Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment

 
CEFR Descriptor 
(2017 Extended Set) 
Relevance for 
adaptation to 
ages 7-10 
Relevance for 
adaptation to 
ages 11-15 
Accredited / registered ELP 
can-do statements 7-10 
Accredited / registered ELP 
can-do statements 11-15 
These columns list the sample descriptors for young learners themselves. No limit was placed on the 
number of ELP descriptors that could be mapped to a single CEFR illustrative descriptor. Consequently 
some cells have several descriptors entered, some have none. Each ELP descriptor includes the code 
for its source in brackets.

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3.6.
 
Organisation of the tables of relevant descriptors for each age group 
The same data contained in the archive reference table is presented in separate documents for each of the age groups 7-10 and 11-15, organised for easier reference 
with educators in mind. For this reason all rows have been removed where there is either no CEFR illustrative descriptor available, or the descriptor has been evaluated 
as having no relevance to the age range. This is to avoid excessive redundancy in the tables for each age range, given that they do not present complete scales. 
However, the main ‘archive’ document organised by scale can always be referenced to view judgements of non-relevance. 
Left hand column containing 
the CEFR extended set of 
illustrative descriptors, with 
sections collating descriptors 
for each CEFR level and 
rows for each CEFR scale, 
including ‘plus levels’, pre-
A1, and new scales as 
features of the extended set. 
Column containing the collated ELP / validated descriptors for the given age group that correspond to 
the CEFR extended set of illustrative descriptors, with cells left blank where there is no evident 
correspondence. Each young learner descriptor mapped is referenced to the original source and 
original stated level, though the level allocated by row may have been re-interpreted in the mapping 
process. 
Column indicating perceived relevance of the CEFR 
descriptors to adaptation for the age group indicated 

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