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	Association of Language Testers in Europe - ALTE
		Association of Language Testers in Europe - ALTE
		ALTE –; The Association of Language Testers in Europe – is an association of institutions within Europe, each of which produces examinations and certification for language learners.
		Employers need to know which particular language qualification it is realistic to demand when advertising a post, and employees have an interest in being able to rate their own present level of expertise and future training needs.
	www.alte.org /about_alte/index.php (583 words)

	Scott's course plan 5
		The primary purpose of a situational language teaching syllabus is to teach the language that occurs in the situations.
		Language learning is subordinate to task performance, and language teaching occurs only as the need arises during the performance of a given task.
		Language is a relationship between form and meaning, and most instruction emphasizes on or the other side of this relationship.
	www.developingteachers.com /articles_tchtraining/cplan5_scott.htm (978 words)

	Cramlap: Assessment
		Association of Language Testers in Europe http://www.alte.org/ The Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) is an association of institutions within Europe, each of which produces examinations and certification for language learners.
		The Project has already led to the establishment of the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment and current activities include the development and piloting of training materials for a range of stakeholders in language testing.
		The aim of the package is to support students in improving their knowledge and understanding of the language by practicing selected topics, with the main emphasis on points of grammar, usage and spelling that are known to cause problems.
	www.cramlap.org /Assessment (541 words)

	Association of Language Testers in Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) is an association of language exam providers.
		The concept was formed in 1989 by the Universities of Cambridge and Salamanca and the following year, 1990, saw the holding of the first meeting of the association by eight founder members.
		ALTE now establishes a six-level framework of language examination standards for twenty-four languages: Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, and Welsh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Association_of_Language_Testers_in_Europe (230 words)

	About EAQUALS
		EAQUALS is an association of providers of language services, founded in 1991, with over 100 members in over 20 different countries.
		EAQUALS contributes to European projects related to language teaching, including the recent development in cooperation with ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) of an electronic version of an EAQUALS/ALTE European Language Portfolio for adults (www.eelp.org).
		To become a Member, language training institutions must prove their full adherence to the Code of Practice and Charters through submitting themselves to the inspection, which is repeated every three years, or more frequently if deemed to be necessary.
	www.eaquals.org /about/background.asp (311 words)

	SCALING DESCRIPTORS FOR LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY SCALES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Some examples are: the British National Language Standards (Languages Lead Body 1992); the Eurocentres Scale of Language Proficiency (Eurocentres 1983-92); the Finnish Scale of Language Proficiency (Luoma 1993) and the ALTE Framework (Association of Language Testers in Europe 1994).
		Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) 1994: A description of the framework of the Association of Language Testers in Europe.
		Strasbourg, Council of Europe; the proceedings of the intergovernmental Symposium held at Rüschlikon November 1991 (ed.
	www.romsem.unibas.ch /sprachenkonzept/Annexe_3.html (7832 words)

	What is BULATS - Business Language Testing Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is ideal for organisations which need a practical and reliable method for testing the foreign language skills of their employees, job applicants or trainees, in a way which is relevant to their work.
		The ALTE framework enables the level of language qualifications to be compared across 15 languages.
		Generally effective command of the language in a range of familiar situations, e.g.
	www.testingtutoring.com /English/BULATS.htm (518 words)

	Language Schools of Italy. School to Learn Italian in Italy. Italian Courses & Lessons in Italy by the Language School ...
		In the Italian Language School Otranto nel Mondo, teachers prepare foreign students for CELI (recognized by the University for Foreigners of Perugia) and CILS (recognized by the University for Foreigners of Siena) exams.
		The University is a founder member of the ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) and is the sole institution to represent the Italian language.
		The Italian Language School for foreign students in Italy is able to provide Italian language courses at six levels; each course participant’s level of knowledge of the Italian language is assessed by means of initial tests.
	www.otrantonelmondo.com /default.asp?lan=eng&cid=1 (701 words)

	ALTE
		Learners are developing their language skills and can communicate quite fluently in most everyday situations.
		Learners are able to use a wide range of language effectively in a variety of contexts and can easily comprehend natural spoken and written English.
		Learners are developing an understanding of and an ability to produce the subtleties and complexities of the language, although they may still require some work on accuracy.
	www.ihsanisidro.com.ar /niveles.htm (331 words)

