1187 "A quality assurance matrix for CEFR use" (Qualimatrix): project team meeting (Graz, Austria, 16-17 November 2017)

The Qualimatrix has taken shape and now appears as a user-friendly, comprehensive tool which will bring considerable support to the implementation of curriculum innovation in language teaching, both at the class level and at the level of the educational institution. The final project website (under construction) with the tools and resources produced will be organised in an intuitive way, with the materials being accessible through a colour-coded graphic that will facilitate navigation and use.

Soon quality will be put in the spotlight: stay tuned for further updates in the coming months!

• Read the news item: English - French
• Qualimatrix project website: English - French

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1266 “The CEFR companion volume and practical considerations for implementation”: recording of the webinar (30 January 2018)

180 experts across Europe and beyond took part in the Council of Europe webinar on “The CEFR companion volume and practical considerations for implementation” organised on 30 January as the first of a series of activities during 2018 to promote plurilingual and pluricultural education in the context of the 2018-2019 Education Programme of the Council of Europe.

The CEFR Companion Volume results from a project of the Council of Europe’s Language Policy Programme to update the original illustrative scales of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR) with more descriptors. It also contains an introduction to the aims and main principles of the CEFR.

The presentations can now be downloaded on the dedicated website. The recording of the webinar will be available online soon.

• Concept note and programme of the webinar dated 30 January 2018
• Download the presentations

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199 ReLex – Relating language examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR). Highlights from the Manual

The publication offers an introduction to linking examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in a valid way.The highlights are targeted at producers of language examinations, who are less familiar with psychometric procedures and who are not (yet) assessment experts.The texts in the publication originate from the "Manual for linking examinations to the CEFR" (a publication of the Language Policy Division of the Council of Europe).

Available in English and French.

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176 AYLITT – Assessment of young learner literacy linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

The handbook for teachers is designed to assist in the assessment of reading and writing in the primary language classroom.

Available in English.

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198 Pathways through assessing, learning and teaching in the CEFR

"Pathways" - guide and kit - aims at supporting ownership and contextualization of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The guide provides a user-friendly tool for accessing the ‘nitty gritty’ of the CEFR. The kit assists teacher educators in devising training paths for understanding the principles of the CEFR and for envisaging links with classroom practice.

Available in English and French.

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194 CEF-ESTIM – Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - level estimation grid for teachers

How can teachers estimate the materials they are preparing for their language classes in relation to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages? The online CEF-ESTIM Grid provides examples and guidelines to apply to classroom activities and texts targeting the range of A2 to B2 levels.

Available in English.

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1297 Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for language teachers Coordinator: Lukas Bleichenbacher, Switzerland
Participants: project team, members of consortium
Local organiser: Laura Muresan, Department of Modern Languages and Business Communication, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Project site: www.ecml.at/teachercompetences Preparatory meeting of the regional workshop
Venue: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania (www.ase.ro) 21/03/2018 00:00:00 21/03/2018 00:00:00 0 7

1683 Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for language teachers 16:00-17:30 (CET)
Target audience: teacher educators / trainers, teachers (languages and other subjects), policy makers, curriculum designers, employers of teachers
Languages: The webinar will be held in English and French. Link to registration: coming soon Webinar
Project site: www.ecml.at/CEFRlanguageteachers 27/02/2019 00:00:00 27/02/2019 00:00:00 0 7

1969 CEFR Companion Volume implementation toolkit Coordinator: Johann Fischer, Germany
Participants: project team members
Project site: www.ecml.at/cefr Expert meeting
Online 26/03/2020 00:00:00 27/03/2020 00:00:00 0 7

2072 CEFR Companion Volume implementation toolbox - to be confirmed Preparatory meeting of the workshop
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria 28/04/2021 00:00:00 28/04/2021 00:00:00 0 7

2073 CEFR Companion Volume implementation toolbox - to be confirmed Workshop
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria 29/04/2021 00:00:00 30/04/2021 00:00:00 0 7

463 Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for Language Teachers Coordinator:Lukas Bleichenbacher, Switzerland
Participants: project team
Project site: www.ecml.at/teachercompetences Expert meeting
Venue : ECML, Graz, Austria 23/01/2017 00:00:00 25/01/2017 00:00:00 0 7

512 A quality assurance matrix for CEFR use Coordinator: Enrica Piccardo, France
Participants: project team
Project site: www.ecml.at/CEFRqualitymatrix Expert Meeting
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria 28/06/2018 00:00:00 29/06/2018 00:00:00 0 7

516 Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for language teachers Svenja Haberland, Germany Fellowship 02/05/2017 00:00:00 31/07/2017 00:00:00 0 7

687 Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for language teachers Coordinator: Lukas Bleichenbacher, Switzerland
Participants: project team
Project site: www.ecml.at/teachercompetences Expert meeting
Venue : ECML, Graz, Austria 14/09/2017 00:00:00 15/09/2017 00:00:00 0 7

688 Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for language teachers Coordinator: Lukas Bleichenbacher, Switzerland
Participants: project team and Marisa Cavalli, ECML project consultant, Italy
Project site: www.ecml.at/teachercompetences Expert meeting
ECML, Graz, Austria 14/05/2018 00:00:00 15/05/2018 00:00:00 0 7

