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

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

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

How can the use of Jolly Phonics improves the quality of reading, speaking and writing in rural disadvantaged communities in Papua New Guinea?

Jolly Phonics reading program is an effective way to teach early reading to young learners. How can lectures at the university prepare early childhood student teachers to teach Jolly Phonics to...

03 March 2021 3,731 3 View

What is the best way to keep an anaerobic chamber anoxic in the absence of hydrogen?

I'm a graduate student who works with an anaerobe, so I often work in an anaerobic chamber. I've been working on an assay that involves the steady-state of the quinone/ quinol pool. Anoxic...

03 March 2021 2,971 1 View

Good sites to recruit survey participants on a grad school student budget?

Any good recommendations for participant recruitment for online surveys on a grad school student budget?

02 March 2021 4,293 4 View

Where can I find life cycle inventory or assessment of non woven materials?

Dear network, I am looking for the LCA or LCI or at least the energy balances of the non woven fabrics process for my master project, in specific for natural fibers, yet I have found...

02 March 2021 9,662 1 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Is there any rich, publicly available English literary corpus?

Hi everyone. I am looking for a rich corpus in English literature, a one which includes literary prose ( e.g., novels or short stories) . can anyone propose a good one? Best regards Fatemeh

01 March 2021 1,970 2 View

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server?

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server? What is your suggestion?

01 March 2021 3,422 3 View

Which one carries more value? A research paper in a Scopus Indexed conference proceedings or the same paper in a Journal without Scopus indexing?

I am looking for the suggestion among which one to pick from the above two categories for a research work.

27 February 2021 10,025 1 View

Is there a recitation score bank system for fair evaluation and assessment of student recitation?

In actual and virtual class, even if there is rubric for recitation, students may still fail to receive fair grades or scores. Others are active in recitation and others are not or others may fail...

26 February 2021 8,387 3 View

Which indexation is better Scopus or Web of Science?

Both are very repetitive indexing agencies.

26 February 2021 9,455 4 View