Learning Cefr Alignment

Skill Areas

Receptive Skills:

• Listening comprehension
• Reading comprehension

Productive Skills:

• Spoken interaction
• Spoken production
• Written production

Can-Do Descriptors

Examples by Level

A1 Listening:

• Can understand familiar words and very basic phrases
• Can follow speech that is very slow and carefully articulated

B2 Speaking:

• Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity
• Can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects

C1 Writing:

• Can express ideas fluently in clear, well-structured text
• Can write complex letters, reports, or articles

Curriculum Mapping

Content Progression

Grammar Progression:

• A1: Present simple, basic questions, personal pronouns
• A2: Past simple, future (going to), comparatives
• B1: Present perfect, conditionals, passive voice (simple)
• B2: All tenses, reported speech, advanced conditionals
• C1: Subjunctive, advanced passive, nuanced expressions
• C2: Mastery of all grammatical structures

Vocabulary Targets:

• A1: ~500 words
• A2: ~1,000 words
• B1: ~2,000 words
• B2: ~3,000-4,000 words
• C1: ~5,000-6,000 words
• C2: ~8,000+ words

Topic Progression

A Levels: Personal information, daily routines, family, shopping, local geography B Levels: Work, education, hobbies, media, current events, travel C Levels: Abstract ideas, professional topics, cultural discourse, specialized fields

Assessment Design

CEFR-Aligned Rubrics

Criteria by Skill:

• Fluency and coherence
• Grammatical range and accuracy
• Lexical resource
• Pronunciation (speaking)
• Task achievement

CLI Interface

# Align course to CEFR
/learning.cefr-alignment --content "french-course/" --level "B1" --skills "listening,speaking,reading,writing"

# Generate can-do statements
/learning.cefr-alignment --level "A2" --skill "speaking" --generate-descriptors

# Create assessment rubric
/learning.cefr-alignment --skill "writing" --levels "B1,B2" --create-rubric

# Map curriculum progression
/learning.cefr-alignment --course "spanish-curriculum/" --map-progression "A1-B2"

Output

• CEFR level alignment map
• Can-do descriptors for each level
• Assessment rubrics by skill and level
• Curriculum progression guide
• Vocabulary and grammar scope & sequence

Composition

Input from: /curriculum.design, /learning.language-level-calibration Works with: /curriculum.assess-design, /learning.multilingual-assessment Output to: CEFR-aligned language curriculum

Exit Codes

• 0: CEFR alignment complete
• 1: Content doesn't match specified level
• 2: Insufficient language content