Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment,[1] abbreviated in English as CEFR or CEF or CEFRL, is a guideline used to describe achievements of learners of foreign languages across Europe and, increasingly, in other countries. It was put together by the Council of Europe as the main part of the project "Language Learning for European Citizenship" between 1989 and 1996. Its main aim is to provide a method of learning, teaching and assessing which applies to all languages in Europe. In November 2001, a European Union Council Resolution recommended using the CEFR to set up systems of validation of language ability. The six reference levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) are becoming widely accepted as the European standard for grading an individual's language proficiency.

"CEFR" redirects here. For the Chinese nuclear reactor, see China Experimental Fast Reactor.

Development

An intergovernmental symposium in 1991 titled "Transparency and Coherence in Language Learning in Europe: Objectives, Evaluation, Certification" held by the Swiss Federal Authorities in the Swiss municipality of Rüschlikon found the need for a common European framework for languages to improve the recognition of language qualifications and help teachers co-operate. A project followed to develop language-level classifications for certification to be recognized across Europe.[2]

The CEFR is also intended to make it easier for educational institutions and employers to evaluate the language qualifications of candidates to education admission or employment.

As a result of the symposium, the Swiss National Science Foundation set up a project to develop levels of proficiency, to lead on to the creation of a "European Language Portfolio" – certification in language ability which can be used across Europe.

A preliminary version of the Manual for Relating Language Examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) was published in 2003. This draft version was piloted in a number of projects, which included linking a single test to the CEFR, linking suites of exams at different levels, and national studies by exam boards and research institutes. Practitioners and academics shared their experiences at a colloquium in Cambridge in 2007, and the pilot case studies and findings were published in Studies in Language Testing (SiLT).[3] The findings from the pilot projects then informed the Manual revision project during 2008–2009.

Theoretical background

The CEFR divides general competences in knowledge, skills, and existential competence with particular communicative competences in linguistic competence, sociolinguistic competence, and pragmatic competence. This division does not exactly match previously well-known notions of communicative competence, but correspondences among them can be made.[4]

The CEFR has three principal dimensions: language activities, the domains in which the language activities occur, and the competencies on which we draw when we engage in them.[5]

Language activities

The CEFR distinguishes among four kinds of language activities: reception (listening and reading), production (spoken and written), interaction (spoken and written), and mediation (translating and interpreting).[5]

Domains

General and particular communicative competences are developed by producing or receiving texts in various contexts under various conditions and constraints. These contexts correspond to various sectors of social life that the CEFR calls domains. Four broad domains are distinguished: educational, occupational, public, and personal. These largely correspond to register.

Competences

A language user can develop various degrees of competence in each of these domains and to help describe them, the CEFR has provided a set of six Common Reference Levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2).

Common reference levels

The Common European Framework divides learners into three broad divisions that can be divided into six levels; for each level, it describes what a learner is supposed to be able to do in reading, listening, speaking and writing. The following table indicates these levels. A more thorough description of each level, with criteria for listening, reading, speaking, and writing, is available on the Internet.[6]

Level group	Level	Description
A Basic user	A1 Breakthrough or beginner	Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce themselves and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know and things they have. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
	A2 Waystage or elementary	Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
B Independent user	B1 Threshold or intermediate	Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
	B2 Vantage or upper intermediate	Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in their field of specialization. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
C Proficient user	C1 Effective operational proficiency or advanced	Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer clauses, and recognize implicit meaning. Can express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
	C2 Mastery or proficiency	Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarize information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express themselves spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations.

These descriptors can apply to any of the languages spoken in Europe, and there are translations in many languages.

Relationship with duration of learning process

Educational bodies for various languages have offered estimates for the amount of study needed to reach levels in the relevant language.

