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9780521176842

Aligning Tests with the CEFR: Reflections on Using the Council of Europe's Draft Manual

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    9780521176842

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    0521176840

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-01-10
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Summary

The Council of Europe released a preliminary version of the Manual for Relating Language Examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in 2003. A variety of institutions and individuals conducted case studies to pilot this draft version, prior to its revision in 2008/9. This volume features selected case studies presented at a colloquium in Cambridge in December 2007, where practitioners and academics shared their experiences of applying the Manual procedures. Projects included the linking of a single test to the CEFR, the linking of suites of examinations at different levels and large-scale national studies undertaken by examination boards and specialist research institutes. As well as describing their approaches and reporting their findings, contributors reflect and comment on their experience of using the draft Manual. An introductory chapter explains the development of the CEFR and the draft Manual, discussing their relevance for the future.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. vii
Series Editors' notep. viii
From the Editor of this volumep. xxi
Introduction: The Manual for Relating language examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in the context of the Council of Europe's work on language educationp. 1
The Cambridge Colloquium on using the preliminary pilot version of the Manual, December 2007 - summary of discussionp. 18
Linking single tests to the CEFR 31
The City & Guilds Communicator examination linking project: a brief overview with reflections on the processp. 33
Putting the Manual to the test: the TestDaF-CEFR linking projectp. 50
Maintaining alignment to the CEFR: the FCE case studyp. 80
Benchmarking a high-stakes proficiency exam: the COPE linking projectp. 102
Mapping the Advanced Level Certificate in English (ALCE) examination onto the CEFRp. 119
Linking a suite of exams to the CEFRp. 131
Relating language examinations to the CEFR: ECL as a case studyp. 133
Linking international examinations to the CEFR: the Trinity College London experiencep. 145
Linking the CILS examinations to the CEFR: the A1 speaking testp. 159
Linking the general English suite of Euro Examinations to the CEFR: a case study reportp. 177
Relating the GEPT reading comprehension tests to the CEFRp. 204
Large-scale multilingual assessment frameworks at national levelp. 225
Asset Languages: a case study of piloting the CEFR Manualp. 227
Mapping the Dutch foreign language state examinations onto the CEFRp. 247
Notes on the volume contributorsp. 266
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