ECL HISTORYThe 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 |