Body	Language	Cumulative hours of study to reach level						Ref
		A1	A2	B1	B2	C1	C2
DW Akademie	German	75	150 (A2.1) 225 (A2.2)	300 (B1.1) 400 (B1.2)				[7]
Goethe-Institut	German	80–200	200–350	350–650	600–800	800–1,000	1,000	[8]
Cambridge English Language Assessment	English		180–200	350–400	500–600	700–800	1,000–1,200	[9]
Alliance Française	French	60–100	160–200	360–400	560–650	810–950	1,060–1,200	[10]
Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge	Irish	80–100	160–200	350–400	500–600	1,000+	1,500+	[11]

Certification and teaching ecosystem enabled by the CEFR

Multiple organizations have been created to serve as an umbrella for language schools and certification businesses that claim compatibility with the CEFR. For example, the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) is an initiative funded by the European Community[12] to promote the CEFR and best practices in delivering professional language training. The Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) is a consortium of academic organizations that aims at standardizing assessment methods.[13] EAQUALS (Evaluation and Accreditation of Quality in Language Services) is an international association of institutions and organizations involved in language education, active throughout Europe, and following the CEFR.[14]

In France, the Ministry for Education has created a government-mandated certificate called CLES, which formalizes the use of the CEFR in language teaching programs in French higher education institutions.[15]

In Germany, Telc, a non-profit agency, is the federal government's exclusive partner for language tests taken at the end of the integration courses for migrants, following the CEFR standards.[16]

Comparisons between CEFR and other scales

General scales

Studies have addressed correspondence with the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and the United States ILR scale.

For convenience, the following abbreviations will be used for the ACTFL levels:

• NL/NM/NH – Novice Low/Mid/High
• IL/IM/IH – Intermediate Low/Mid/High
• AL/AM/AH – Advanced Low/Mid/High
• S – Superior
• D – Distinguished (a name sometimes used for levels 4 and 4+ of the ILR scale instead of including them within Superior)

A 2008 statistical study by Alfonso Martínez Baztán of Universidad de Granada based on the performances of a group of subjects[17] determines the following ordering of the ACTFL and CEFR levels, in which higher levels are placed further right.[18]

NL

___NM__

A1

___NH___

A2/IL

_____IM__

B1

____IH____

B2

_AL____ AM__

C1

___AH___

C2

__S_

The following table summarizes the results of Martínez Baztán,[19] the equivalences between CEFR and ACTFL standards proposed in a 2005 paper by Erwin Tschirner of Universität Leipzig[20] (also quoted by Martínez Baztán[21]), and the equivalences of Buitrago (unpublished, 2006) as quoted in Martínez Baztán 2008.[22]

CEFR	Martínez	Tschirner	Buitrago
<A1	NL, NM
A1	NH	NH	NL
A2	IL, IM	IM	NM
B1	IM, IH	IH	IL
B2	IH, AL	AM	IM, IH
C1	AM, AH	AH	AL, AM, AH
C2	AH, S	S	S

In a panel discussion at the Osaka University of Foreign Studies, one of the coauthors of the CEFR, Brian North, stated that a "sensible hypothesis" would be for C2 to correspond to "Distinguished," C1 to "Superior," B2 to "Advanced-mid," and B1 to "Intermediate-high" in the ACTFL system.[23]

This agrees with a table published by the American University Center of Provence giving the following correspondences:[24]

CEFR	ILR	ACTFL
A1	0/0+	NL, NM, NH
A2	1	IL, IM
B1	1+	IH
B2	2/2+	AL, AM, AH
C1	3/3+	S
C2	4/4+	D

However, a comparison between the ILR self-assessment grids (reading,[25] speaking,[26] listening [27]) and the CEFR assessment grid [28] could suggest a different equivalence:[29]

CEFR	ILR	ACTFL
A1	0/1	NL, NM, NH
A2	1+	IL, IM
B1	2/2+	IH
B2	3/3+	AL, AM, AH
C1	4	S
C2	4+	D

A study by Buck, Papageorgiou and Platzek[30] addresses the correspondence between the difficulty of test items under the CEFR and ILR standards. The most common ILR levels for items of given CEFR difficulty were as follows:

• Reading—A1: 1, A2: 1, B1: 1+, B2: 2+, C1: 3
• Listening—A1: 0+/1, A2: 1, B1: 1+, B2: 2, C1: 2+ (at least)[31]

Canada increasingly uses the CEFR in a few domains. CEFR-compatible exams such as the DELF/DALF (French) and the DELE (Spanish) are administered. Universities increasingly structure their courses around the CEFR levels. Larry Vandergrift of the University of Ottawa has proposed Canadian adoption of the CEFR in his report Proposal for a Common Framework of Reference for Languages for Canada published by Heritage Canada.[32][33] This report contains a comparison of the CEFR to other standards in use in Canada and proposes an equivalence table.

