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Volume 7 is published on March 25th, 2025. 

The next Snapshot Talk featuring contributions to the CEFR Journal - Research and Practice

is planned for May 16th, 2025 at 8 pm JST, noon London time and 1 pm at Berlin time. 

 

Volume 8 will be a special issue, submissions only on invitation.

Call for submissions for Volume 9 will open in September 2025 with a new submission platform and is scheduled to be published in 2026.

Updated May 1st, 2025 MGS

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Volume 7 (March 2025)

 

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Volume 7 (March 2025)

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Table of Contents

Editorial by Fergus O'Dwyer, Page: 4

 

7-1, Title: Action-oriented, Plurilingual and Intercultural Education: A new association – API Forum

Author: Brian North, CEFR co-author; President API forum
 
Page: 5 - 18, Download as pdf here
 

7-2, Title: Understanding the perspective of plurilingual assessment in teaching English at tertiary level in Ukraine

Authors: Viktoriia Osidak, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine; Karin Vogt, Heidelberg University of Education, Germany; Maryana Natsiuk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

Page: 19 - 50, DOI not yet activated  Download as pdf here

 

7-3, Title: Awareness-Raising in Training Student Teachers to Rate Written-Performances in line with the CEFR

Author: Jana Bérešová, Trnava University, Slovakia

Page: 51 - 68,  DOI not yet activated  Download as pdf here

 

7-4, Title: Assessing writing proficiency in a Saudi Arabian university: Comparing students, tutors, and raters’ assessment using selected CEFR scales

Authors: Ebtesam Abdulhaleem, King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language, Riyadh, KSA; Claudia Harsch, Universität Bremen, Germany

Page: 69 - 99,  DOI not yet activated  Download as pdf here

 

7-5, Title: Application of the CEFR to an Arabic Corpus: A Case Study

Authors: Aziza Zaher, Durham University, Great Britain

Page: 100 - 111,  DOI not yet activated  Download as pdf here

 

Conference Report

7-6, Title: Responding to the CEFR Alignment Handbook: Sharing experience of alignment activities and reflecting on lessons learned

Authors: The Handbook Steering Group: Neus Figueras, University of Barcelona; David Little, Trinity College Dublin; Barry O’Sullivan, British Council; Nick Saville, ALTE; Lynda Taylor, University of Bedfordshire

Page: 112 - 116,  DOI not yet activated  Download as pdf here

 

Volume 6 (February 2024)

 

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Volume 6 (February 2024)

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Table of Contents of Volume 6

Editorial by Elif Kantarcıoğlu, page 4

In Memory of Jamie Dunlea by Richard Spiby, page 5

Author: Janey Gregório, Joana Silveira
Page: 7
 
Author: Kerstin Pramstaller
Page: 27
 
Author: Marga Navarrete
Page: 43
 
Author: Jane Lloyd, Graham Seed, Xu Wen, Hu Yue
Page: 56
 
Author: Thomais Rousoulioti, Antonios Ventouris, Olympia Blatsioti, Dimitra Tsalta
Page: 80
 
Author: Macarena Jiménez Naranjo, Marga Navarrete, Mazal Oaknín
Page: 104
 
Author: Ursula Hehl, Anne Laaredj-Campbell
Page: 112
 
Author: Maria Teresa Berceruelo Pino, Angel Diaz Cobo, Maria Deseada Lopez Fernandez, Antonio Romero Rodriguez
Page: 137
 
Authors: Claudia Harsch, Valeriia Koval, Ximena Delgado-Osorio, Johannes Hartig
Page: 155
 
180 pages

 Volume 5 (December 2022) 

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Volume 5 December 2022 the complete final version is available here

Table of Contents
 
Author: Neus Figueras (University of Barcelona), David Little (Trinity College Dublin), Barry O'Sullivan (British Council)
Page: 5 - 10
 
 
Authors: Monica Barsi (University of Milan), Teresa Bettarello (Provincial Centre of Adult Education, Milan)
Page: 11 - 24
 
Authors: David Coniam (LanguageCERT, UK), Michael Milanovic (LanguageCERT, UK), Wen Zhao (Jinan University, Guangzhou, China)
Page: 25 - 44
 
 
Authors: Tziona Levi (Israeli Ministry of Education), Simone Duval (Israeli Ministry of Education)
Page: 56 - 73
 

Volume 4 (December 2021) 

