22.594, Qs: English Teachers: Learner Profile 'Can Do' Survey

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Subject: 22.594, Qs: English Teachers: Learner Profile 'Can Do' Survey

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Date: 29-Jan-2011
From: Anthony Green [tony.green at beds.ac.uk]
Subject: English Teachers: Learner Profile 'Can Do' Survey
 

	
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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:37:46
From: Anthony Green [tony.green at beds.ac.uk]
Subject: English Teachers: Learner Profile 'Can Do' Survey

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With apologies for cross posting.

I would like to invite all involved in English language education to 
respond to a survey on high proficiency learners.

The illustrative scales for the Common European Framework of 
Reference for Languages (CEFR) often lack statements for the C 
levels and as a result, C1 and C2 are often defined by "As B2". I have 
been working with my colleagues on building a supplementary set of 
Can Do statements to help fill that gap.

As part of the project, we would like to have your judgements on the 
new statements.

To see the new Can Do's, judge their difficulty level and comment on 
their wording, please respond to our questionnaire at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EPCanDo1

This will help us to improve the statements and calibrate them against 
the existing descriptors. The full questionnaire takes around 25 
minutes to complete, but if you are short of time, please just respond to 
as much as you can.

To thank you for your contribution, we will be entering the details of all 
who respond (and choose to leave their contact details) to a prize draw 
with the possibility of winning Cambridge English Readers or similar in 
the Cambridge University Press ELT range.

Best regards,

Tony Green

Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment
Room 125
University of Bedfordshire
Putteridge Bury
Hitchin Rd
Luton
Bedfordshire
UK
LU2 8LE
http://www.beds.ac.uk/crella 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition

Subject Language(s): English (eng)




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