CEF PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

A. TARGET PROFESSION

Field

Education/Program

Specialization(s)

Degree/Qualification

Language

Drawn up by

Date/
City and country/
Organization

Methods used for

collecting the information
(methods, persons, dates)

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B. OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION

Typical examples of
professions/occupations/
Jobs

Typical organizations,
companies, communities

Typical job descriptions

To what extent the

language is needed

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C. CONTEXT INFORMATION

LOCATION PERSONS, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNICATION TEXTS

COMPANIES, SITUATIONS
INSTITUTIONS
Work

Study

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To increase the depth of understanding the above listing is detailed by two aspects:

D. THE MOST FREQUENT SITUATIONS

<5-10 line description of communication situations including type, location, participants in the contact, length, objective of contact, sequence of
events, what is essential for succeeding in this communication>

E.g. A departmental secretary receives a phone call from a truck driver as to the location of the customs office. She gives him directions of how
to get there.

This can be asked as in the Leonardo project Prolang:

Describe a common work situation:

Situation:
Place:
Persons present:
What is esssential for the communication to be successful?

E. THE MOST DEMANDING SITUATIONS

<5-10 line description of communication situations including type, location, participants in the contact, length, objective of contact, sequence of
events, why this situation was experienced as demanding>

E.g. A quality engineer in his thirties from a large electronics company is giving a presentation to an audience which is made up of four different
nationalities, of the age span of 25-55 years of age. The difficulty is that the audience is big and they ask diffiicult questions, the informant
comments. She steps in front of the audience, introduces herself, gives a 20-minute presentation and afterwards answers question. (case 78)

This can be asked for example as in the Leonardo project Prolang:

Describe a demanding work situation where you have or would have needed foregn language skills.
Situation:

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Place:
Persons present_
Describe the phases of the situation from beginning to end.
What makes the situation demanding?

F. SNAPSHOT

Description of work situations in the life of a professional/ the lives of these professionals. The aim is to bring life to the listin of communication
situations. The style of this discourse in a story of 3-4 pages.