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1、February 2005DGIV/EDU/LANG (2005) 1Seminar to calibrate examples of spoken performancesin line with the scales of theCommon European Framework of Reference for Languages CIEP, Svres, 2 - 4 December 2004REPORTByBrian NORTH (Eurocentres) Sylvie LEPAGE (CIEP)Language Policy Division Strasbourg2The semi
2、nar was organised by the Centre International dEtudes Pdagogiques (CIEP) and Eurocentres as part of a project to provide samples of oral performance for French illustrating the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) (Council of Europe 2001). The aim of the seminar was to calibra
3、te performances that could be presented and documented on a DVD illustrating performances at levels A1 to C2 of the CEFR. The programme is given as Appendix 1.Context Examination institutes, language schools and university departments concerned with the teaching and testing of the French language ar
4、e currently in the process of relating their curricula to the CEFR. A problem that arises in this regard is the question of assuring a consistent interpretation of the levels in different contexts. In July 2002 the Finnish authorities organised a seminar for the Council of Europe (DG IV/EDU/LANG - 2
5、002) to discuss this issue, as a result of which an authoring group was established to produce a preliminary version of a Manual to help institutions to relate their examinations to the CEFR (DG IV/EDU/LANG 2003/5). That Manual, published for piloting in September 2003 envisages the process of linki
6、ng an exam to the CEFR in three stages:Specification: define the coverage of the examination in terms of the CEFR; Standardisation: ensure a consistent interpretation of the CEFR levels related to the interpretation elsewhere, exploiting illustrative samples of performances already calibrated to the
7、 CEFR in this process; Empirical Validation: check that the results given by the examination relate to the levels of the CEFR in the manner foreseen.The primary aim of the French DVD project was to calibrate the oral performances that could be used on a standardisation DVD to facilitate a consistent
8、 interpretation of the CEFR levels for French. The project was an initiative that arose from the meeting in Strasbourg in April 2004 concerning piloting and case studies in relation to the draft Manual. At this meeting Sylvie Lepage presented the CIEP case study with regard to DELF DALF. Two videos
9、illustrating the levels of the CEFR for English had also been distributed before the meeting. These consisted of samples from the CEFR Swiss project put together by Brian North and Gareth Hughes, plus a cassette illustrating performances at Cambridge ESOL examinations at the different CEFR levels. T
10、he Eurocentres Foundation and the CIEP decided at the meeting to produce the DVD in order to provide illustrative samples for the second official language of the Council of Europe: French. A further meeting of a group of experts concerned with the provision of illustrative samples held in Strasbourg
11、 in October 2004 was exploited as an opportunity to discuss in depth both the organisation of the programme of the planned seminar and the analysis of the resultant data.Aims of the Seminar The notion of a standardisation video exemplifying performances at different levels on a scale of language pro
12、ficiency is in fact an innovation both in France and in the world of French as a foreign language. As a result there is an interest in such a tool not only from examination boards but also from language schools (e.g. Eurocentres), accreditation associations for language schools (e.g. EAQUALS) and fr
13、om both teachers and teacher trainers who work with the CEFR and with the European Language Portfolio (ELP). 3Because of this wide interest in such a DVD, and because this was the first international benchmarking seminar in the Council of Europes projects related to the CEFR and the Manual, the semi
14、nar had significant process aims in addition to the main objective of producing the actual product the DVD of calibrated samples. The full aims could be summarised as follows:Process aims Establish a consensus in the interpretation of the CEFR levels in relation to learner performances in French as
15、a foreign language (Franais Langue trangre = FLE in France and abroad). Give participants practical experience of such a seminar so that they would be better able to organise one themselves. This applied both to those institutes involved in the world of FLE in France and also to those institutes inv
16、ited who planned to produce DVDs illustrating CEFR levels during 2005 (Goethe-Institut for German; Instituto Cervantes for Spanish; University of Perugia for Italian; University of Lisbon for Portuguese). Pilot a methodology for running such a seminar, giving practical input for a Guide to organising such an event.Product aims Calibrate examples of spoken performance for young adults from a wide range of nationalities. Identify tho
