English Profile: Understanding

Language LearnersMelissa Good

Cambridge University Pressat

British Council, Moscow7 October 2009

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What is English Profileand how does it help us

understand language learners?

English Profile

What it isWho participatesWhat it’s doingHow it works

The 6 levels of the CEF (Common European Framework)

The 6 levels of the CEF

B2 Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.

C1 Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes ...

C2 Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely ...

How English Profile will makethe CEF can-do statements

more objective

Cambridge International Corpus

Cambridge Learner Corpus

How English Profile will makethe CEF can-do statements

more objective

English Profile

What it isWho participatesWhat it’s doingHow it works

English Profile

What it isWho participatesWhat it’s doingHow it works

English Profile partnership

English Profile network

3 public beneficiaries

2 network partners

1 core partners

English Profile

What it isWho participatesWhat it’s doingHow it works

English Profile Wordlists

and

Cambridge Dictionaries

B2 Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.

C1 Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes ...

C2 Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely ...

Other English Profile research strands

• RCEAL ‘criterial features’

• CRELLA ‘functional progression’

(Volumes being published in 2011, along with Wordlists available on subscription)

English Profile

What it isWho participatesWhat it’s doingHow it works

Join our global English Profile community

• Members of teaching community: contribute learner data to our corpus

• Academics: submit a research proposal

• All: use website to find out about English Profile news, events and publications

How does English Profile help us How does English Profile help us understand language learnersunderstand language learners??

www.englishprofile.org

English Profile:

Understanding

Language Learners

mgood@cambridge.org