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CEFR ONLINE WORKSHOP SERIES 2022 | NUMBER 9
Developing CEFR-based assessment rubrics and rating scales for interaction and production

The ninth workshop of CEFR Online Workshop Series 2022 entitled "Developing CEFR-based assessment rubrics and rating scales for interaction and production" took place on Thursday, 1 December 2022.

The workshop focused on developing rating scales and rubrics for assessing productive and integrated skills. Based on an overview of different scale types, the participants examined in which ways the categories and levels of the CEFR Companion volume can inform the development of assessment criteria and descriptors suitable for rating purposes. They also covered formative assessment and self-assessment checklists.

The workshop was facilitated by Claudia Harsh. Ms Harsch is a professor at the University of Bremen, specialising in language learning, teaching and assessment. She is also the director of the Languages Centre of the Universities in the Land Bremen. She has worked in Germany and in the UK, and is active in teacher training worldwide. Her research interests focus on areas such as language assessment, language and migration, the development of language assessment literacy, and the implementation of the CEFR. Ms Harsh is the upcoming president of the International Language Testing Association, and was president of the European Association of Language Testing and Assessment from 2016-2019.


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The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment – Companion volume broadens the scope of language education, reflecting academic and societal developments since the CEFR publication in 2001. It presents the key aspects of the CEFR for teaching and learning in a user-friendly form and contains the complete set of extended CEFR descriptors, replacing the 2001 set. These now include descriptors for mediation, online interaction, plurilingual/pluricultural competence, and sign language competences. The illustrative descriptors have been adapted with modality-inclusive formulations for sign languages and all descriptors are now gender-neutral.

This publication marks a crucial step in the Council of Europe’s engagement with language education, which seeks to protect linguistic and cultural diversity, promote plurilingual and intercultural education, reinforce the right to quality education for all, and enhance intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and democracy.

The new version updates and extends the CEFR 2001, which was designed to provide a transparent, coherent and comprehensive basis for the elaboration of language syllabuses and curriculum guidelines, the design of teaching and learning materials, and the assessment of foreign language proficiency.

The CEFR online :

CEFR - Companion volume (2020)

CEFR Descriptors (Searchable)

French version (Version française)

Arabic version (النسخة العربية)

Basque version (Euskarazko bertsioa)

Italian version (Versione italiana)

Spanish version (Versión en español)

Turkish version (Türkçe versiyonu)

CEFR (2001)

Language Policy Portal

www.coe.int/lang

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