Materials development and new CEFR features

Alexey Konobeiev holds a PhD degree in Applied linguistics (ELT methodology) from Tabvov State Derzhavin university where he worked with Dr. Radislav Mirrood. Alexey has been giving workshops and webinars in ELT methodology since 2006 and has written and published several textbooks. He currently works as Academic Director at Skyeng online school, as the editor-in-chief at Titul Pblishers, as well as leading a team of developers of digital learning materials for the Ministry of Education of Russia. Alexey has also worked at and taught at MGIMO university and Higher School of Economics. Content: 0:00 Introduction 1:25 CEFR is important because 2:04 However, questions remained 2:56 And more questions 10:56 In case you wondered 11:28 Changes to CEFR since 2018 12:58 CEFR documents 13:18 Pre-A1 level — overall reception 14:11 Plus levels and how to identify them 14:22 Online interaction: conversation and discussion 14:39 Familiarity with topics 17:45 But what should the students be able to actually do? 18:05 How online courses are created at Skyeng 23:45 New general English pre-intermediate (A2-B1) 25:33 New general English intermediate (B1) 26:28 New general English Advanced (C1) 27:25 Mediation - what and why? 31:29 Mediation in CEFR 32:14 Mediation for students 34:59 Mediation for teachers 35:25 Mediating a text 37:06 Examples of tasks 37:58 Examples of practice 41:31 Making the important topic more obvious 43:06 Mediation strategies 43:55 Mediation and variety of languages 47:56 What are the implications for lessons? 48:44 Can-do statements and reflection in Skyeng lessons 49:09 And what about textbooks? 53:25 Q&A