CEFR	ILR	ACTFL	NB OPS[34]	CLB	PSC PSC[35]
A1	0/0+/1	Novice (Low/Mid/High)	Unrated/0+/1	1/2	A
A2	1+	Intermediate (Low/Mid/High)	1+/2	3/4	B
B1	2	Advanced Low	2+	5/6	C
B2	2+	Advanced Mid	3	7/8
C1	3/3+	Advanced High	3+	9/10
C2	4	Superior	4	11/12
	4+/5

The resulting correspondence between the ILR and ACTFL scales disagrees with the generally accepted one.[36] The ACTFL standards were developed so that Novice, Intermediate, Advanced and Superior would correspond to 0/0+, 1/1+, 2/2+ and 3/3+, respectively on the ILR scale.[37] Also, the ILR and NB OPS scales do not correspond despite the fact that the latter was modelled on the former.[33]

A more recent document by Macdonald and Vandergrift[38] estimates the following correspondences (for oral ability) between the Public Service Commission levels and the CEFR levels:

PSC	CEFR
A	A2
B	B1/B2
C	B2/C1

Language schools may also propose their own equivalence tables. For example, the Vancouver English Centre provides a comprehensive equivalence table between the various forms of the TOEFL test, the Cambridge exam, the VEC level system, and the CEFR.[39]

