Posted by Caroline Rowan on Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Under: Events
At the end of September I attended a week-long course on using an online assessment tool called WebCEF. The
course was for teachers of all European languages.The aim was to make possible collaborative
Europe-wide evaluation of spoken language using the WebCEF online tool.The Common European Framework of Reference is
a Europe-wide scale for assessing language skills, which is particularly
important for people who wish to study or work in another European country. Using
the WebCEF tool increased our range of ICT skills. It was an exercise in
Europe-wide collaboration on a small and large scale - on a small scale because
the 24 participants camefrom Greece,
Luxembourg, Slovakia, Spain and many other parts of Europe and we learned a lot
from working together.On a large scale,
the WebCEF tool allows the Europe-wide community of practice to collaborate on
broad pedagogic issues as well as the detailed work of assessing language
skills consistently across the continent.We were very well looked after in the beautiful East German city of
Dresden.
If you are interested in finding out more about WebCEF, particularly for use with adult learners, please email me.
Graduated in 1973 from Somerville College, Oxford, with a First in Modern Languages and no idea what to do with it. In 1981, my flatmate suggested I should teach a German evening class to earn some money. After my first class, I knew this was what I wanted to do - and I am still doing it.
I teach French at Oaklands College, St Albans (from Beginners to A level) and the 3rd level German course Variationen at the Open University in London, where I am also assistant staff tutor for Languages.
Graduated in 1973 from Somerville College, Oxford, with a First in Modern Languages and no idea what to do with it. In 1981, my flatmate suggested I should teach a German evening class to earn some money. After my first class, I knew this was what I wanted to do - and I am still doing it.
I teach French at Oaklands College, St Albans (from Beginners to A level) and the 3rd level German course Variationen at the Open University in London, where I am also assistant staff tutor for Languages.
