LINGUISTICS
Center for vocational English, language level tests, language competitions, the Common European Framework of Reference for languages.
CEBS
Center für Berufsbezogene Sprachen
CEBS is the competence center for languages ​​of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research for vocational schools. It is a national coordination point for innovations and initiatives in language education and offers also training for all language teachers at Austrian vocational schools.
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AOC CHECK
English Language Level Test
AOC stands for Awareness, Orientation, Coaching. The AOC check is a diagnostic tool and was developed by CEBS in order to determine the strengths and weaknesses of students when entering upper secondary level. This online language level test provides students a CEFR-based analysis of strengths and weaknesses in the 4 skills.
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AOC 4 STUDENTS - watch short video
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CLIL -
Content and Language Integrated Learning
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Content and Language Integrated Learning is an approach, where students learn a subject and a second language at the same time. A science course, for example, can be taught to students in English and they will not only learn about science, but they will also gain relevant vocabulary and language skills.
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WHAT IS CLIL? - watch short video
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CEFR - Common European Framework
of Reference for Languages
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – CEFR was published in 2001 and defines foreign language proficiency at six levels: A1 and A2, B1 and B2, C1 and C2.
The CEFR Companion Volume of 2020 broadens the scope of language education, reflecting academic and societal developments since the CEFR publication in 2001. It presents the key aspects of the CEFR for teaching and learning in a user-friendly form and contains the complete set of extended CEFR descriptors, replacing the 2001 set.
These now include descriptors for mediation, online interaction, plurilingual/pluricultural competence, and sign language competences. The illustrative descriptors have been adapted with modality-inclusive formulations for sign languages and all descriptors are now gender-neutral.
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ONLINE
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
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Cambridge Dictionary
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
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Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
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Collins English Dictionary
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english​
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Merriam Webster
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
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SPRACHENCONTEST
LANGUAGE COMPETITIONS
The federal foreign language competition took place from 19.-20. April 2021.