Putting the Plurilingual/Pluricultural back into CEFR : Reflecting on Policy Reform in Thailand and Malaysia

Abstract

… the fact that as an individual person's experience of language in its cultural contexts expands, from the language of the home to that of society at large and then to the languages of other peoples (whether learnt at school or college, or by direct experience), he or she does not keep these languages and cultures in strictly separated mental compartments, but rather builds up a communicative competence to which all knowledge and experience of language contributes and in which languages interrelate and interact. In different situations, a person can call flexibly upon

The Application of Language Proficiency Scales in Education Context: A Systematic Literature Review

“…Besides, the introduction of LPS in policy should be accompanied by updating teaching philosophy. As Savski (2019) claimed, the incompetence of the old version of communicative teaching cannot match the concepts advocated by the CEFR in Thailand and Malaysia. New agendas for policymakers to adapt to the practicing of CEFR were proposed: alter teaching philosophy to a post-communicative concept, devitalize the teaching process, and empower students with criteria.…”

“…To ensure its viability, all actorsdifferent stakeholders and publishing houses and materials (such as guidelines and books) should be brought together. Savski (2019) justified how to use CEFR in Thai and Malaysia. The communicative orientation was unsuccessful in these two countries, and post-communicative philosophy should be advocated.…”

“…Savski (2019) justified how to use CEFR in Thai and Malaysia. The communicative orientation was unsuccessful in these two countries, and post-communicative philosophy should be advocated.…”

Affordances of Plurilingual Instruction in Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study with a Quasi-experiment in an English Language Program

“…Typically, individuals who have high PPC levels are aware of similarities and differences among cultural groups and comfortable navigating between and among cultures (Galante and Dela Cruz 2021). Research on PPC has piqued the interest of scholars who have investigated PPC in language teaching (Chen and He ´lot 2018), and policy reform (Savski 2019). To date, no examination investigating whether PPC levels can be developed as a result of instruction has been carried out and this was one of the goals of the study.…”

Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR): A Review on Teachers’ Perception & Plurilingualism

“…In Malaysia, the plurilingualism and pluriculturalism aspects were missing in the CEFR (Savski, 2019). Having Communicative Language Teaching foregrounding the implementation of CEFR and basing action-oriented approach as reference, teachers were trained to align their teaching according to the CEFR scale.…”