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Title: How do you use the Common European Framework CEF


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  • How do you use the Common European Framework
    (CEF)?
  • Do you use the CEF as a guide or reference for
    syllabus planning or materials development?
  • What are the main problems or issues with using
    the CEF in Business English contexts?

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Business Benchmark Setting the standard for
Business English
Aim of this presentation To present a new
course, Business Benchmark, which addresses some
of the issues relating to the CEF for Business
English students
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  • Outline of presentation
  • Brief review of the CEF
  • Which Can Do statements / Language Portfolio?
  • How syllabuses can incorporate the CEF
  • How grammar can be incorporated
  • How the CEF can be used for language assessment
  • How the CEF relates to Cambridge ESOL Business
    English Exams
  • The CEF and course lengths
  • The CEF and employers

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Which Can Do statements?
ALTE (Work) or CILT, the National Centre for
Languages?
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ALTE CEF B1 CAN express opinions in simple terms,
for example, 'I don't agree', provided that the
question/issue has been put clearly and
simply. CEF B2 CAN understand most of what takes
place. CAN make a limited contribution to
meetings on practical matters, for example
problem-solving, where the level of language
employed is relatively simple. CAN express
her/his own opinion, and present arguments to a
limited extent. CEF C1 CAN contribute effectively
to meetings and seminars within own area of work.
CAN follow discussion and argument with only
occasional need for clarification.
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ALTE CEF B1 CAN greet a visitor and engage in a
limited conversation for a short period of time,
for example enquiring about a visitor's journey,
hotel etc. CAN deal with predictable requests
from a visitor, for example 'Can you arrange a
taxi for the airport?' CAN take a routine order,
provided that this is restricted to matters such
as quantity, delivery date, etc. CEF B2 CAN take
dictation provided that the dictation is
delivered clearly, at a reasonable pace and the
opportunity is given to check what has been
dictated. IS LIKELY to have to check some of the
vocabulary dictated. CAN take and pass on most
messages that are likely to require attention
during a normal working day.
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Some criteria for choosing Can-Do statements
and Portfolios
  • Validated statements
  • Can be used for self-assessment
  • Also available in learners L1 (translatable)
  • User-friendly
  • Reflect reasonable aims of learners
  • You choose, your students choose

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  • Which Can Do statements?
  • CILT - National Centre for Languages
  • number of statements
  • accessibility to students
  • designed for use in work situations and by
    employers

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CILT - National Centre for Languages Some
features
  • cover typical work activities e.g. 2, 6, and 21
  • suggest some reading strategies e.g. 32 and 33
  • reflect the importance of register e.g. 22
  • suggest a level of language competency e.g. 39
  • cover a range of functional language e.g. 21 and
    37

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How do we adapt our syllabus to incorporate CEF?
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  • How do we adapt our syllabus to incorporate the
    CEF?
  • topics
  • lexis
  • skills
  • grammar

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  • How do we adapt our syllabus to incorporate CEF?
  • Syllabus will cover
  • topics
  • lexis
  • skills CEF Can Do Statements
  • grammar

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How Business Benchmark incorporates these
features and covers Can Do statements
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Human Resources
Marketing
Starting New Business Activities
Topic Areas
Business Travel
New Technologies, Innovation and Change
Customer Relations
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Main Skills Area
Topic
Unit 1 Staff development and training
Reading
Human Resources
Unit 2 Job descriptions and job satisfaction
Listening
Unit 3 Letters of enquiry and applications
Writing
Unit 4 Telephone Skills
Speaking
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17. I can express opinions and ideas. 21. I can
use a variety of expressions and sentence
structures to provide information, instructions
or advice, express opinions.
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29. I can understand factual information. 32. I
can scan varied text to extract all relevant
details.
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25. I can deal with non-routine letters within my
area of work. 30. I can understand enquiries or
requests.
21
What happens to grammar with CEF?
22
37. I can use a variety of expressions and
sentence structures to provide factual
information, give instructions or advice, make
enquiries, express opinions. 38. I can produce
text of varying lengths and adapt my style of
writing as appropriate to the subject and
readers.
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3. I can understand the main points and relevant
details of news items, interviews and
documentaries. 7. I can understand instructions
or advice.
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35. I can produce a range of business
correspondence. 38. I can produce text of varying
lengths and adapt my style of writing as
appropriate to the subject and readers.
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Issue 4 Will my students be able to assess their
abilities accurately?
Assessment activities will be downloadable from
www.cambridge.org/elt/benchmark Exam Practice
section with complete past paper supplied by
Cambridge ESOL
29
BEC Vantage exam and BULATS test
30
BEC Vantage exam and BULATS test Exam-style tasks
in Unit 3
31
How does the CEF relate to exams such as BEC and
BULATS?
  • exams and Can Do statements have been calibrated
  • empirically tested and validated

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  • To provide exam preparation, Business Benchmark

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  • will be published in two editions a BEC edition
    and a BULATS edition
  • is a three level course at B1, B2 and C1
  • includes exam-type tasks in the units
  • provides a paper-by-paper, part-by-part exam
    skills section
  • includes a complete past paper for each exam,
    supplied by Cambridge ESOL

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  • The Exam Skills Section
  • explains what each exam task consists of
  • informs students about what is being tested
  • gives step-by-step advice on how to approach the
    task
  • provides exercises to put the advice into
    practice

36
How long does it take for learners to achieve the
different levels of CEF, and how can we map our
courses to fit these levels?
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Business Benchmark
  • 24 units of 3 hours each
  • Grammar workshops
  • Photocopiable resources for every unit in the
    Teachers Resource Book, each from 30 mins to 2
    hours
  • Exams skills sections of approximately 1 hour
    each
  • Exam practice sections (supplied by Cambridge
    ESOL)
  • Personal Study Book (practising vocabulary,
    grammar and skills) with glossary

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How is the CEF useful to employers?
  • standardises levels of proficiency across
    languages
  • provides clear descriptions of language
    competency
  • is externally verifiable using ALTE exams e.g.
    BEC and BULATS from Cambridge ESOL

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Useful websites www.cambridge.org/elt/professiona
l www.cambridgeesol.org www.cilt.org.uk/standards
http//culture2.coe.int/portfolio www.alte.org
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