Preparing teachers to use the European language portfolio

This publication is aimed at language teacher educators and language teachers who are preparing to use the ELP with their learners. The booklet provides a summary description of the ECML project; introduces the ELP and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR); explains the pedagogical potential of the ELP; and discusses the implications of the CEFR and the ELP for language teacher education, reporting on experience in Switzerland and Finland. The accompanying CD-ROM contains PowerPoint presentations, group work activities and discussion tasks to be used in training events for teachers; additional materials and activities developed by members of the project team for particular national contexts; reports on a series of training events that took place in ECML member states in the framework of the project; and key Council of Europe documents and a number of research studies related to the ELP.--Publisher's description.