill (
  listening / spoken interaction / spoken
  production / reading / writing ). The
  descriptors encourage self-assessment and have
  been integral to the development of the European
  Language Portfolio.

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European Language Portfolio (ELP)

• The ELP in its current form consists of three
  obligatory components
• Language passport (summative) which provides
  an overview of the individuals proficiency in
  language at a given time and which records the
  owners self-assessment against the
  Self-assessment Grid in the CEFR
• Language biography (formative) which provides a
  reflective accompaniment to the ongoing processes
  of learning and using second languages and
  engaging with the cultures associated with them
  and which uses I can checklists for goal
  setting and self-assessment
• Language dossier (experiential) which offers
  the learner the opportunity to select materials
  to document and illustrate achievements and
  intercultural experiences.

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The six levels of CEFR

• A Basic User
• A1 Breakthrough
• A2 Waystage
• B Independent User
• B1 Threshold
• B2 Vantage
• C Proficient User
• C1 Effective Operational Proficiency
• C2 Mastery

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