BACKGROUND Criterion-referenced interpretations of tests are highly necessary, which usually involves the difficult task of establishing cut scores. Contrasting with other Item Response Theory (IRT)-based standard setting methods, a non-judgmental approach is proposed in this study, in which Item Characteristic Curve (ICC) transformations lead to the final cut scores. METHOD eCat-Listening, a...

At present there are relatively few vocabulary lists for Swedish describing modern vocabulary as well as being adapted to language learners’ needs. In Europe including Sweden there exist approaches to unify ways of working consistently with language learning, one example worth naming in this respect is the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) which provides guidelines for systematic ap...

This exploratory article describes (1) the self-reported instructional practices of a group 103 Kindergarten to Grade 12 French-as-a-second-language (FSL) teachers from school boards across Ontario, Canada before and after intensive extensive professional learning about Common European Framework Reference (CEFR) (2) areas strength opportunities for improvement in FSL proficiency 434 students On...

the objectives of this study were (a) to examine the writing performance of l2 learners on the level-specific tasks based on common european framework of reference (cefr) and (b) to investigate whether there was any difference between the students' self-assessed level of writing and the writing level reported by the raters. this study was conducted with 138 iranian students at ba and ma levels ...

Abstract Our pilot project aims to develop a set of text collections and annotation tools facilitate the creation datasets (corpora) for development AI classification models. These models can automatically assess text’s reading difficulty on levels described by Common European Framework Reference (CEFR). The ability accurately consistently readability level texts is crucial authors (language) t...

Chroniques de l’EFRhttps://journals.openedition.org/cefr/3777https://journals.openedition.org/cefr/2154 Introduction L’etude du mole nord‑sud Portus, volet archeologique programme quinquennal l’EFR « Ostie‑Portus, hub l’Empire romain », s’est concentree lors des deux premieres campagnes de 2017 et 2018 sur les portions terminales la structure (fig. 1, ABC). Apres une annee d’interruption operat...

We developed an approach to predict the proficiency level of Estonian language learners based on the CEFR guidelines. We performed learner classification by studying morphosyntactic variation and lexical richness in texts produced by learners of Estonian as a second language. We show that our features which exploit the rich morphology of Estonian by focusing on the nominal case and verbal mood ...

We present a new resource for Swedish, SweLL, a corpus of Swedish Learner essays linked to learners’ performance according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). SweLL consists of three subcorpora – SpIn, SW1203 and Tisus, collected from three different educational establishments. The common metadata for all subcorpora includes age, gender, native languages, time of residence in ...