Acknowledgements
Series Editors' note
From the Editor of this volume
Waldemar Martyniuk
Introduction: The Manual for Relating language examinations
to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
in the context of the Council of Europe's work on language education
Brian North, Waldemar Martyniuk and Johanna Panthier
The Cambridge Colloquium on using the preliminary pilot version
of the Manual, December 2007 - summary of discussion
Lynda Taylor
Section One
Linking single tests to the CEFR
1 The City & Guilds Communicator examination linking project
a brief overview with reflections on the process
Barry O'Sullivan
2 Putting the Manual to the test: the TestDaF-CEFR linking
project
Gabriele Kecker and Thomas Eckes
3 Maintaining alignment to the CEFR: the FCE case study
Hanan Khalifa, Angela ffrench and A ngeliki Salamoura
4 Benchmarking a high-stakes proficiency exam: the COPE
linking project
Elif Kantarctolu, Carole Thomas, John O'Dwyer and
Barry O'Sullivan
5 Mapping the Advanced Level Certificate in English (ALCE)
examination onto the CEFR
Nigel Downey and Charalambos Kollias
Section Two
Linking a suite of exams to the CEFR
6 Relating language examinations to the CEFR: ECL as
a case study
Gabor Szabo
7 Linking international examinations to the CEFR:
the Trinity College London experience
Spiros Papageorgiou
8 Linking the CILS examinations to the CEFR: the A1 speaking
test
Monica Barni, Anna Maria Scaglioso and Sabrina Machetti
9 Linking the general English suite of Euro Examinations to
the CEFR: a case study report
Gergely A David
10 Relating the GEPT reading comprehension tests to the CEFR
Jessica Wu and Rachel Wu
Section Three
Large-scale multilingual assessment frameworks at national level
11 Asset Languages: a case study of piloting the CEFR Manual
Neil Jones, Karen Ashton and Tamsin Walker
