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Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) - Home
Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) - Home
Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) - Home
ALTE was founded in 1989 by the University of Cambridge and the Universidad
de Salamanca. Today, ALTE has 33 Full Institutional Member organisations
representing 26 European languages, as well as more than 120 Associate
Members, several Individual Expert Members and Individual Affiliates from all
around the world. ALTE is a non-profit organisation, and has Participatory Status
as an NGO with the Council of Europe, and Special Consultative Status with the
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
OUR MISSION
Setting Standards Sustaining Diversity Maximising Impact
ALTE has established a set of common ALTE supports the learning, teaching and ALTE helps maximise tests' positive impact
standards which cover all the stages of the assessment of a wide range of languages, by making the connections between policy,
language testing process. These standards and promotes the recognition of research and practice, between language
can be applied to exams of any language, qualifications in these languages across learning, teaching and assessment, and
and ensure the quality of ALTE Members' Europe. between experts in different fields and
examinations. parts of the world.
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our Special Interest Groups, or learn more about the structure and The Use of the CEFR and the CEFR
administration of our association.
Companion Volume 2020 in Language
Education – Benefits and Challenges
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in Madrid in April 2023
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ALTE - the Association of Language Testers in Europe is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered in England, charity number 1184799.
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| Dutch Translation © CNaVT 2023 | Romanian Translation © Babeş-Bolyai University 2023 | | Portuguese Translation © CAPLE-University of Lisbon 2023 | Swedish Translation © Stockholm
University 2023 | Catalan Translation © Generalitat de Cataluyna 2023 | German Translation © Goethe Institut and ÖSD 2023