Consultancy

ELAS International provides consultancy services on all aspects of English Language assessment, including:

  • discussing your language assessment needs
  • evaluating your approach to language assessment and making recommendations for improvement
  • putting language assessment theory into practice
  • aligning your tests to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (known as the CEFR)
  • providing qualitative feedback on your assessment materials

If you would like to discuss how ELAS International can help you, please contact us by emailing info@elasinternational.com

The CEFR Levels

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, or CEFR, is an international standard for working out your ability within a language. It was established by the Council of Europe and aims to validate language ability. The six levels within the CEFR are A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. With these levels, you can easily work out your ability in around 40 different languages.

The levels are often used by language learners to explain their ability at speaking, reading, writing and understanding a language. But there are also exams and certificates available to those who want to make their level official.

Testimonials

“Imelda has been involved with the quality assurance of resources for the Cambridge International Education Lower Secondary English curriculum. Her scrutiny of materials and relevant feedback has helped us to ensure provision of very high-quality resources for learners and teachers. It has been a real pleasure to work with her on this project.”

Priya Govindan, Publishing Development Manager, Cambridge International Education

“I’ve worked with Imelda over the last 6 years on a variety of assessment tasks at a range of CEFR levels and testing different skills. Imelda’s writing has always been to a very high standard, often working with very tight deadlines and she has made valuable contributions in editing and validation meetings.”

SB, ELT Division, OUP