Language-specific scales

Language	Certificate	A1	A2	B1	B2	C1	C2
Multiple	European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages. ECL exams can be taken in English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovak, Russian, Spanish, Croatian, Czech, and Hebrew.	-	A2	B1	B2	C1	-
	UNIcert			UNIcert I	UNIcert II	UNIcert III	UNIcert IV
	TELC	A1	A2	B1	B2	C1	C2
	ALTE level	Breakthrough level	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Basque	IVAP-HAEE			HE 1 - IVAP-HAEE	HE 2 - IVAP-HAEE	HE 3 - IVAP-HAEE	HE 4 - IVAP-HAEE
	HABE			Lehenengo maila – HABE	Bigarren maila – HABE	Hirugarren maila – HABE	Laugarren maila – HABE
	EGA					Euskararen Gaitasun Agiria
Catalan	Catalan Language Certificates		Bàsic-A2	Elemental-B1	Intermedi-B2	Suficiència-C1	Superior-C2
	Simtest	A1	A2	B1	B2	C1	C2
Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK)[40] (Levels according to French and German associations)	HSK Level 1 HSK Level 2	HSK Level 3 HSK Level 4	HSK Level 4 HSK Level 5	HSK Level 5 HSK Level 6	HSK Level 6
	Test of Chinese As A Foreign Language (TOCFL) (Taiwan)	TOCFL Level 1	TOCFL Level 2	TOCFL Level 3	TOCFL Level 4	TOCFL Level 5	TOCFL Level 6
Welsh	WJEC Defnyddio'r Gymraeg[41]	Mynediad (Entry)	Sylfaen (Foundation)	Canolradd (Intermediate)	Uwch (Advanced)	-	-
Czech	Czech Language Certificate Exam (CCE)[42]	CCE-A1	CCE-A2	CCE-B1	CCE-B2	CCE-C1	-
Danish	Prøve i Dansk (Danish Language Exam)[43]	Danskprøve A1	Prøve i Dansk 1	Prøve i Dansk 2	Prøve i Dansk 3	Studieprøven
Dutch	CNaVT - Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal (Certificate of Dutch as Foreign Language)[44]		Profile tourist and informal language proficiency (PTIT)	Profile societal language proficiency (PMT)	Profile professional language proficiency (PPT), Profile language proficiency higher education (PTHO)	Profile academic language proficiency (PAT)
	Inburgeringsexamen (Integration examination for immigrants from outside the EU)	Pre-examination at embassy of home country	Examination in the Netherlands
	Staatsexamen Nederlands als tweede taal NT2 (State Examination Dutch as second language NT2)[45]			NT2 programma I	NT2 programma II
English	Anglia Examinations	Preliminary	Elementary	Intermediate	Advanced	Proficiency	Masters
	TrackTest[46]	A1 (Beginner)	A2 (Elementary)	B1 (Pre-Intermediate)	B2 (Intermediate)	C1 (Upper-Intermediate)	C2 (Advanced)
	TOELS: Wheebox Test of English Language Skills[47]	11 (Beginner)	20 (Pre-Intermediate)	25 (Intermediate)	30 (Graduate)	33 (Advanced)
	iTEP[48]	0–1.9	2–2.4	2.5-3.4	3.5-4.4	4.5-5.4	5.5-6
	IELTS[49][50][51]	2.0	3.0	3.5-5.5 (3.5 is the margin)	5.5-7 (5.5 is the margin)	7-8 (7 is the margin)	8.0-9.0 (8.0 is the margin)
	TOEIC Listening & Reading Test[52]	60-105 listening 60-110 reading	110-270 (listening) 115-270 (reading)	275-395 (listening) 275-380 (reading)	400-485 (listening) 385-450 (reading)	490-495 (listening) 455-495 (reading)
	TOEIC Speaking & Writing Test[52]	50-80 speaking 30-60 writing	90-110 (speaking) 70-110 (writing)	120-150 (speaking) 120-140 (writing)	160-170 (speaking) 150-170 (writing)	180-200 (speaking) 180-200 (writing)
	Versant	26-35	36-46	47-57	58-68	69-78	79-80
	Speexx Language Assessment Center	10-19	20-29	30-49	50-79	80-89	90-100
	Duolingo English Test [53]	10-20	25-55	60-85	90-115	120-140	145-160
	TOEFL (IBT)[54]		10-15 (speaking) 7-12 (writing)	42-71 (total) 4-17 (reading) 9-16 (listening) 16-19 (speaking) 13-16 (writing)	72-94 (total) 18-23 (reading) 17-21 (listening) 20-24 (speaking) 17-23 (writing)	95-120 (total) 24-30 (reading) 22-30 (listening) 25-30 (speaking) 24-30 (writing)
	TOEFL ITP[55]		337	460	543	627
