ECL history

The first phase of the standardisation (1983-1999)

Development of a standardised language exam system (ECL) for languages of the EU

EU grant ERASMUS 1988-89, LINGUA AKTION V A 1992, LINGUA AKTION III 1993-96

Co-ordinator:
University of London Examinations and Assessment Council

Institutions involved in developing and then constructing ECL tests based on the set of unified standards and then conducting ECL exams in English, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek and Hungarian:

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Modern Greek Language
Centre International d’Etudes Pédagogiques de Sévres
Fachverband Deutsch als Fremdsprache
Heinrich-Heine-Universität/IIK Düsseldorf
Janus Pannonius Tudományegyetem Idegen Nyelvi Titkárság
Scuola di Lingua e Cultura Italiana per Stranieri di Siena
Societá Dante Alighieri
Universität Jena Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät IWK
Universidad de Granada Centro de Lenguas Modernas

The second phase (1999-)

Extending the already existing ECL standards to all the official languages of the EU
(EU grant: PREPARATORY VISITS (3) LINGUA D 1998, LINGUA D 1999-2002)

Co-ordinator:
University of Pécs Foreign Language Centre

Institutions participating in the process of extending the ECL exam standards to Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, French, Danish, Portuguese and Polish, in designing ECL exam preparatory curricula and courses, in setting up a national and international ECL preparatory and exam centre network:

Aarhus Universitet Institut for Nordisk Sprog og Litteratur
Institut für Interkulturelle Kommunikation e.V. Berlin
Göteborg Universitet
Helia Helsinki Business Polytechnic
Université Stendhal – Grenoble 3 CUEF
Universidade de Coimbra
University Pécs Foreign Language Centre
The Institute of Polish for Foreigners