ROMANIA MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION RELANG IMPACT 25

ROMANIA MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION

RELANG IMPACT 25 T H -27 T H APRIL 2016 A BRIEF REMINDER • CONTEXT – The seminar was held within the process of revising the lower secondary curriculum, prior to the development of new syllabi. • SEMINAR IMPACT ON THE WORK OF THE EXPERTS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS Ø Familiarisation of the stakeholders with the CEFR, its model of language use and its descriptors following the procedures as set out in the workshop. Ø The alignment of the new curricula to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) in terms of: ü learning outcomes according to the CEFR; ü relating competence descriptors to the CEFR descriptors; ü ensuring competence progression according to the CEFR specifications and provisions; ü designing valid competence assessment.

ACTUAL CONTEXT NEW CHALLENGES • Following the lower secondary syllabi reconstruction, REVISING NATIONAL TESTS becomes imperiously necessary. • ENVISAGED NATIONAL TESTS: ü the test of admission to the 5 th grade classes which offer foreign language study in the intensive regime; ü the test of admission to the 9 th grade-bilingual classes; ü the baccalaureate (considering that a new upper secondary curriculum structured on competence practice will be finalized soon).

ASSESSMENT PRACTICE NEW EXPECTATIONS • THE FORTHCOMING SEMINAR is expected: ü to set the link between curriculum and its assessment; ü to make the target group familiar with the CEFR descriptors in a close connection to curriculum – assessment relationship; ü to assist the target group in practising a more precise assessment; ü to offer patterns of assessing all four linguistic competences in a related manner; ü to support the target group in designing accurately calibrated items/tests; ü to facilitate the practice of item writing/test production.

THE NEW RELANG SEMINAR OBJECTIVES AIMED AT • Following the NEW RELANG SEMINAR, the participants should: ü relate the CEFR levels of the foreign language syllabi to the CEFR descriptors in the assessment process; ü use the CEFR descriptors in the process of writing items and producing full tests (encompassing all four competences); ü write/produce items/tests specific to each of the four competences according to each linguistic level; ü define the assessment objectives of the future high school foreign language syllabi that are to be revised in 2019 – 2020; ü revise the actual format of the foreign language national exams ( admission tests and baccalaureate) according to the CEFR descriptors specific to each linguistic level.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION PH. D. RODICA DIANA CHERCIU INSPECTOR GENERAL MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION