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Devising a Language Certificate for Primary School Teachers of English
Elaboración de una certificación lingüística para profesores de inglés en la escuela primaria
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Language proficiency certificate, descriptors, Common European Framework of Reference, foreign language teaching in primary schools (en)Certificación de las competencias lingüísticas, descriptores, Marco Común de Referencia Europeo, enseñanza de un idioma extranjero, escuela primaria (es)
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This paper examines how the Common European Framework of Reference can be employed to devise a language certificate meant to assess the competence needed for effective teaching at the primary school level. To this end, the B1 level descriptors of the CEF have been re-written so as to make them correspond, as closely as possible, to the abilities actually displayed in the context of primary language teaching and they have also been referred to three different contexts of use: classroom management, professional self-development and language awareness. A tentative draft of one of the parts of the certificate meant to assess oral comprehension will be shown as the final step of a process which started with the definition of the profile of the foreign language teacher.
Este trabajo explica cómo se puede emplear el Marco Común de Referencia Europeo (MCRE) para el diseño de una certificación lingüística que atestigüe las competencias necesarias para una enseñanza eficaz y eficiente en el ámbito de la escuela primaria. Se muestra cómo se modificaron los descriptores del nivel B1 del MCRE para que correspondan a las habilidades utilizadas en la enseñanza de una lengua extranjera en la escuela primaria, con referencia a tres ámbitos: la gestión de la clase, el desarrollo profesional y la conciencia lingüística. Se mostrará un esbozo de una de las partes de la certificación destinada a evaluar la comprensión oral, para ilustrar cómo la reescritura de los descriptores del MCRE lleva a configurar un perfil del docente de un idioma extranjero en la escuela primaria.
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