The skills involved in oral production and interaction, such as fluency, accuracy, coherence etc.
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WebCEF: An Online Collaboration Tool for Assessing Foreign Language Proficiency
Lut Baten (KULeuven, Leuven Language Institute, Belgium), Ana Beaven (Università di Bologna CILTA, Italy), John Osborne (Université de Savoie, LLS France, France), and Jan Van Maele (Leuven Engineering College, Belgium)
Copyright: © 2013
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2122-0.ch048
Abstract
The main outcome of the WebCEF project (2006-2009) is an online collaboration tool for self-, peer-, and expert assessment of oral proficiency in the foreign language using the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). One distinctive feature of WebCEF is that it brings together learners and assessors in virtual communities of practice, locally and internationally. Thanks to the use of low-threshold technology, this tool – available freely online – has been used successfully in formal, non-formal, and informal learning. Attesting to its continued relevance, WebCEF was awarded the European Language Label in 2011. In this chapter, the authors discuss an experience involving trainee teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) of the University of Leuven (Belgium), EFL students at the Université de Savoie (France), and language teachers in France. It will be demonstrated how WebCEF can be a powerful platform for professional development through social mediation and a support for learner autonomy through assessment for learning.