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

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

Why should we choose deep learning to machine learning? Why is CNN better for image classification? Can I get Typical Answer?

What Characteristics makes CNN work better?

03 March 2021 1,458 4 View

What are some of the research gaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence in africa?

i would to know some of the research gaps in the artificial intelligence field in most african countries.

03 March 2021 6,145 3 View

Anyone plz suggest relevant topic for research in image processing+Deep learning.?

I have selected brain tumor images ...but now found that already lots of research done n this topic.

03 March 2021 5,774 3 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

Can you share me how teacher education is managed in your respective national educational system?

I feel that the practice in teacher education in my country is below the expected performance level due to very poor management system. Hope I will learn something from your experiences.

02 March 2021 1,516 4 View

Can NFL theorem be valid in infinite search space in ML?

NFL theorem is valid for algorithms training in fixed training set. However, the general characteristic of algorithms in expanded or open dataset has not been proved yet. Could you show your...

01 March 2021 1,189 3 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

What is the difference between L1 and L2 regularization in machine learning?

L1 and L2 regularization

28 February 2021 4,187 3 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

Where can I find public datasets with Covid-19 patient information?

Hi, I'm looking for public datasets that have CT, X-ray information, or medical records for patients with Covid-19. Does anyone have suggestions?

28 February 2021 4,760 3 View