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Internationallanguagestandards
AbouttheCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReferenceforLanguages(CEFR)
TheCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReferenceforLanguages(CEFR)isaninternationalstandardfordescribinglanguage
ability.
Itisusedaroundtheworldtodescribelearnerslanguageskills.
WatchthisshortvideotolearnabouttheCEFR.

WhatexamsareontheCEFR?
TheCEFRdescribeslanguageabilityonascaleoflevelsfromA1forbeginnersuptoC2forthosewhohavemastereda
language.Thismakesiteasyforanyoneinvolvedinlanguageteachingandtesting,suchasteachersorlearners,toseethelevel
ofdifferentqualifications.Italsomeansthatemployersandeducationalinstitutionscaneasilycompareourqualificationsto
otherexamsintheircountry.
ThediagrambelowshowsallofourEnglishexamsontheCEFR.

DownloadalargerversionoftheCEFRdiagram(/Images/126130cefrdiagram.pdf)

MoreinformationabouttheCEFR
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TherelationshipbetweenCambridgeEnglish,theCEFRandEnglishProfile(http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/research
andvalidation/fitnessforpurpose/#cefrrelationship)

ListentoaninterviewwithDrNickSavilletofindoutabouttheimportanceoftheCEFRworldwide(/researchand
validation/interviews/index.aspx)

DownloadUsingtheCEFR:Principlesofgoodpractice(/Images/126011usingcefrprinciplesofgoodpractice.pdf)
ReadaboutALTEandtheCanDostatements(/Images/28906altecandodocument.pdf)
ExamplesofSpeakingtestperformanceatCEFRLevelsA2C2(/researchandvalidation/fitnessforpurpose/index.aspx)
FindmoreinformationontheCEFRontheCouncilofEuropewebsite(http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Cadre1_en.asp)
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