The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: a European framework for foreign language speech development?
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The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: a European framework for foreign language speech development?Author (s)
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2014ISSN
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Beinhoff, B. 2014. “The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: a European framework for foreign language speech development?”. Language Value 6 (1), 51-73. Jaume I University ePress: Castelló, Spain. http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/languagevalue. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6035/LanguageV.2014.6.5Type
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This paper explores the representation of speech development and particularly perceptive skills in the
CEFR level descriptions. The speech-related CEFR sections and related level descriptions are vague and
none of ... [+]
This paper explores the representation of speech development and particularly perceptive skills in the
CEFR level descriptions. The speech-related CEFR sections and related level descriptions are vague and
none of the assumptions made therein (such as the supposed linear progression between levels) have been
sufficiently tested yet. This paper presents an exploratory study on speech perception in language learners
at different levels of proficiency and from different first language (L1) backgrounds (Spanish and
German). The study is based on transcriptions in response to short narratives, and investigates what kind
of influence listeners’ levels of proficiency in the second language (in this case English) and their L1
backgrounds have on how intelligibility is perceived. The results suggest that proficiency levels and L1
background do indeed influence intelligibility (though not always as anticipated) and partially confirm the
idea of a linear progression as proposed in the CEFR. [-]
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