Interactive course for Language Teachers
CEFR Alignment for Teachers
In the Age of AI
Build confidence in making informed CEFR alignment decisions with generated materials.
This hands-on, interactive course helps language teachers align, evaluate and adapt generated texts.
It will strengthen your ability to make pedagogically sound decisions for learners at different CEFR levels.
Developed with CEFR specialists Thom Kiddle and Elaine Boyd, you’ll engage with the CEFR descriptors themselves, their features and what differentiates one level from another. You’ll also have the opportunity to practise discriminating between descriptors at different levels in the same scale, including the ‘plus levels’.
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Why Take This Course?
With the growing use of AI, teachers now have new possibilities to create just-in-time, context-specific and personalised resources. However, the technology only goes so far. As an outcomes-based framework, the CEFR still requires informed teacher judgement to determine whether such materials are suitable for learners working at a given level.
This course reflects a shared commitment among Avallain, the TeacherMatic team and the authors at the Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE): to strengthen teachers’ knowledge and skills in using the CEFR and to uphold the framework’s key principles in language education.
This course helps you:
- Gain a broad understanding of the scope of the CEFR.
- Familiarise yourself with specific CEFR levels and scales.
- Increase your awareness of the CEFR’s structure.
- Feel confident in deciding how to use texts for learners at different CEFR levels.
- Understand how AI-generated texts and tasks can be adapted for specific CEFR scales.
Course Features
- Overview of the CEFR, what it is and what it is not.
- Interactive familiarisation with overall scales and levels in the CEFR.
- Interaction with illustrative descriptors in the CEFR.
- Analysis of authentic written and listening texts, which you practise matching to CEFR scales and levels.
- Self-assessment
Who’s It For?
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! It’s available to all as part of TeacherMatic’s commitment to teacher development.
That depends on you! There is an informative module that takes about 20 minutes, followed by a number of interactive modules that you can dip in or out of depending on the levels and scales that interest you, so anything from 30 minutes to several hours.
Not really. The course is designed for language teachers with some experience using the CEFR, but who wish to deepen their understanding and improve their practical skills.
No. The course was designed to accompany language teachers using the Language Teaching Edition of TeacherMatic, but it also applies to non-AI-generated content.
No. This course is not about certifying you as a CEFR alignment specialist. It is about giving you confidence and understanding to use texts and tasks appropriately for your learners.