Pedro Castro Alvarez

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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?

03 March 2019 1,275 1 View

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...

03 March 2019 9,011 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...

09 September 2018 7,728 0 View

CEFR Levels and times

I´ve been trying to find references about how much class time it takes to go though each of the levels in the Common European Framework of Reference. I understand that it depends on the learner's...

06 June 2017 6,493 6 View

Use of can-do´s as goals

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 9,214 0 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 480 3 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 5,302 8 View