Young
people and adults (15+)
Information
for teachers
With the ELP teachers and schools can
- Get to know the needs and motivation of learners, define learning goals and draw up learning programmes
- Get information about learners' previous language learning experiences, in school or outside
- Assess and document performances in a differentiated way
- Assign internal and external diplomas and certificates to the Council of Europe reference levels
- Describe teaching methods or courses and issue certification for language learning experiences
The ELP plays an important role in different areas, for example:
- In learner counseling: different assessment and planning instruments can help start, structure and facilitate dialogue with learners about learning goals, methods and progress.
- In contact with parents: with the aid of the ELP, syllabi and course objectives can be described clearly for non-experts.An ELP is a good base for discussing concretely and comprehensively about a learner's skills and competences because it collects different kinds of assessments as well as work samples produced by learners.
- On moving from one school level to the next: mainly the language proficiency descriptions contained in the ELP can help teachers from different sectors to talk about learners' actual competence and requirements to be set by the higher-level institution. Fixed and easily understandable "meeting points" can be formulated.
- In the development of examinations: the ELP extensively describes important learning objectives within action-oriented, communicative language teaching. The "can do" statement format of the descriptions facilitates the development of tasks that actually test communicative competence at a particular level.
Schools and other training institutions can take advantage by describing their profiles in terms of the ELP, thus being understood by a wide audience. Course offers and diplomas become comparable in the the broader European context.
Read in detail how you can use the three parts of the ELP and the material contained in them for your particular needs.
For teachers and training institutions, special support for working with the ELP is available: