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Creating tasks in a less-commonly taught language for an open educational resource. Why the CEFR is important for Irish

Ó Ciardubháin, Colm and Nic Giolla Mhichíl, Mairéad (2014) Creating tasks in a less-commonly taught language for an open educational resource. Why the CEFR is important for Irish. In: EUROCALL 2014: CALL Design: Principles and Practice, 20- 23-Aug 2014, Groningen, Netherlands.

Abstract
If teachers of Less-Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs), such as Irish, are to make use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and many other CALL tools, then there must be an appropriate adaptation of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) in that LCTL. The need to be “Bologna-compliant” has seen language courses and syllabuses in Ireland being set out according to Common Reference Levels of the CEFR. Many CALL tools and resources which have been developed in a European context are underpinned by the Common Reference Levels of the CEFR. This symbiosis means that, in many cases, making use of one cannot be done properly without due regard to the other. In Ireland, however, the applications of the CEFR and integration of CALL have been engaged in separately for the most part. As the demand for CALL grows in Ireland, the lack of an Irish language adaptation of the CEFR becomes more problematic. This paper presents a case study on the Irish language partner on the SpeakApps project (http://www.speakapps.eu/). It will begin with a brief literature review on implementing CALL principles in LCTLs, and application of the CEFR to LCTLs. It then examines the experiences of the Irish partner in designing online oral production and interaction tasks according to the CEFR to be used on language courses that have not previously used CEFR learning goals or reference levels. In this paper we conclude that adaptations of the CEFR’s Common Reference Levels with clear illustrative descriptors are needed before teachers of LCTLs can optimise OERs and other CALL tools.
Metadata
Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Irish language; CEFR adaptation; open educational resource
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Educational technology
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge
Published in: Jager, Sake, Bradley, Linda, Meima, Estelle J. and Thouësny, Sylvie, (eds.) CALL Design: Principles and Practice; Proceedings of the 2014 EUROCALL Conference,. . Research-publishing.net.
Publisher:Research-publishing.net
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2014.000228
Copyright Information:© 2014 The Authors. Open Access, CC BY-NC-ND
Funders:Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission
ID Code:23977
Deposited On:03 Dec 2019 10:30 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 01 Mar 2023 10:01
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