Our approach
"Languages make you feel at home anywhere".
Edmund de Waal
The "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR)
The "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR) now plays a key role in the teaching and learning of European languages. A natural extension of the communicative approach, it is based on an action-oriented perspective that "considers the user and learner of a language as social actors who have to accomplish tasks in given circumstances and environments". Organized into six levels ranging from discovery to mastery of the language-culture, the CEFR establishes a more realistic and precise progression than the usual distinction between beginner, intermediate and advanced.
Key concepts of the CEFR that we adopt in our language training : mobility, transparency of qualifications, multilingualism, lifelong learning.
The "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR) now plays a key role in the teaching and learning of European languages. A natural extension of the communicative approach, it is based on an action-oriented perspective that "considers the user and learner of a language as social actors who have to accomplish tasks in given circumstances and environments". Organized into six levels ranging from discovery to mastery of the language-culture, the CEFR establishes a more realistic and precise progression than the usual distinction between beginner, intermediate and advanced.
The CEFR proficiency scales provide a practical structure for reflecting on and communicating a progression of language skills and for examining where people stand in relation to that progression. Hence, mapping language tests results with the CEFR levels is a useful way of assigning practical meaning to these results.
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Download the CEFR in French
Download the CEFR in English
