LinguaFolio^® Training Resources

Training modules to show how to implement LinguaFolio^®

4.5 Activity 2: Assessing Interpersonal Communication

Using the handout linked below, look at the can-do statements about interpersonal communication adapted from the European Language Portfolio. For your convenience, the chart below is also provided on the handout. Decide how you would rate your speaking skills using your second or third language. This list looks at one aspect of communicative competency with oral language.

Planning, compensating, and repairing: Procedures for successful interpersonal communication

This list is adapted from the European Language Portfolio and uses the proficiency levels from the CEFR’s Common Reference Levels: Global Scale table referred to in Module 1.

Level

Descriptor with Can-do Statement

C1/C2
Can substitute an equivalent term in an unnoticeable manner

B2
Can use circumlocution and paraphrase

B1
Can foreignize a mother-tongue word and ask for confirmation

A2
Can use an inadequate word and use a gesture to clarify

Note that once again there is no A1 descriptor because learners at that level of competency are not able to apply these skills when communicating with others.

Assessing interpersonal communication (pdf, word)

Group: If you are working with a partner or in a group, discuss how your students might situate themselves and compare ideas about how you as the teacher could help them begin to set their own goals for improvement.

Individual: If you are training alone, think about how your students might situate themselves and how you as the teacher could help them begin to set their own goals for improvement.

Next: 4.6) Activity 3: Identifying elements of checklists and can-do sentences