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UNIcertUNIcert®® – – a language teaching a language teaching and testing system for HEand testing system for HE
Johann Fischer
University of Göttingen
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UNIcert® – the mission:
To offer a training programme in modern languages for non-specialists, suiting their needs, in order to prepare them for the needs of the labour market and to offer them a complementary university qualification
Johann Fischer (University of Göttingen) • “UNIcert® – a language teaching and testing system for HE”
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1. UNIcert® – a language teaching and testing system for HE
2. The four UNIcert® levels
3. UNIcert® compared to other certificates
4. UNIcert® “around the world”
5. How to join?
6. UNIcert® – challenges and projects
7. Example of a UNIcert® exam
Johann Fischer (University of Göttingen) • “UNIcert® – a language teaching and testing system for HE”
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1.1. UNIcertUNIcert®® – – a language teaching and a language teaching and
testing system for HEtesting system for HE
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UNIcert® is:
a training system
a certification system
for higher education
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UNIcert®:
four levels of competence
from (real) beginners to level C 2
approx.120 to 180 hours of teaching per level (?)
on courses during the term and during university holidays
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UNIcert® :
a framework system
to be adapted to local needs (LSP)
training in intercultural aspects
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UNIcert® :
preparation for a study-abroad programme
general training or LSP training
integrated into the study programme or optional
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2. 2. The four The four UNIcertUNIcert®® levels levels
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UNIcert®
level CEFR level
number of teaching hours
LSP?
UNIcert® I 0 – B1 120 – 180 h general language
UNIcert® II B2 120 – 180 h general language
UNIcert® III C1 120 – 180 hgeneral language
or LSP
UNIcert® IV C2 120 – 180 hgeneral language
or LSP
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3. 3. UNIcertUNIcert®® compared to compared to other certificatesother certificates
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UNIcert®:
is not only a certification, but also a training system
is cheaper for the students
is a certificate of university / academic language competences
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UNIcert®:
is one of the most transparent certification systems: explanation of the training programme and description of the achieved level in at least two languages on the back of the certificate
allows a training programme in LSP directly linked to the study programme
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4. 4. UNIcertUNIcert®® “around the “around the world”world”
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UNIcert®:
created in 1990 by Bernd Voss and Christine Klein-Braley
initially for AKS members (German association of university language centres)
through an agreement ratified by the members of AKS
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in Germany:
more than 50 institutions offering a UNIcert® programme
more than 54.000 certificates issued at all 4 levels and for 22 different languages
Johann Fischer (University of Göttingen) • “UNIcert® – a language teaching and testing system for HE”
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abroad:
1 institution in France (INH Angers) + 1 application in process
co-operation with French CLES system started recently
1 institution in Austria (FHS KufsteinTirol) a franchise system with the Czech Republic
and SlovakiaJohann Fischer (University of Göttingen) • “UNIcert® – a language teaching and testing system for HE”
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in the Czech Republic and Slovakia:
a franchise system with CASALC UNIcert®LUCE (LUCE = “Language
Accreditation Unit for Universities in Central Europe”)
with its own Czech and Slovak accreditation committee
8 accredited institutionsJohann Fischer (University of Göttingen) • “UNIcert® – a language teaching and testing system for HE”
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5. 5. How to join?How to join?
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How to join? :
1. familiarise with official documents:
o UNIcert® framework
o model teaching and testing regulations
o UNIcert® examination regulations
Johann Fischer (University of Göttingen) • “UNIcert® – a language teaching and testing system for HE”
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How to join? :
2. familiarise with complementary documents:
o UNIcert® Handbook
o other publications on UNIcert®
o teaching programmes and course structure at other universities
Johann Fischer (University of Göttingen) • “UNIcert® – a language teaching and testing system for HE”
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How to join? :
3. develop one’s own teaching programme
and one’s own teaching and testing regulations
in close co-operation with the administration at the institution AND with the UNIcert® office
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How to join? :
4. present the course programme and the teaching and testing regulations to the UNIcert® committee for accreditation
and implement changes if necessary
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How to join? :
5. present the course programme and the teaching and testing regulations, that have already been accredited by the UNIcert® committee, to the necessary boards within one’s own institution (and in some cases the ministry) in order to receive official status
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How to join? :
6. start the language training and then the UNIcert® exams
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6. 6. UNIcertUNIcert®® – challenges – challenges and projects and projects
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the challenges:
interpretation of the levels – across member institutions and across languages
comparability of the achieved levels / of the certificates
quick progress on courses at beginners’ level and appropriate teaching material
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the challenges:
homogeneity of the placement tests
towards a task-based language test
Bologna process = transformation process
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the challenges:
changes linked to the Bologna process:
o valorisation of modules and no longer valorisation of courses
o time problem
o valorisation autonomous learning and blended learning programmes
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the challenges:
problem of comparability
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the projects:
preparation of manuals with annotated exams for certain languages
development of calibrated placement tests (C-test)
calibration project: comparing the grades given with the results achieved in a standardised c-test
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Sprachein Zahlen in Prozent in Zahlen in Prozent in Zahlen in Prozent in Zahlen in Prozent in Zahlen in Prozent in Zahlen in Prozent
Stufe I 0 0.0% 40 3.3% 51 4.2% 13 1.1% 0 0.0% 104 8.5%Stufe II 67 5.5% 0 0.0% 8 0.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 75 6.2%Stufe III 939 77.2% 62 5.1% 1 0.1% 13 1.1% 16 1.3% 1031 84.7%Stufe IV 7 0.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 7 0.6%Summe 1013 83.2% 102 8.4% 60 4.9% 26 2.1% 16 1.3% 1217 100.0%
DaF alle Sprachen
Anzahl der ausgewerteten TestsEnglisch Französisch Spanisch Italienisch
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C-Test Results English
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the projects:
preparation of a new UNIcert® Handbook (which will serve as a guide for accredited and newly interested institutions)
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7. 7. Example of a Example of a UNIcert® examexam
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Business French Exam –
UNIcert® level III (level C 1 of the CEFR), University of Tübingen, November 2005
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Business French Exam:
• Exercises on LSP (45’)
• Reading comprehension (45’)
• Writing (60’)
• Listening comprehension (30’)
• Speaking (and content) (30’)
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Business French exam:
example
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Johann FischerUniversität GöttingenZESSGosslerstr. 10D-37073 Gö[email protected]://www.zess.uni-goettingen.de/
UNIcert®
Arbeitsstelle UNIcert
Institut für Anglistik/AmerikanistikTechnische Universität DresdenD-01062 Dresden [email protected]://www.unicert-online.org