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The CEFR Illustrative Descriptor Scales
Author(s) -
NORTH BRIAN
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2007.00627_3.x
Subject(s) - citation , language proficiency , library science , computer science , sociology , artificial intelligence , linguistics , psychology , mathematics education , philosophy
Little (this issue) gives readers a very good overview of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR; Council of Europe, 2001), but in trying to summarize so much in so few words he, perhaps, does not do full justice to the flexibility of the CEFR. The CEFR is a concertina-like reference tool, not an instrument to be "applied." The idea is for users to divide or merge activities, competences, and proficiency stepping-stones that are appropriate to their local context, yet can be related to the greater scheme of things and thus communicated more easily to colleagues in other educational institutions and, in simplified form, to other stakeholders.