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Table of Contents
 
Author: Brian North (CEFR & CEFR/CV co-author)
Page: 5 - 24
 
Authors: Magdalini Liontou (University of Jyväskylä) and Eva Braidwood (University of Oulu)
Page: 25 - 42
 
Authors: Gregory Charles Birch (Seisen Jogakuin College), Jack Victor Bower (Tezukayama University), Noriko Nagai (Ibaraki University) and Maria Gabriela Schmidt (Nihon University)
Page: 43 - 65

Volume 3 (October 2020)

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Table of Contents
 
3-1, Title: Is a self-regulatory eELP the way forward? A reflection on two decades of achievements and failures of the ELP
Author: Maria José Luelmo del Castillo (Rey Juan Carlos University) & Maria Luisa Pérez Cavana (Open University)
Page: 6-20
 
3-2, Title: Initial stages of individual teacher CEFR-related classroom curriculum projects at Miyazaki International College
Author: Rebecca Schmidt (Miyazaki International College) & Ellen Head (Miyazaki International College)
Page: 21-43 
 
3-3, Title: Learner perspectives: familiarization, knowledge, and perceptions of the CEFR
Author: Gary Cook (Hiroshima Bunkyo University) & Yukari Rutson-Griffiths (Hiroshima Bunkyo University)
Page: 44-58
 
3-4, Title: Investigating the difficulties for university learners of English in Japan of CEFR B1-level phrases
Author: Takeshi Matsuzaki (Meiji University) & Kevin Mark (Meiji University)
Page: 59-86
 
3-5, Title: Interpretation of the CEFR Companion Volume for developing rating scales in Cuban higher education
Author: Claudia Harsch (University of Bremen), Ivonne de la Caridad Collada Peña (University of Informatics Sciences, Havana), Tamara Gutiérrez Baffil (University of Pinar del Río), Pedro Castro Álvarez (University of Informatics Sciences, Havana), & Ioani García Fernández (University of Cienfuegos)
Page: 87-97
 
3-6, Title: Utilising pupils’ plurilingual skills: a whole-school approach to language learning in a linguistically diverse Irish primary school
Author: Déirdre Kirwan (former principal of Scoil Bhríde Cailíní)
Page: 98-103
 
3-7, Title: Developing an e-portfolio reflecting the concept of mediation for university students
Author: Yukie Saito (Chuo University)
Page: 104-115
 
3-8, Title: Classroom-based assessment of group discussion: Challenges and opportunities
Author: Olga Y. Lankina (St. Petersburg State University) & Yulia V. Petc (St. Petersburg State University)
Page: 116-125
 
3-9, Title: CEFR-CLIL / Action Research News
Author: Maria Gabriela Schmidt (Nihon University)
Page: 126-128
 

Volume 2 (June 2020) 

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Table of Contents
 
Author: Brian North (CEFR and the CEFR/CV co-author)
Page: 8-24
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Author: Marina Perevertkina (Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia), Alexey Korenev (Lomonosov Moscow State University), & Maria Zolotareva (Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia)
Page: 25-39
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Author: Maria Stathopoulou (Hellenic Open University / National Technical University of Athens)
Page: 40-78
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Author: Charis-Olga Papadopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Page: 79-83
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2-5, Title: ALTE CEFR SIG
Author: Carmen Peresich
Page: 84
 
2-6, Title: EALTA CEFR SIG
Author: Neus Figueras
Page: 85-86
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2-7, Title: JALT CEFR & LP SIG
Author: Maria Gabriela Schmidt
Page: 87-88
 
2-8, Title: The EALTA UKALTA ‘Roadmap’ conference—The CEFR: a road map for future research and development—meeting overview
Author: Fergus O’Dwyer, Morten Hunke, & Maria Gabriela Schmidt
Page: 89-97
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 Volume 1 (May 2019)

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Table of Contents
 
Author: Yukio Tono (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Page: 5 - 17
 
Author: Judith Runnels (University of Bedfordshire) & Vivien Runnels (University of Ottawa)
Page: 18-32
 
Author: Irina Y. Pavlovskaya (St. Petersburg State University) & Olga Y. Lankina (St. Petersburg State University)
Page: 33-40
 
Author: Le Thi Thanh Hai (University of Foreign Languages, Hue University) & Pham Thi Hong Nhung (University of Foreign Languages, Hue University)
Page: 41-57
 
Author: Morten Hunke, Maria Gabriela Schmidt
Page: 58-65
 
 

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