Journal
CEFR Journal - Research and Practice
Volume: CEFR Journal - Research and Practice Volume 8 (February 2026)
Date: 2026
Title: Some concluding reflections
Page: 105 - 106
Authors: David Little (Trinity College Dublin), Neus Figueras (University of Barcelona), Lynda Taylor (University of Bedfordshire)
https://doi.org/10.37546/JALTSIG.CEFR8-12
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Abstract: From the beginning, the editorial group that prepared Aligning language education with the CEFR: A handbook (British Council et al. 2022) anticipated that the experience of use would quickly reveal a need for revision and further elaboration. That was one of the chief motivations for organizing the 2024 Barcelona conference. As we explained in our introduction, the articles in this special issue began life as presentations at that conference, and some of them report on alignment projects that made use of the Handbook. On the basis of the feedback, both explicit and implied, provided by our authors, it seems to us that the following issues need to be addressed when planning CEFR alignment projects and preparing a revised edition of the Handbook.
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