Politics, Origins and Futures of the CEFR

Autor/in	Byram, Michael
Titel	Politics, Origins and Futures of the CEFR
Quelle	In: Language Learning Journal, 50 (2022) 5, S.586-599 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Byram, Michael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-1736
DOI	10.1080/09571736.2020.1845392
Schlagwörter	Guidelines; Rating Scales; Language Proficiency; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Educational Philosophy; Citizenship; International Education; Foreign Countries; Political Influences; Futures (of Society); Educational History; Teaching Methods; Immigrants; Language Minorities; Citizen Participation; Language Usage; Multilingualism; Competency Based Education; International Organizations; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Richtlinien; Rating-Skala; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Staatsbürgerschaft; Internationale Erziehung; Ausland; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Future; Society; Zukunft; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sprachminderheit; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Sprachgebrauch; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Europa
Abstract	The CEFR was conceived as part of the Council of Europe's project 'Language Learning for European Citizenship'. The social and political context out of which this project grew has often been lost from view. This is perhaps due to the success of the CEFR not only within Europe but also worldwide. That success is largely due to the quality of the scaling of competences in the CEFR. The CEFR is used for planning and evaluating curricula, certifications, examinations, textbooks and so on. There is however little attention to the political context of its past and the possible scenarios of its future. Here I locate the CEFR in its political context and purpose, and analyse some of the ideas of its origins. Although time has passed, the contemporary socio-political situation in Europe is such that we should attend to the educational philosophy of the CEFR and consider how it and its companion volume, can be part of the response of language teaching to the demands of our time. Finally, I demonstrate how language teaching can take a proactive role in, and have a much closer relationship with, (active) citizenship and a European, internationalist education for citizenship. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01