What contents should I include in a particular CEFR level syllabus?

With a group of other teachers, I am currently writing course syllabuses for various (Common European Framework of Reference) CEFR levels. My view is that I can't include all the contents of a...

02 March 2019 8,979 3 View

Up to what extent, the results of assessing productive language skills serve to predict mastery of receptive skills?

Foreign-language placement tests can sometimes be too long. Do you think it would be possible to place students at a CEFR level depending solely on the assessment of productive language skills?

02 March 2019 1,244 1 View

CEFR Levels and times

05 June 2017 6,436 6 View

Can a EFL lesson from a course book be adapted using the task-based approach?

I would like to hear about your experiences in converting traditional P-P-P lessons from an English coursebook into task-based lessons.

01 January 1970 5,261 8 View

Can you recommend an ESL placement test or methodology?

I am looking for an ESL placement test that covers CEFR Levels A1 to B1. I have already considered PET and KET, but they cover a different range. Can you help?

01 January 1970 444 3 View

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There is extensive literature about the use of CEFR can-do's as language learning goals. However, I think that they are only the public goals or a way to make students conscious of what they need...

01 January 1970 9,178 0 View

Which are the most recent implications of ESL Academic Discourse in language teaching?

Language teachers at UTP (Language Department) are increasingly interested in the role of academic papers in the development of language (English) teaching practices. Research papers in Academic...

22 February 2021 1,388 4 View

Online surveys for social sciences researchs: what are your opinions about this tool and how can we improve the research design to incorporate online?

Good morning everyone, Due to the pandemic, I conducted several online surveys. It is quite agile, not at all expensive, but there are several problems: the sample's representativeness and its...

21 February 2021 7,457 3 View

Can you suggest a good domain identification tool?

I am working on a project to identify sensitive information from text and I am looking into the below categories: -adult content -health -politics -crime Can someone suggest an open source tool...

16 February 2021 4,844 4 View

Are you looking for a quality online conference on teaching and learning technology?

This large international conference will be held online this year due to COVID. I am submitting a paper to the Technology Enhanced Language Learning track (8). It is about a topic I have never...

15 February 2021 1,975 15 View

ZnS oxidizes to ZnO!!why??

when I put my ZnS solution in the chemical bath, the ZnS oxidizes so there are ZnO peaks appearing because of the reaction with the oxygen in the air, despite the fact that I close the beaker...

14 February 2021 5,778 9 View

Hi, can a variable in a questionnaire be measured with a series of questions or it has to one question for one variable?

I am doing research on the impact of competitive bidding on project success and would like to use SEM. Project success shall be: cost overage, completion time, quality of works and variation...

13 February 2021 4,413 6 View

Differences between sheep blood with Alsever solution vs citrated/defibrinated sheep blood in microbiological media?

I am aware of a study that has compared the use of citrated and defibrinated sheep's blood in microbiological media (Hair Sheep Blood, Citrated or Defibrinated, Fulfills All Req... ), but can...

10 February 2021 5,927 1 View

Why non-specific band appear on T-ARMS PCR?

Hi everyone. We want to know how can I remove the non-specific band amplification on this variant. Although the amplification of non-specific band is not as intense as the band that we want, but...

09 February 2021 588 2 View

What is your opinion regarding opening of school? Now students are supposed to join school. Do you think that decision is in the interest of society ?

From long Pendamic now government is opening school and colleges on for off line classes. What do you think that this decision is fruitful to the students and society too?

08 February 2021 3,068 6 View

Fractional derivative users, are you on the same page with me on the validity of the fractional order parameter, say alpha?

Taking a fractional ODE problem as an example. It has come to my attention that if the fractional order parameter is in the interval (0,1], many only presents results for alpha=0.9, 0.99. I saw...

08 February 2021 9,671 3 View