Threshold 1990 (Council Of Europe)

Description: This series of learning objectives offers all practitioners a description of the language needed to assure a learner's ability to deal with the challenges presented by everyday communication.

Contents: 1 The objective: levels of specificity; 2 The objective: general characterisation; 3 The objective: extended characterisation; 4 The objective: components of the specification; 5 Language functions; 6 General notions; 7 Specific notions; 8 Verbal exchange patterns; 9 Dealing with texts: reading and listening; 10 Writing; 11 Sociocultural competence; 12 Compensation strategies; 13 Learning to learn; 14 Degree of skill; APPENDICES: A Pronunciation and intonation;B Grammatical summary; C Word index; D Subject index