12/11/2020:

 12/11/2020:

1. Summary.

We organized the dateline of presentations and tasks. Then we debated about the goals of the task which we have to position ourselves into a level. We saw the parts of the common European framework of reference for languages and how it defines your level as a student of a language. Finally, we worked with the EPL and what it is. About this we saw examples of a passport, a linguistic biography and a dossier from the European language portfolio.  

2. What I’ve learnt.

We’ve learnt the goals of the task of levels, because it could help you to see the weakness and strengths that you have. We also understood that the common European framework is paid by all of us, because it’s a basic part of education. CEF is related to EPL that it’s the European language portfolio promoted by the Council of Europe, and it consists of a personal document about the academic life that you have as a student of a language. It includes three parts:

- Passport (like a self-evaluation): About this type of material we could create one for the assessment with a rubric in a piece of paper.

- Linguistic biography (reflection about your experience with this language): It’s an useful resource for the assessment, because you could assign a level through this activity.  

- Dossier (it’s only for you to know your progress as a student): It’s a material that we could create in class with paper, felt-tip pens, pictures… It could include where I’ve been, where I’ve gone, what I’ve visited (museums, cities…), descriptions of experiences…

There are two types of portfolios. On one hand, there is “My first Portfolio” until seven years. It’s for languages in general, not for foreign languages. On the other hand, there is “The Primary Portfolio” from eight to twelve years. It’s a resource to mark your progress of those 4 years.

3. Opinion.

The EPL is a really important resource to give you feedback about your improvement in the study of a language. In this way, we have to offer opportunities as a teacher to have communication with everybody, so it’s important to help students to understand us. I mean, we have to generate situations where all students could participate without taking into account the level that they have. About the class of today, I think an activity that includes the parts of EPL. The activity consists in a presentation of each dossier of students with the application “StoryJumper”, in this app they could present their memories and experiences. Then, they will create a linguistic biography about the experience with this language while they were creating the presentation. Finally, they could evaluate themselves with the passport by the self-assessment.