	Babilonia \| Italian language courses \| language school \| Italy \| Sicily
		In fact, the study of all the rules of a certain language does not bring knowledge of that language, meaning that the only use of our rational, analytical, conscious side is not sufficient to know a language.
		Our Italian language courses are structured to conform to the European standards set by ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) and by the Council of Europe.
		Standard Plus Italian language courses - this course of Italian is designed for those who, beyond the advantages of the Standard group course, want to have an extra individual hour (one-to-one) especially devoted to their individual language needs.
	www.infohub.com /vacation_schools/91.html (2702 words)

	ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements — Rated Speech Samples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements were developed to address the safety concern raised by accidents and incidents in which communication played a key role.
		ICAO Language Proficiency Rating Scale with examples in the form of brief audio files for the language proficiency criteria for Levels 3, 4 and 5.
		As a result, in several cases, test takers who showed all the other characteristics of Level 5 could only be rated as a Level 4 in Comprehension, which may not adequately reflect the test taker's ability if he or she were measured in a more complete testing situation.
	www.icao.int /anb/fls/AUD001/textv11.html (2894 words)

	Antony John Kunnan
		He is the author of Test Taker Characteristics and Test Performance: A Structural Modeling Approach (Cambridge, 1995), the editor of Validation in Language Assessment (Lawrence Erlbaum, 1998) and editor of Fairness and Validation in Language Assessment (Cambridge, 1999).
		He was also the President of the International Language Testing Association in 2004 and he is currently the editor of Language Assessment Quarterly.
		Expressions of interest in the area of language assessment are welcome particularly for publication consideration and from thesis students.
	www.calstatela.edu /dept/tesol/kunnan.htm (233 words)

	Italiensk skole og kurs i italiensk i Taormina, Sicilia, Italia
		The University for Foreigners of Perugia offers, within the ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) framework, examinations worldwide at five levels of ability.
		All the examinations are held in June and November in Italy and abroad.
		ALTE members are working towards the setting up of a framework of levels of language proficiency, which will allow comparisons to be made and equivalences to be established between qualifications in European languages gained in a number of different countries.
	www.studiareitaliano.com /Italiensk_skole/perugia.html (788 words)

	Proficiency Levels \| Bridge-Linguatec Language Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The knowledge of a beginner student may range from knowing nothing of the language to having basic vocabulary and knowledge of some phrases, but being generally unable to communicate in the language.
		At a high intermediate level, a student can manage the basic structures of the language, has a substantial vocabulary, and is confident within routine situations that arise socially or while traveling.
		At this level, students are aware of the role that the language plays within the culture and can adapt their language use according to the situation.
	www.bridgelinguatec.com /ForeignLanguageTraining_denver/language_levels.htm (496 words)

	READING ROOM: Watch your mouth (and hand and pen) - Features news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Now, the English language has ceased to be owned by Great Britain and the US, and belongs to hundreds of millions of people across the world, hence the union of English-speakers transforming into a union of people who speak English, he said.
		It’s the most important language in terms of international organisations, he said, citing a Harris Interactive poll which found that 85 per cent of EU officials prefer English as their working language, and is the second language in 86 per cent of new EU member states, including Bulgaria and Romania.
		Language inherently carries values and history, whether it is in terms of free-enterprise systems, representative governments, daily habits and so on.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/reading-room-watch-your-mouth-and-hand-and-pen/id_19061/catid_29 (1526 words)

	BILC CONFERENCE 2003
		Unrealistic STANAG language proficiency requirements mandated for certain jobs and unreasonable quotas of language-qualified personnel faced by test users and test takers could result in rating inflation (a type of unfairness, invalidity) on the part of sympathetic, well-intentioned test developers and administrators.
		Administrative constraints imposed on language testers can result in unfairness when test raters and markers are under pressure to render a hasty rating because of insufficient time for the number of tests administered, because of conflicting schedules and/or professional demands being made on them, or because of lack of funds to adequately compensate them.
		The group discussed the role of language varieties, or dialects, and the concept of "standard" language in the overall campaign for fairness.
	www.dlielc.org /bilc/stgrpt/BILCStGr4rep.html (2140 words)

	inlingua Salzburg, International School of Languages \| Learn here where the foreign language you learn is our ...
		One-to-One training is the most efficient way to learn a foreign language, as the training program is tailored to meet the demands of the participant (concise argumentation in discussions, telephoning, technical vocabulary training or specialized vocabulary training for e.g.
		Located in the heart of Europe and easily accessible by all means of transport, Salzburg offers a diversity equaled by very few other cities in the world.
		These materials conform to the international ALTE (Association of Language Testers) Standards and allow participants to simultaneously improve their ability to understand, speak, read, and write German.
	www.infohub.com /vacation_schools/16.html (1620 words)

