1. EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK AND PEL Laura Echarri Maider Echarri Amaya Echaide Virginia García Iván Sánchez English Didactics 2010-2011

2. EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK DEFINITION: A guideline used to describe achievements of learners of foreign languages across Europe and in other countries. Main aim: to provide a method of assessing and teaching which applies to all languages in Europe.

3. EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK LEVELS: A Basic Speaker A1 Breakthrough A2 Waystage B Independent Speaker B1 Threshold B2 Vantage C Proficient Speaker C1 Effective Operational Proficiency C2 Mastery

5. Language Biography

7. EUROPEAN LANGUAGE PORTFOLIO Language Passport

11. EUROPEAN LANGUAGE PORTFOLIO Aims To motivate learners by acknowledging their efforts to extend and diversify their language skills at all levels. To provide a record of the linguistic and cultural skills they have acquired.

13. Helps to give children a commitment to and ownership of their learning.

14. Children learn to take more responsibility for their own progress.

16. Gives children a real sense of pride and achievement,

17. A description of language-learning objectives and levels to be achieved.

18. Children assess their own progress using the steps of the Languages Ladder.