Council of Europe Seminar for a joint reflection on the use of the preliminary pilot version of the Manual for
“Relating Language Examinations to the CEFR” 2004-2007: Insights from Case Studies, Pilots and other projects
Cambridge, United Kingdom, 6-7 December 2007
 
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Day 1 - Thursday 6 December
09.00 |
09.30 |
Welcome and coffee
Michael Milanovic, ALTE Manager and Chief Executive University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations;
Johanna Panthier, Administrator, Language Policy Division, Council of Europe |
09.30 |
11.00 |
Session 1 - Presentations and Discussion
The Manual - some benefits and difficulties
Lisbeth Salmonsen and Eli Moe, Norsk spraaktest, University of Bergen, Norway
Potential problems concerning the empirical validation of linking exams to the CEFR
Gabor Szabo, Foreign Language Centre, Hungary
A Case Study: Euro examinations, Budapest
Gergely David, Hungary
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11.00 |
11.30 |
Break |
11.30 |
13.00 |
Session 2 - Presentations and Discussion
Bilkent COPE CEFR Linking Project
Carole Thomas, Elif Kantarcioglu, Bilkent University, Turkey
Reflections on using the Draft Manual: The Trnava University study
Jana Beresova, Trnava University, Slovak Republic
Reflections on using the Draft Manual: The Language Centre, University of Groningen study
Angela Ashworth, Hans Veenkamp, Language Centre, University of Groningen, the Netherlands |
13.00 |
14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00 |
15.30 |
Session 3 - Presentations and Discussion
The City and Guilds Communicator Linking Project: Work in Progress
Rachel Roberts, City and Guilds; Professor Barry O'Sullivan, University of Roehampton, UK
Reflections on using the Draft Manual: The Cambridge ESOL FCE case study
Hanan Khalifa, Angeliki Salamoura, Angela French, University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, UK
Further Information:
- Research Notes Issue 24
- Common European Framework of Reference - reinforcing Cambridge ESOL’s alignment
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15.30 |
16.00 |
Break |
16.00 |
17.45 |
Session 4 - Presentations and Discussion
Reflections on using the Draft Manual: The TestDAF Study
Gabriele Kecker, Thomas Eckes, TestDAF-Institut, Hagen, Germany
Revision in progress: Report on update of the Manual
Brian North, Eurocentres, Switzerland; Sauli Takala, Norman Verhelst, Cito |
  
Day 2 - Friday 7 December
09.00 |
10.30 |
Session 5 - Presentation and Discussion
CEFR alignment using the Preliminary Pilot Manual - Asset Languages
Neil Jones, Asset Languages, UK
Issues in mapping L2-exams onto the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Henk Kuijper, Jose Noijons, CITO, Dutch National Institute for Educational Measurement, the Netherlands
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10.30 |
11.00 |
Break |
11.00 |
12.30 |
Session 6 - Presentation and Discussion
The Benchmarking experience - Conducting a benchmarking conference and discussion
Francesca Parizzi, CVCL - Universita per Stranieri di Perugia, Italy; Gilles Breton, CIEP; Michaela Perlmann-Balme, Goethe Institut
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12.30 |
13.30 |
Lunch |
13.30 |
14.35 |
Round Up |
 
  
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