LINGUIST List 22.594 Thu Feb 03 2011 Qs: English Teachers: Learner Profile 'Can Do' Survey Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Anthony Green , English Teachers: Learner Profile 'Can Do' Survey Message 1: English Teachers: Learner Profile 'Can Do' Survey Date: 29-Jan-2011 From: Anthony Green <tony.greenbeds.ac.uk> Subject: English Teachers: Learner Profile 'Can Do' Survey E-mail this message to a friend With apologies for cross posting. I would like to invite all involved in English language education to respond to a survey on high proficiency learners. The illustrative scales for the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) often lack statements for the C levels and as a result, C1 and C2 are often defined by "As B2". I have been working with my colleagues on building a supplementary set of Can Do statements to help fill that gap. As part of the project, we would like to have your judgements on the new statements. To see the new Can Do's, judge their difficulty level and comment on their wording, please respond to our questionnaire at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EPCanDo1 This will help us to improve the statements and calibrate them against the existing descriptors. The full questionnaire takes around 25 minutes to complete, but if you are short of time, please just respond to as much as you can. To thank you for your contribution, we will be entering the details of all who respond (and choose to leave their contact details) to a prize draw with the possibility of winning Cambridge English Readers or similar in the Cambridge University Press ELT range. Best regards, Tony Green Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment Room 125 University of Bedfordshire Putteridge Bury Hitchin Rd Luton Bedfordshire UK LU2 8LE http://www.beds.ac.uk/crella Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics                             Language Acquisition Subject Language(s): English (eng) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 03-Feb-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.