1. A Summary of Accomplishments: Day 1
(as perceived by an interloping Canadian...)

2. Accomplishments Today
Established our Context
Elicited Expectations
Exposed Issues and Challenges
„Guided“ ahead

3. 1. Established our Context
Broadly
Council of Europe – organization
CEFR – policy framework
ECML – professional development, capacity, & impact
Empowering Language Professionals

4. Established our Context
2. Personally and interpersonally
* Commonalities
Languages
Education
Pedagogy and evaluation
* Variety
Countries, cultures, institutions, roles, histories, politics, experience, roles, etc.

5. Established our Context
Purpose and scope of:
the project,
the Guide, and
this workshop

6. 2. Elicited Expectations
Actions:
Develop
Refine
Share
Connect
Empower

7. Elicited Expectations
Objects:
formative assessment,
professional knowledge,
pedagogical practices,
selves,
colleagues,
systems,
students

8. Elicited Expectations
Create Interfaces between:
formal systems
National curricula
Exams
Languages taught
Attainment targets, etc.

9. Elicited Expectations
And
ongoing processes and Practices
Teaching and learning
Particular languages
Motivation
Individual differences & abilities
Social diversity and cohesion

10. Elicited Expectations
Enthusiasm
Cooperation
Conviviality
Expertise
Openness
Pragmatism
„to learn everything about evaluation“

11. 3. Exposed Issues/Challenges
All the usual dichotomies that usually
appear in policies, education, and
languages:
Need to be recognized, resolved, and acted upon.

12. Exposed Issues/Challenges
Words / concepts
Policies / practices
Global / local
Common / unique
Harmony / uniformity
Effective / ineffective
Hierarchical / emergent
Institutional / individual
Evaluation / planning
Schools / universities
Personal development / marketplace demands
Learners / teachers
Language / languages
Simplify / complexify
Self / colleagues

13. „Guided“ Ahead How to assess with the CEFR
Non-linear access to encyclopedic complexity
Pedagogical interpretation (hermeneutic exigesis)
Tool for trainers, developers, individual study, and....learners
Promote reflection, living with languages, increasing competence, and multiple perspectives
Build confidence

14. „Guided“ Ahead Solicit your feedback Revise and refine the Guide
Connect theoretical complexity to classroom practices and praxis
Enlist your continuing involvement, input, expertise, and commitment
Link concepts, Guide, and Kit to your activities, colleagues, and educational systems

15. „Guided“ Ahead
Continuity of learning, teaching, curriculum design, and assessing
Fostering learners‘ autonomy
Fostering teachers‘ reflection
Adopting a comprehensive perspective that integrates language, communication, and culture