The European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) of the Council of Europe is pleased to announce the launch of a new resource website in both English and French of particular relevance to language professionals in these challenging times:

 CEFR-QualiMatrix – A quality assurance matrix for CEFR use

 www.ecml.at/CEFRqualitymatrix

The resources and ideas provided on this platform can inspire teachers and other language education professionals to engage in curriculum renewal to help foster effective language learning, supported by the CEFR action-oriented approach.

Alongside the matrix tool, the website provides a rich collection of resources and promising practices that can be used by different stakeholders at the levels of policy, curriculum development, teaching and assessment:

• an interactive matrix for self-evaluation and online tutorials
• a database with examples of promising practices
• CEFR-related quality principles in language education
• a collection of resources for planning, teaching and assessment

This open-access resource website has been developed within the framework of the ECML programme “Languages at the heart of learning” (2016-2019), through expert cooperation in the field of language education across geographic Europe and beyond.

• CEFR-QualiMatrix flyer
• Outputs of the ECML programme “Languages at the heart of learning” (2016-2019)