	TOEFL Junior Standard[56]		225-245 (listening) 210-245 (language form) 210-240 (reading)	250-285 (listening) 250-275 (language form) 245-275 (reading)	290-300 (listening) 280-300 (language form) 280-300 (reading)
	EF Standard English Test [57]	1-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	61-70	71-100
	City and Guilds[58]	Preliminary	Access	Achiever	Communicator	Expert	Mastery
	RQF (UK Only)[59]	Entry Level	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Levels 4-6	Level 7-8
	Cambridge exam[60]	A2 Key (45 to 69)[61]	B1 Preliminary (45 to 69)[62] / A2 Key Pass, Pass with Merit[63]	B2 First (140 to 159)[64] / B1 Preliminary Pass, Pass with Merit[65] / A2 Key Pass with Distinction[63]	C1 Advanced (160 to 179)[66] / B2 First grade B or C[64] / B1 Preliminary Pass with Distinction[65]	C2 Proficiency (180 to 199)[67] / C1 Advanced grade B or C[66] / B2 First grade A (180 to 190)	200-230
	Michigan exam[68]	MET Go! Basic User (CEFR A1) [69]	Michigan English Test (MET) (0 to 39)[70] / MET Go! Elementary User (CEFR A2) [69]	Michigan English Test (MET) (40 to 52)[70] / MET Go! Intermediate User (CEFR B1) [69]	ECCE [71] / Michigan English Test (MET) (53 to 63)[70]	Michigan English Test (MET) (64 to 80)[70]	ECPE[72]
	LanguageCert International ESOL - Listening, Reading, Writing LanguageCert International ESOL - Speaking	A1 Preliminary (Entry Level 1)	A2 Access (Entry Level 2)	B1 Achiever (Entry Level 3)	B2 Communicator (Level 1)	C1 Expert (Level 2)	C2 Mastery (Level 3)
	PTE Academic		30	43	59	76	85ƒ
	PTE General (formerly LTE)	Level A1	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
	Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) / Graded Examinations in Spoken English (GESE) / Spoken English for Work (SEW)[73][74][75]	GESE 2	ISE 0 GESE 3, 4	ISE I GESE 5, 6 SEW 1	ISE II GESE 7, 8, 9 SEW 2, 3	ISE III GESE 10, 11 SEW 4	ISE IV GESE 12
	British General Qualifications[76]	GCSE (grades C, D, E, 6, 5, 4)	GCSE (grades A*, A, B, 9, 8, 7)				GCE A-Level (AS & A2)
	Learning Resource Network	CEF A1	CEF A2	CEF B1	CEF B2	CEF C1	CEF C2
	Eiken (Japanese test of English)[77]	5,4,3	Pre-2	2	Pre-1	1
	Gymglish Certification	0 - 1,4	1.5 - 1.9	2 - 2.9	3 - 3.9	4 - 4.9	5 - 5.5
Esperanto	Esperanto KER History (Esperanto)	A1	A2	B1	B2	C1	C2
Finnish	YKI	1	2	3	4	5	6
French	CIEP / Alliance française diplomas	TCF A1 / DELF A1	TCF A2 / DELF A2 / CEFP 1	TCF B1 / DELF B1 / CEFP 2	TCF B2 / DELF B2 / Diplôme de Langue	TCF C1 / DALF C1 / DSLCF	TCF C2 / DALF C2 / DHEF
	Speexx Language Assessment Center	10-19	20-29	30-49	50-79	80-89	90-100
	Frantastique Certification (Gymglish)	1	2	3	4	5	5
Galician	Certificado de lingua galega (CELGA)[78]		CELGA 1	CELGA 2	CELGA 3	CELGA 4	CELGA 5
German	Goethe-Institut	Goethe-Zertifikat A1 Start Deutsch 1	Goethe-Zertifikat A2 Start Deutsch 2	Goethe-Zertifikat B1 Zertifikat Deutsch (ZD)	Goethe-Zertifikat B2 Zertifikat Deutsch für den Beruf (ZDfB)	Goethe-Zertifikat C1 Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung	Goethe-Zertifikat C2 - Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom (GDS) Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom
	Speexx Language Assessment Center	10-19	20-29	30-49	50-79	80-89	90-100
	Österreichisches Sprachdiplom Deutsch	A1 ÖSD Zertifikat A1 (ÖSD ZA1)	A2 ÖSD Zertifikat A2 (ÖSD ZA2)	B1 ÖSD Zertifikat Deutsch Österreich (ÖSD B1 ZDÖ); B1 ÖSD Zertifikat B1 (ZB1)	B2 ÖSD Zertifikat B2 (ÖSD ZB2)	C1 ÖSD Zertifikat C1 (ÖSD ZC1)	C2 ÖSD Zertifikat C2 (ÖSD ZC2); C2 ÖSD Zertifikat C2 / Wirtschaftssprache Deutsch (ÖSD ZC2 / WD)
	Deutsch als Fremdsprache in der Wirtschaft (WiDaF)[79]	-	0-246	247-495	496-735	736-897	898-990
	TestDaF[80]				TDN 3—TDN 4[81]	TDN 4—TDN 5
