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THE WORDLISTS PROJECT: AN EXAMPLE OF EP RESEARCH There are a number of strands of research in the English Profile programme, and one of our challenges is to pull them into a coherent whole during the next several years. One example is a vocabulary project, the EP Wordlists. The Wordlists provide a complete searchable listing of the words and phrases in English that are considered to be within the CEF’s first four levels: A1 to B2. Levels C1 and C2 will be researched and compiled during 2010-11. The Wordlists offer reliable information at word and sense level, based on analysis of word frequency and learner use, using corpus data, as well as other sources including Cambridge dictionaries, the Cambridge ESOL vocabulary lists and classroom materials. There are two versions, one in British English and one in American English. They have pronunciation audio support, and are fully searchable by usage, grammar, prefix / suffix and topic within a single CEF level or across levels. The Wordlists will be available on subscription in January 2011, and Cambridge University Press is developing materials that are informed by the Wordlists that will be available then as well. In the meantime, a preview version of the Wordlists (letters D, J and K) is available on the website, as well as a new Word of the Week feature. COMMUNITY The English Profile community involves a wide range of educational establishments (schools, universities, private language schools), as well as publishers, assessors, research centres and key education professionals. These various organisations hold a wealth of experience and knowledge of all aspects of language teaching and learning from the classroom to the exam situation to the workplace. However we always need more members! In particular we are looking for people with access to students who can help us collect the data we need. Teachers from around the world are contributing samples of their students’ written and spoken output to English Profile. At the same time we are collecting information about the learners and their educational contexts (teachers, class materials etc.) that will help us understand the relationship between, for example, the age when students start learning English and their progress through the CEF levels. EP has developed an innovative online data collection tool to collect this data. Teachers who sign up for data collection are given an account on our website, so that their students can sign in, fill in a questionnaire about their background in English language learning, and also complete between 2 and 4 short written tasks. This process can be completed as a classroom activity, or as homework. It takes around 50 minutes, and each student who completes the process has their name entered in a monthly prize draw to win 50 Euros, or 50 Euros worth of books from Cambridge University Press. Each school, university etc that signs up for data collection becomes a member of English Profile, and teachers there will be kept informed about our progress; the latest developments in EP research, and new products (such as the Wordlists) as they become available. They will also be invited to attend EP events where they get the chance to give us feedback and make comments and suggestions about EP’s future activities. These events take two forms; firstly we will be running a series of workshops across Europe, where we’ll be looking at issues such as how to assess a student’s work in terms of the 90
CEF (data contributors get free tickets to these events). Secondly we hold two EP seminars per year, where those involved in EP research present their findings to teachers and other ELT professionals and explain the practical applications of their work. Our next seminar will be held in Madrid at the end of October; on the 22 nd there will be a more indepth look at the latest developments in EP, while on the 23 rd we will host a day aimed more directly at teachers working in the ELT classroom. Both days are free for those who express an interest in joining EP, although places are limited: if you would like to attend please email epsite@cambridge.org, stating which day(s) you wish to attend. English Profile is one of the most exciting, practically-oriented developments to emerge in ELT in recent years. It chimes in with the global trend towards a greater commitment to standards and to better testing and assessment, and ultimately to better language teaching and learning. To find out more, or to join the programme, please visit our website: www.englishprofile.org. REFERENCES Council of Europe. (2001). Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 91
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EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR Assist. Prof
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FOREWORD The sixth issue of the Jou
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REFERENCES Actualités en Afrique.
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CONCLUSION The insufficient degree
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