11/11/2020:

 11/11/2020:

1. Summary.

We saw a video about the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and the levels that it includes. In the explanation we appreciated the importance of knowing the level that you have and how it's relevant to know that it’s the same in all countries in Europe. We debated about the difference between plurilingualism and multilingualism, the concept of Approach adapted that consists in a method focus on action-oriented, and the meaning of general and communicative competence. Finally, we completed the task about our level from CEFR.

2. What I’ve learnt.

We’ve learnt that the CEFR was being created to identify the level of persons who study another language, so we need common levels between different countries, and there are in the CEFR (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2). In this way, A is for the Basic User, B is for the Independent User, and C is for the Proficient User. CEFR also includes different skills like listening, writing, speaking, reading, interaction and mediation which it’s when you improvise translations to make person understanding another person. In other words, when we have to prepare an official exam, we have to use the CEFR because it provides you a common base about competences, contents, methods, evaluation. The objective is to establish a good way that allows the communication. We saw the application of general competences in a real context, with a real object of our lives. Furthermore, about the Approach adopted, we saw that it consists in a method focus on action-oriented. I mean, you guide the student in specific circumstances, in a specific environment and in a specific action.

Finally, I revised the difference between general and communicative competence that consists in:

- General competence includes the skills that everyone has as a person: Knowledge (learning from experience), skills and know-how (the ability to do something), existential competence (attitude and personality), and ability to learn (being disposed to discover otherness).

- Communicative competence includes concepts like linguistic (the speech is adequate to the rules of linguistics as a system), social linguistic (the speech follows the social rules and it’s correct for the situation) and pragmatic (the speech is related to the context and culture aspects) to get and efficient communication.

 

3. Opinion.

From my point of view it’s really important to have a common base between all countries from Europe, because it provides you a specific plan of studies to prepare yourself to know languages. I mean, all of us have to have the same skills in front of an exam, so I think that the CEFR it’s a form to equal the balance of studies. Furthermore, we have to take into account the context of these languages, because in this way we could learn the pragmatic aspect at the same time that we study a new idiom. In reference of last, we find a good example of its influence when you study an idiom, because it depends on the culture of the place. For example, in Spain we speak different in each place of the country, so if you study Spanish, you have to take into account the context and the culture and you have to live here to distinguish the variety of linguistic aspects from each zone. In conclusion, when we teach a language we have to raise awareness of the importance of having a common base and how  the context influences the meaning of language in communication.