Episode 44: Language Levels and Resources

Show Notes

To kick off our new episodes for 2021, we'll talk about the "official" language levels and how you can apply that to level up your Spanish! Today's episode is a bit long and has a lot of links (which I'll of course include as a list in the show notes!), so be prepared; there's a lot of information out there!

Remember, learning a language is a lifelong journey.
¡Aprovéchalo, Disfrútalo y Compártelo!

SHOW NOTES

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Blog for Episode 44

Intro and Closing Music by Master_Service from Fiverr

Cultural Tip Transition Music edited from song by JuliusH from Pixabay

Resource Links

Episode Content 

• "The CEFR Levels" by the Council of Europe. 
• Also by the Council of Europe: 
• List of "Self-assessment grid - Table 2 (CEFR 3.3) : Common Reference levels" for different languages
• "Assessment Grid - English"
• "Assessment Grid - Spanish"
• "Qualitative aspects of spoken language use - Table 3 (CEFR 3.3): Common Reference levels"
• Links to "Official translations of the CEFR Global Scale"
• "European Language Portfolio - Global scale" in English
• "Global scale - Spanish"
• "Reference Level Descriptions (language by language)"
• "Reference level descriptions (RLDs) developed so far" for multiple languages
• "Plan curricular del Instituto Cervantes" by the Instituto Cervantes 
• "English Profile – what the CEFR means for English" by Cambridge University Press
• Other items by Cambridge University Press: 
• "English Vocabulary Profile Online - American English" 
• "English Grammar Profile Online"
• "English Profile Information Booklet" - Version 1.0 and Version 1.1  
• "Introductory Guide to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for English Language Teachers" 
• "16 Super CEFR Placement Tests That Speak for Themselves" by Michelle Baumgartner for Fluent U
• "Foreign Language Training" by the Foreign Service Institute with the U.S. Department of State
• "The CIA is Wrong: It Doesn’t Take 1,000 Hours to Learn a Language" by Benny Lewis from Fluent In 3 Months
• "Spanish Test" by the Cervantes Escuela Internacional
• "Spanish Placement Test" by Lengalia
• "Online Spanish Level Test" by Oxford House
• "Ding! Level Up: 15 Spanish Level Tests to Take Your Learning to the Next Stage" by Sarah Sharkey and Francisco J. Vare for Fluent U

Cultural Tip

• "David Bisbal, Carrie Underwood - Tears Of Gold (Lyrics/Letra)" uploaded to YouTube by EL GURÚ Lyrics on Dec. 5, 2020

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Remember, learning a language is a lifelong journey.
¡Aprovéchalo, Disfrútalo y Compártelo!