Transcript Using the CEFR for assessing language competences in Finland Sauli Takala Policy Forum The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and the development.

Using the CEFR for
assessing language
competences in Finland
Sauli Takala
Policy Forum
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and the development of language
policies: challenges and responsibilities
Organised by the Council of Europe Language Policy Division
Strasbourg, 6 – 8 February 2007
How has the CEFR been used in
language education in Finland?
• Translated in 2003
• Widely used in various contexts
Project
Time
Target
group
Purpose
Use of CEFR
Dialang
(Phase
1)
19971999
(Young)
Adults
Diagnosis
of profic.
Nation.
Certif.
20012002
Adults
Certify
profic.
AMKKIA 20002001
Polytechnic
Harmonise ass.
Civil
service
Civil
Certify
servants profic.
• Self-assessment
• Assessment
• Feedback
• Scale equation
• Level linkage
•Scale equation
• Level linkage
• Level linkage
20022003
Citizen June1 Immig-ship
2003 rants
Certify
profic.
(related to Nat. Cert.)
• Set required
level:B1 (via Nat Cert.)
Project
Time
Target
group
Purpose
Use of CEFR
Immigration
Oct.
2003
Ingrian
”repatr.”
Certify
• A2 level required
proficiency • Computerized
National 2004Curric.
7-19
Linkage to • Scale equation
year olds CEFR
• Level linkage
Matric.
2001Exam.
National 2007
Assessment
Other
2001projects
Upper
second.
Lower
second.
Certify
• Level linkage
proficiency
Assess
• Level linkage
prof. levels (cf. ”European Indicator”)
Various
Link
• Content
courses,
• Levels
materials..
Linking Matriculation Examinations
to the CEFR:
What level is obtained at the end of
the Upper Secondary School (age
19?)
Level in the Matric Exam (19yrs)
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
AEn
BSw
e
A_
Fi
AG
er
ARu
CG
er
CRu
CFr
CSp
BFi
0%
A1
A2
B1
B2
C1
C2
A- 10 years of study; B – 5 years of study; C: 3-5 years of study
How to accommodate national
grading and reporting systems
and the CEFR (levels)?
• Conversion tables?
300
C1>
250
200
Laudatur
B2
Eximia
B1
Magna
Sum score
Cum laude
150
A2
Lubenter
Approbatur
100
Improbatur
50
0
CEFR Level
Matric Grade
(normal curve)
Linking National Assessment
outcomes to the CEFR:
What level is obtained in English at
the end of the Comprehensive
School (age 15-16?)
Level in English: grade 9 (15-16 years; 7 years of
English)
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
B2>
29
B2>
23
B2>
25
B1
39
B1
32
A2
34
A2
40
Speaking
Writing
B1
41
A2
25
0%
Receptive skills
A1
A2
B1
B2>
Linking examinations results has only begun.
• More needs to be done:
• Replication to verify tentative linkages.
• International co-operation to develop
competence in linking examinations/tests to
the CEFR.
• International co-operation in mutual
verifying national efforts of linkage?