Abstract:

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment is based on the descriptive ‘can do’ statements that enable language professionals as well as language learners to assess their level of proficiency. Using the system of CEFR levels (A1 - C2) for four modes of communication (reception, production, interaction and mediation) encouraged language professionals to compile the English Vocabulary Profile (EVP) and the English Grammar Profile (EGP). While the EVP contains information about words, phrases, idioms and collocations and their particular meanings, the EGP enables language learners to see how they develop competence in grammatical form and meaning, as well as pragmatic appropriateness. It offers typical, world-wide grammar profiles for each level. In our study, conducted in 2017-2018, students whose major is English estimated the level of chosen grammatical patterns and their judgements were compared with the CEFR levels assigned in the EGP. The results of the study are analysed and confronted with the grammatical structures used in course books labelled with the CEFR level.

Keywords:

The CEFR, the English Grammar Profile, students´ estimations, levels assigned in the EGP.