ANALYSING THE CEFR/CV IN UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE CENTRES IN SPAIN: THE RATERS' PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Although the use of the CEFR and CV in language assessment has been extensively discussed, there is little information regarding the actual raters' viewpoint. Thus, the objective of this chapter is to analyse how the raters perceive the documents, their level of knowledge of the CEFR/CV, their opinions on the documents' effectiveness, clarity and impact, and the degree of implementation of the CEFR and the CV in the evaluation of candidates in University Language Centres in Spain. To do so, data was elicited by means of a previously expert-validated 38-item questionnaire distributed to University Language Centres accredited by ACLES in Spain. The results confirm that the raters in this study are familiar with the CEFR and, to a lesser extent, the CV. However, the findings also highlight the need for continuous training to focus on some communicative language competences, the use of descriptors in rubrics, mediation and the action-oriented approach.