- Location: Manama Center - Manama
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The result of over research, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR) is exactly what its title says it is: a framework of reference. It was designed to provide a transparent, coherent and comprehensive basis for the elaboration of language syllabuses and curriculum guidelines, the design of teaching and learning materials, and the assessment of foreign language proficiency. It is used in Europe but also in other continents and is now available in 39 languages.
Six levels of foreign language proficiency
The CEFR describes foreign language proficiency at six levels: A1 and A2, B1 and B2, C1 and C2. It also defines three 'plus' levels (A2+, B1+, B2+). It also provides a basis for recognizing language qualifications and thus facilitating educational and occupational mobility.
The CEFR's illustrative scales of "can do" descriptors are available in a bank of descriptors together with many other related descriptors.
The CEFR is much more than proficiency scales
The CEFR's scales of foreign language proficiency are accompanied by a detailed analysis of communicative contexts, themes, tasks and purposes as well as scaled descriptions of the competences on which we draw when we communicate. This helps to explain why the CEFR is increasingly used in teacher education, the reform of foreign language curricula and the development of teaching materials.
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About Spanish Language Learning Program
For the sake of the memory of this great man, the Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research was established as a forum for dialogue between people in philosophy, literature, poetry, culture and the arts.
Since, the Shaikh Ebrahim Center has been running Spanish Courses and Cultural activities through its Spanish language learning Program.
The Center was awarded accreditation by the Spanish Ministry of Education as an examination center for the CERVANTES INSTITUTE, the most prestigious Spanish language Institution in the world, with over 50 branches spread across many different countries.
Since, the SPANISH LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAM has been providing online preparation courses for Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE), the only Spanish Government-endorsed examination in the world to test and demonstrate your knowledge of Spanish.
With Abu Dhabi, the Examination Center in Bahrain is the second one in the Gulf region.
The Instituto Cervantes was created in Spain to promote the Spanish language and cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. The head office is in Madrid and Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), the birthplace of the writer Miguel de Cervantes.
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