CEFSkillsandAssessmentforSecondaryEnglishteachers

Day3Reading8thMarch2021

AnneRobinsonCEPSantander

Readinginthe CEFR

Day3Reading

CEFR- Readingfor orientation

Day3Reading

B2

·Scan long,complextexts·Identify thecontextandrelevanceofnews,articles,reportsonawiderangeoftopics·Quicklyscanthroughmultiplesources

B1

·Scan longertextsto locate&gatherinformationfromdifferentparts·straightforward,factualtexts·relevantinformationineverydaymaterial·Pickoutinformationonfoodstuffsandmedicine andinadverts

A2 ·specificinformation inpractical,concretetexts&simpleeverydaymaterial·maindetails inshort,simpledescriptionsofgoodsandservices·understandeverydaysignsandnotices

A1 ·familiarnames,wordsandverybasicphrases·store guides,basic hotelinformation,simple eventinformation

Cambridge– Texts inReadingTests

Day3Reading

AtA2level,averagesentencelengthis13words;atC2level,theaverageis20words.Textsalsodifferintermsofsentence__________,withcomplexformsonlybeingusedathigherlevels,aswellasthe__________ofvocabularyused:A2-leveltextsarerestrictedtocommon,everydaywords,whicharetypicallyusedin__________situations(forexample,wordsfordescribinglikesanddislikes,hobbies,etc.).Ontheotherhand,C2-level textscontainaverywiderangeofvocabulary,including__________,colloquialismsandphrasesusedtoexpressopinion,persuasionandabstractideas.

idioms persuade expository range purpose

structure inform instruction familiar narration

argumentative

Cambridge– Language inReadingTexts

Day3Reading

AtA2level,averagesentencelengthis13words;atC2level,theaverageis20words.Textsalsodifferintermsofsentencestructure,withcomplexformsonlybeingusedathigherlevels,aswellastherange ofvocabularyused:A2-leveltextsarerestrictedtocommon,everydaywords,whicharetypicallyusedinfamiliar situations(forexample,wordsfordescribinglikesanddislikes,hobbies,etc.).Ontheotherhand,C2-level textscontainaverywiderangeofvocabulary,including idioms,colloquialismsandphrasesusedtoexpressopinion,persuasionandabstractideas.

persuade expository purpose

inform instruction narration

argumentative

Cambridge– Texts inReadingTests

Day3Reading

Textsdifferintermsoftheir__________aswell.Textswhich__________thereadercanbeusedatalllevels,fromA2toC2.However,textswhichconveyfeelingsareonlyusedfromB1upwards,andthosewhicharetoentertain,__________andconvinceareaderareusedfromB2toC2.

persuade expository purpose

inform instruction narration

argumentative

Cambridge– Texttypes inReading

Day3Reading

Textsdifferintermsoftheirpurposeaswell.Textswhichinformthereadercanbeusedatalllevels,fromA2toC2.However,textswhichconveyfeelingsareonlyusedfromB1upwards,andthosewhicharetoentertain,persuade andconvinceareaderareusedfromB2toC2.

expository

instruction narration

argumentative

Cambridge– Texttypes inReading

Day3Reading

Anotherdifferenceisthediscoursemode:textswhichincludedescription,__________(forexample,atexttellingastoryofanevent)or__________canbeusedatalllevels.However,__________texts(whichprovideviewsorattitudesonasubject),or__________texts(whichexplainadefinitionoranalyseacharacterorasituation,forinstance),wouldonlybeusedinhigher-levelexams(B2,C1andC2).

expository

instruction narration

argumentative

Cambridge– Texttypes inReading

Day3Reading

Anotherdifferenceisthediscoursemode:textswhichincludedescription,narration(forexample,atexttellingastoryofanevent)orinstructioncanbeusedatalllevels.However,argumentative texts(whichprovideviewsorattitudesonasubject),orexpositorytexts(whichexplainadefinitionoranalyseacharacterorasituation,forinstance),wouldonlybeusedinhigher-levelexams(B2,C1andC2).

Reading-higher &lower levelprocesses

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B1

Reading – task types

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A2Keyfor Schools Part 2Reading

Reading – task types

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A2Keyfor Schools Part 2Reading

Reading – task types

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A2Keyfor Schools Part 2Reading

Reading – task types

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B1Preliminary for Schools Part 3Reading

Reading – task types

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B1Preliminary for Schools Part 6Reading

Reading – task types

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C1Advanced Part 6Reading

Distraction, WordspotsParaphrasing

Group A: A2 Key Gardens text

Group B: B1 Preliminary Part 3

Group C: B1 Preliminary Part 4

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