Greek	Πιστοποίηση Ελληνομάθειας (Certificate of Attainment in Modern Greek)[82]	Α1 (Στοιχειώδης Γνώση)	Α2 (Βασική Γνώση)	Β1 (Μέτρια Γνώση)	Β2 (Καλή Γνώση)	Γ1 (Πολύ Καλή Γνώση)	Γ2 (Άριστη Γνώση)
Hebrew	Ulpan (as codified by the Rothberg International School) [83]	A1.1 Aleph Beginner A1.2 Aleph Advanced	A2 Bet	B1 Gimel	B2 Dalet	C1.1 Hé C1.2 Vav	C2 Native Speaker
Icelandic	Íslenskupróf vegna umsóknar um íslenskan ríkisborgararétt[84]	Pass[85]
Italian	CELI	Impatto	1	2	3	4	5
	Speexx Language Assessment Center	10-19	20-29	30-49	50-79	80-89	90-100
	CILS	A1	A2	Uno	Due	Tre	Quattro / DIT C2
	PLIDA (Dante Alighieri Society diplomas)	PLIDA A1	PLIDA A2	PLIDA B1	PLIDA B2	PLIDA C1	PLIDA C2
Japanese	Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)	No clear relation.[86][87][note 1]
	Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese (JFT-Basic)[88]		Pass
	Certificate of Japanese as a Foreign Language(J-cert)[89]	N/A	A2.1 A2.2	B1	B2	C1	C2
Korean	Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK)[90]	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6
Norwegian	Norskprøver	Norskprøve 1	Norskprøve 2	Norskprøve 3	Bergenstest - Bestått	Bergenstest - Godt bestått
Polish	Egzaminy Certyfikatowe z Języka Polskiego jako Obcego[91]			B1 (podstawowy)	B2 (średni ogólny)		C2 (zaawansowany)
Portuguese	CAPLE[92]	Accesso	CIPLE	DEPLE	DIPLE	DAPLE	DUPLE
	CELPE-Bras[93]	Intermediate	Intermediate	Superior Intermediate	Superior Intermediate	Advanced	Superior Advanced
Russian	ТРКИ – Тест по русскому языку как иностранному (TORFL – Test of Russian as a Foreign Language)[94]	ТЭУ Элементарный уровень	ТБУ Базовый уровень	ТРКИ-1 (I Cертификационный уровень) (1st Certificate level)	ТРКИ-2	ТРКИ-3	ТРКИ-4
Spanish	DELE[95]	A1	A2	B1 (formerly "Inicial")	B2 (formerly "Intermedio")	C1	C2 (formerly "Superior")
	Speexx Language Assessment Center	10-19	20-29	30-49	50-79	80-89	90-100
	LanguageCert USAL esPro BULATS	10-19	20-39	40-59	60-74	75-89	90-100
Swedish	TISUS	-	-	-	-	Pass	-
	Swedex	-	A2	B1	B2	-	-
	YKI	1	2	3	4	5	6
Turkish	TYS[96]	A1	A2	B1	B2 (55-70%)	C1 (71-88%)	C2 (89-100%)
Ukrainian [97]	UMI/ULF - Ukrainian as foreign language	UMI 1	UMI 2	UMI 3	UMI 4	UMI 5	UMI 6

Difficulty in aligning the CEFR with teaching programmes

Language schools and certificate bodies evaluate their own equivalences against the framework. Differences of estimation have been found to exist, for example, with the same level on the PTE A, TOEFL, and IELTS, and is a cause of debate between test producers.[98]

Other applications

The CEFR methodology has been extended to describe and evaluate the proficiency of users of programming languages, when the programming activity is considered as a language activity.[99]

See also

• Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills
• European Day of Languages (26 September)
• ILR or Foreign Service Level language ability measures
• List of language proficiency tests
• Studies in Language Testing (SiLT)
• Task-based language learning

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1. Because the JLPT is two thirds reading and one third listening comprehension (neither writing nor speaking is tested), there is no clear relation between overall CEFR level and JLPT level. Especially the distinction whether or not a test taker's native language uses Kanji or not has high impact on the JLPT level passable at a given overall CEFR level.

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• Jean-Claude, Bertin (2010). Second Language Distance Learning and Teaching: Theoretical Perspectives and Didactic Ergonomics: Theoretical Perspectives and Didactic Ergonomics. IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-61520-708-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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