689 Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for language teachers Coordinator: Lukas Bleichenbacher, Switzerland
Co-animators: Francis Goullier, France; Richard Rossner, United Kingdom; Anna Schröder-Sura, Germany
Working languages: English and French, with simultaneous interpretation
Participants: 1 delegate per member state, nominated by the ECML national nominating authorities
Participants' profile:
Professional background:
Language teacher educators, curriculum designers, their employers/supervisors (director of studies), teachers
Experience, competences required:
• familiarity with Council of Europe and other institutions and instruments that describe teacher competences or aspects of language education in general, for example FREPA, EPOSTL and Eaquals
• experience with dissemination of Council of Europe or other related instruments, and with using/assessing competence descriptions
Expected involvement/tasks before, during and after the event:
Before: familiarisation with/use of/feedback on project products
During: ability to pilot/share experience
After:dissemination
Project site: Teacher competences Workshop
ECML, Graz, Austria 03/10/2018 00:00:00 04/10/2018 00:00:00 0 7

690 Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for language teachers Coordinator: Lukas Bleichenbacher, Switzerland
Participants: project team, and up to 6 experts; additional participants will be invited by the local organiser
Local organiser: Laura Muresan, Department of Modern Languages and Business Communication, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Working languages: English, French
Project site: www.ecml.at/teachercompetences Regional workshop
Venue: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania (www.ase.ro) 22/03/2018 00:00:00 23/03/2018 00:00:00 0 7

691 Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for language teachers Coordinator: Lukas Bleichenbacher, Switzerland
Participants: project team
Project site: www.ecml.at/CEFRlanguageteachers Expert meeting
ECML, Graz, Austria 27/02/2019 00:00:00 01/03/2019 00:00:00 0 7

695 A quality assurance matrix for CEFR use Anna von Zansen, Finland Fellowship 01/02/2017 00:00:00 30/04/2017 00:00:00 0 7

790 Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for language teachers Coordinator: Lukas Bleichenbacher, Switzerland
Participants: project team and Svenja Haberland, ECML fellow
Organised with financial support from EDK/CDIP
Project site: www.ecml.at/teachercompetences
Expert meeting
Venue: EDK/CDIP, St Gallen, Switzerland
01/06/2017 00:00:00 02/06/2017 00:00:00 0 7

195 ELP-TT – Preparing teachers to use the European Language Portfolio - arguments, materials and resources

Training teachers to use the European Language Portfolio – A book with CD, plus a website. There is detailed background information about the European Language Portfolio and underlying pedagogic concepts, claiming that they prompt radical socio-linguistic changes in the approach to teaching and training. There is guidance on how to set up portfolio projects and use ELP's most profitably in the classroom. The CD-ROM has PowerPoint presentations to be used in a common core of teacher training on the ELP.

Available in English and French.

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197 Impel – ELP implementation support

Impel – ELP implementation support consists of a leaflet and a data base designed to gather information about different ways of putting European Language Portfolios into practice. On the website there are case studies of both national and school level implementations.

Available in English.

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1254 Visit of the ECML Seminar on the European Language Portfolio and presentation of the ECML
Participants: university students at the Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria,
ECML expert: Bärbel Kühn 27/01/2018 00:00:00 27/01/2018 00:00:00 0 7

1346 Supporting local networks in using an electronic European Language Portfolio (e-ELP) Experts: Bärbel Kühn, Germany; Michael Langner, Switzerland
Local organiser: Lusine Fljyan, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences
Working language: English
Website: www.ecml.at/TrainingConsultancy/Europeanlanguagee-portfolio-Supportinglocalnetworks/tabid/1689/language/en-GB/Default.aspx ECML training and consultancy for member States
Training workshop
Venue: Photon Lyceum, Gyumri, Armenia
Programme 03/05/2018 00:00:00 04/05/2018 00:00:00 0 7

1347 Supporting local networks in using an electronic European Language Portfolio (e-ELP) Participants: project team
Website: www.ecml.at/TrainingConsultancy/Europeanlanguagee-portfolio-Supportinglocalnetworks/tabid/1689/language/en-GB/Default.aspx ECML training and consultancy for member States
Preparatory meeting to the training workshop
Venue: Gyumri, Armenia 02/05/2018 00:00:00 02/05/2018 00:00:00 0 7

1652 Working with an electronic European Language Portfolio for better language learning (e-ELP) Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Bärbel Kühn, Germany
Working languages: English and German
Website: eELP ECML training and consultancy for member states
Preparatory meeting of the network meeting 14/02/2019 00:00:00 14/02/2019 00:00:00 0 7

1656 Working with an electronic European Language Portfolio for better language learning (e-ELP) Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Bärbel Kühn, Germany
Working languages: English and German
Website: eELP ECML training and consultancy for member States
Network meeting 15/02/2019 00:00:00 15/02/2019 00:00:00 0 7

1767 Supporting local networks in using an electronic European Language Portfolio (e-ELP) Experts: Cristoph Nickenig, Italy; Michael Langner, Switzerland
Local organiser: Snježana Banek, Ministry of Science and Education
Working language: English
Website: eELP ECML training and consultancy for member States
Training workshop
Venue: Ministry of Science and Education, Zagreb, Croatia
23/05/2019 00:00:00 24/05/2019 00:00:00 0 7

2053 Electronic European Language Portfolio: Working with an electronic European Language Portfolio for better language learning ECML expert: Bärbel Kühn, Germany
Organisation: Frank Hoffmann, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Participants: about 30 language teachers of the RWTH Aachen and directors of other language centres
Website: eELP National support event
Venue: Aachen, Germany 13/11/2021 00:00:00 13/11/2021 00:00:00 0 7

193 Bergen 'Can Do' project

This book presents an account of the work of the Bergen 'Can Do ' project,which grew from a local project in a Norwegian county to a Nordic-Baltic one, as part of the ECML 's medium-term programme of activities, 2000-2003.The aim of the project was to adapt and supplement the 'typical ' components of a European Language Portfolio (ELP), developing material which would reflect the world of secondary school learners,building on what they tell us they can and do 'do ' in their foreign and second languages.

Available in English.

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