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

Can a multi-level language test be really valid for all six CEFR levels?

Some tests claim to be valid for all six CEFR levels. However, this seems quite impossible as in practice the tasks in these tests are usually beyond A1 and A2 test takers. Moreover, there is...

08 September 2018 7,685 0 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

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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

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

Is anyone familiar with the cyclic compressive fatigue testing (BS EN 12697 - 25) ?

I would like to get more information on the cyclic compressive fatigue testing (BS EN 12697 - 25) which is typically done for bituminous material in pavement design. Any one can advise on the...

28 February 2021 2,004 3 View

Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View

How do I choose contrasts in SPM8?

I am learning how to use SPM for PET and PET-MR analysis, but I haven't found any great resources that explain how contrasts work. I have a series of PET images where our hypothesis argues that...

24 February 2021 1,534 2 View

Can we recognize signs of the "volatility clustering" property of a time series in its time domain plot?

My purpose is to recognize the volatility clustering property without statistical tests such as The Lagrange Multiplier (LM) test.

24 February 2021 4,150 3 View

How do historians determine the credibility sources in modern history?

For a source to be considered reliable it must contain accurate historical information. But how does one determine the accuracy and reliability of sources in modern and recent history since not...

23 February 2021 1,346 13 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

How we can measure Kemp % in wool without using of benzene?

Would you please let me to know about the methods for measurement of medullation and Kemp % on animal? My problem is that the wool sampling and sending to laboratory is not possible. So I would...

21 February 2021 7,260 4 View

Which statistical test to use for comparison of different groups in a categorization?

I am doing a study on how programmers with different levels of expertise choose class names. A description was provided to the participants together with a list of possible class names for the...

21 February 2021 3,662 4 View