	ALTE - Association of Language Testers in Europe
		ALTE - the Association of Language Testers in Europe - is an association of providers of foreign language examinations.
		It is dedicated to the teaching and dissemination of French language and culture, and has over 1300 centres serving 380,000 students in 133 countries.
		The University is responsible for developing, setting, marking and evaluating the official Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language which are issued and certified by the Ministry of Education and Culture and by the Instituto Cervantes.
	english-express.net /language-test/entwickelt-durch-alte.htm (475 words)

	ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
		The certifications given by the Alliance Française are recognized by the French Ministry of Education and the ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe).
		The Diplôme de Langue (DL) assesses the language skills for an advanced level (level B2 at the Council of Europe).
		At this stage, the candidate must be able to implement the main French language structures, show good knowledge of vocabulary and use appropriate communication strategies in a number of everyday situations.
	www.alliancefr.org /article.php3?id_article=185 (1648 words)

	DEGREES - EXAMS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		of the ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) and it is internationally acknowledged.
		It is a high level certificate and is considered as a certificate for the admission in british or english spoken universities.
		of the ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe).
	www.theoharidou.gr /english/ptixia.html (223 words)

	Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was put together by the Council of Europe as the main part of the project "Language Learning for European Citizenship" between 1989 and 1996.
		This symposium found that a Common European Framework for languages was needed to improve the recognition of language qualifications and help teachers co-operate, eventually leading to improved communication and cooperation generally in Europe.
		The ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) "Can Do" project developed a simplified set of 400+ descriptors for language examinations which relate to the Common Reference Levels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages (563 words)

	READING ROOM: I say ‘tomato’, you say ‘apple of love’ - Features news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The need for transferability of certification of fluency in a foreign language is evident, for example, for students wishing to study in another country, for employees seeking to get hired abroad and for employers assuring the true fluency of their possible staff.
		The first is training foreign students in Bulgarian language, allowing them to study and live in Bulgaria, with the curriculum approved by the Education Ministry and certification recognised worldwide; and child and adult education for Bulgarians, in foreign languages, science and IT.
		He said that all around Europe, language teachers and testers have to “push” the necessity of such things not only with the government, but also with their colleagues.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/reading-room-i-say-tomato-you-say-apple-of-love/id_19062/catid_29 (1152 words)

	elt links -- elt associations
		Flemish Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language.
		An organization interested in research in using technology as a means for raising the efficiency of foreign language education.
		Scottish Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.
	members.tripod.com /ppbugm/cgi-bin/english/links/associations.htm (604 words)

	ESL School: Describing language levels
		The ALTE “can-do” statements (see http://www.bulats.org/tests/alte_levels.php) for each language level provide a clear guide to what tasks a person with a certain level of attainment is able to perform.
		However, if we make a diagnosis of where students need to improve when they begin a course, we can hope to bring some balance to the four skills during their period of study.
		On leaving I think the level descriptions developed by the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) are useful.
	www.esl-school.com /archives/2006/05/describing_language_levels.php (501 words)

	Learn French and get diplomas. Ifalpes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The T.C.F is the French language test of the French Ministry of Education.
		The T.C.F evaluates general French language proficiency levels for people whose native language is not French and people wishing, for professional or personal reasons, to validate their knowledge in French in a simple, fast and reliable way.
		The DELF and the DALF are diplomas of a second language which are officially issued and guaranteed by the French Ministry of Education.
	www.ifalpes.com /diplomasenglish.html (308 words)

	Preparing for the European Language Portfolio: Internet connections
		The CEF describes standards for language teaching and learning and is used by an increasing number of educational institutions and organisations in Europe and other parts of the world.
		Students reported that the ELP “language passport helped them a lot to learn the language, they understood how they learn and what is missing in their language learning and asked their teacher to help with these weak points”.
		ALTE (the Association of Language Testers in Europe) http://www.alte.org/
	tojde.anadolu.edu.tr /tojde17/articles/mirici.htm (4877 words)

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