TY - BOOK AU - Jana Bérešová PY - 2021 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag TI - The Impact of the CEFR on Language Examinations in Local Contexts UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1110075 N2 - This book presents an overview of communicative language teaching and testing in Central and Eastern European countries. It focuses on the impact of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR) and its model of language use. The author provides a user-friendly introduction to the process of linking local language examinations to the common reference levels of language proficiency in order to encourage local examination providers to assure quality in high-stakes testing. In response to different approaches in language examination development, the book includes some practical samples as well as practical advice on how to improve the effectiveness of the examinations developed and implemented in local contexts. KW - Language teaching, Language testing, Item-writing, Marking schemes, Validity, Fairness LA - English ER -