Study on “Mediation” in the CEFR Companion Volume with New Descriptors

Abstract

　Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment Companion Volume with New Descriptors（CEFR-CV） was published by the Council of Europe in 2018. It presents the concept of mediation from a broader perspective than the CEFR in 2001, expanding the scope of activities and adding new grids along with it. In this paper, we first identified mediation as an activity that bridges learning and society by linking perceptive, productive, and interactive activities, based on previous research on “mediation” in the CEFR-CV. Secondly, we conducted a morphological analysis of the CEFR-CVʼs illustrative descriptors of mediation in order to depict the image of the mediator at the A1 to C2 level respectively. Finally, this research argues that the “Mediation” represented by the CEFR-CV contributes to both the creation of affordances according to each learning phase and the promotion of collaborative activities in the practice of Japanese language education.