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English Profile: Understanding
Language LearnersMelissa Good
Cambridge University Pressat
British Council, Moscow7 October 2009
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What is English Profileand how does it help us
understand language learners?
English Profile
What it isWho participatesWhat it’s doingHow it works
The 6 levels of the CEF (Common European Framework)
The 6 levels of the CEF
B2 Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
C1 Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes ...
C2 Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely ...
How English Profile will makethe CEF can-do statements
more objective
Cambridge International Corpus
Cambridge Learner Corpus
How English Profile will makethe CEF can-do statements
more objective
English Profile
What it isWho participatesWhat it’s doingHow it works
English Profile
What it isWho participatesWhat it’s doingHow it works
English Profile partnership
English Profile network
3 public beneficiaries
2 network partners
1 core partners
English Profile
What it isWho participatesWhat it’s doingHow it works
English Profile Wordlists
and
Cambridge Dictionaries
B2 Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
C1 Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes ...
C2 Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely ...
Other English Profile research strands
• RCEAL ‘criterial features’
• CRELLA ‘functional progression’
(Volumes being published in 2011, along with Wordlists available on subscription)
English Profile
What it isWho participatesWhat it’s doingHow it works
Join our global English Profile community
• Members of teaching community: contribute learner data to our corpus
• Academics: submit a research proposal
• All: use website to find out about English Profile news, events and publications
How does English Profile help us How does English Profile help us understand language learnersunderstand language learners??
