The Conseil Européen pour les Langues / European Language Council is pleased to announce the launch of its own model of the Council of Europe’s European Language Portfolio (ELP), specifically designed for the higher education sector. The ELP, which constitutes a practical application of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages, is designed to

• promote plurilingualism and dialogue between cultures;
• facilitate mobility in Europe;
• strengthen and preserve cultural diversity;
• foster autonomous learning;
• encourage lifelong language learning.

The ELP can be used for all languages and in any institutional environment. It allows learners to record their language skills and to give prominence to their intercultural experiences - and this in regard to all foreign languages learnt.

Thanks to the use of a set of common skill-specific descriptors developed for the Common European Framework of Reference, the ELP provides transparent and internationally comparable information about a learner’s proficiency in any number of languages. The CEL/ELC’s ELP contains a number of additional descriptors specifically developed for higher education, which can provide guidance for the development of innovative language curricula and of other types of language provision.

The Portfolio can play an important role in the creation of European lifelong learning area in general and of a European higher education area as envisaged in the Bologna Declaration in particular. Moreover, it can facilitate the development and implementation of coherent institutional language policies in the higher education sector.

More detailed information about the European Language Portfolio for Higher Education can be found here. An order form can be found in the flyer attached.

Further information is available at

• http://culture.coe.int/portfolio
• http://www.sprachenportfolio.ch