What is a Language Biography?
The Language Biography incorporates what Americans identify as the Five C’s of Language Learning: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, Communities. Communication is considered by many to be the most important of the Five C’s of Language Learning, and the communication checklists are at the heart of the GLP Language Biography, just as they are for the ELP. The Language Biography checklists provide an updateable self assessment of a learner’s language skill levels in listening, reading, writing, spoken production, and spoken interaction, and they allow the learner to identify his or her next communication goals. Results of self-assessments are recorded in the Language Passport. Samples of a learner’s work in the Language Dossier can validate the levels of writing and speaking identified in the checklists, and official test results that are summarized in the Language Dossier can help to validate checklist levels for any of the five communication skills. A template addressing
