Assessing the plurilingual competence and plurilingual individuals’ skills and knowledge: similarities and divergences
IntroductionThis paper defines plurilingual assessment and shows the semantic ambiguities present in the concept. Specifically, it addresses two understandings of the concept: one related to the valuation of the plurilingual individual and the other to the evaluation of the plurilingual competence.M...
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| description | IntroductionThis paper defines plurilingual assessment and shows the semantic ambiguities present in the concept. Specifically, it addresses two understandings of the concept: one related to the valuation of the plurilingual individual and the other to the evaluation of the plurilingual competence.MethodsThe above-mentioned distinction is treated theoretically only, through the revision of available and emergent literature, which serve as a springboard to present, describe, and compare two European projects dealing with plurilingual assessment in formal language education settings.ResultsThe two European projects present commonalities and differences and show that the valuation of the plurilingual individual and the evaluation of the plurilingual competence can be blurred in assessment practices.DiscussionThe paper finishes with recommendations for the development of plurilingual pedagogical and assessment approaches for all students, as a way to enhance the plurilingual competence of all at school. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9fbe90cc7acd41a5996fcb4d758834162025-08-20T02:35:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Communication2297-900X2025-06-011010.3389/fcomm.2025.14989401498940Assessing the plurilingual competence and plurilingual individuals’ skills and knowledge: similarities and divergencesSílvia Melo-Pfeifer0Christian Ollivier1LIDS Research Group, Faculty of Education, Hamburg University, Hamburg, GermanyIcare Research Group, Université de la Réunion Réunion, Saint-Denis, FranceIntroductionThis paper defines plurilingual assessment and shows the semantic ambiguities present in the concept. Specifically, it addresses two understandings of the concept: one related to the valuation of the plurilingual individual and the other to the evaluation of the plurilingual competence.MethodsThe above-mentioned distinction is treated theoretically only, through the revision of available and emergent literature, which serve as a springboard to present, describe, and compare two European projects dealing with plurilingual assessment in formal language education settings.ResultsThe two European projects present commonalities and differences and show that the valuation of the plurilingual individual and the evaluation of the plurilingual competence can be blurred in assessment practices.DiscussionThe paper finishes with recommendations for the development of plurilingual pedagogical and assessment approaches for all students, as a way to enhance the plurilingual competence of all at school.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1498940/fullplurilingual competenceplurilingual individualplurilingual assessmentcrosslinguistic mediationeducational linguistic policies |
| spellingShingle | Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer Christian Ollivier Assessing the plurilingual competence and plurilingual individuals’ skills and knowledge: similarities and divergences Frontiers in Communication plurilingual competence plurilingual individual plurilingual assessment crosslinguistic mediation educational linguistic policies |
| title | Assessing the plurilingual competence and plurilingual individuals’ skills and knowledge: similarities and divergences |
| title_full | Assessing the plurilingual competence and plurilingual individuals’ skills and knowledge: similarities and divergences |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the plurilingual competence and plurilingual individuals’ skills and knowledge: similarities and divergences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the plurilingual competence and plurilingual individuals’ skills and knowledge: similarities and divergences |
| title_short | Assessing the plurilingual competence and plurilingual individuals’ skills and knowledge: similarities and divergences |
| title_sort | assessing the plurilingual competence and plurilingual individuals skills and knowledge similarities and divergences |
| topic | plurilingual competence plurilingual individual plurilingual assessment crosslinguistic mediation educational linguistic policies |
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