Perspectives from the European Language Portfolio : learner autonomy and self-assessment

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of illustrations......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
PART I The theoretical and pedagogical context......Page 16
1 The European Language Portfolio: history, key concerns, future prospects......Page 18
2  Developing autonomy through ELP-oriented pedagogy: exploring the interplay of shallow and deep structures in a major change within language education......Page 33
PART II The historical andpolitical context......Page 54
3  Between vision and reality: reflection on twenty years of a common European project......Page 56
4 The European Language Portfolio (ELP) in its original Council of Europe context......Page 70
PART III The ELP in educational settings......Page 82
5 The ELP as a mediating tool for the development of self-regulation in foreign language learning university contexts: an ethnographic study......Page 84
6 Overcoming the challenges of implementing the European Language Portfolio (ELP) in higher education: the experience of the University of Lausanne Language Centre......Page 111
PART IV Future perspectives......Page 134
7 From paper to the web: the ELP in the digital era......Page 136
8 Fostering strategic, self-regulated learning: the case for a ‘soft’ ELP......Page 154
9 Experimentum mundi, or a concrete utopia for a language centre in higher education: building blocks for successful language learning......Page 172
Index......Page 201