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How to use the CEFR Companion Volume

How to use the CEFR Companion Volume


This module explains how the CEFR Companion Volume and related resources can be used in initial teacher training. It provides an overview of resources available and examples on how the CEFR Companion Volume and these additional resources can be used. Furthermore, it offers sample tasks for use in teacher education and professional development, which they can adapt to their specific needs and contexts. Finally, it explains in detail how to make the best use of the CEFR descriptors in curriculum development and in assessment. 

Videos

The CEFR Companion Volume Resources and their use in professional development programmes

This video presents the different resources relating to the CEFR Companion Volume and suggestions on how to use them in professional development programmes. It offers hands-on examples of workshop tasks.

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How to use the CEFR Companion Volume – the illustrative descriptors in use

This video focuses on the new CEFR descriptors presented in the CEFR Companion Volume and their implication for teaching, learning and assessment.

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Script of the videos

Script of the videos, for those who prefer reading to watching.

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Resources for professional development

Task template

A template which can be used in professional development programmes when developing new tasks. This template invites teachers to reflect on the modes of communication and the scales they want to cover in teaching or testing and the descriptors that are relevant in this context.

Template for classroom tasks

Sample tasks

An example of a booklet of sample tasks (i.e. a PDF offering sample tasks used in a workshop and available in the folder).

Sample tasks for use in teacher education and in professional development