What is the Europass Language Passport?Have you ever been asked on a form or application to indicate your foreign language skills and been unsure about how to rate your proficiency? What exactly does a grade of 'very good' mean? Or having a grasp of the basics of a language? Or are you perhaps one of those people who can easily understand a radio broadcast in a foreign language yet find it difficult to speak that language? With the Europass Language Passport you have a standardised European document that allows you to describe all the foreign language skills and competencies you have acquired.
You fill out the Europass Language Passport yourself on the basis of a self-assessment grid with a six level scale of the 'Common European Framework of Reference for Languages' . On it you can record all your language skills in detail.
The Europass Language Passport is a condensed version of the Language Passport (one component of the  European Language Portfolio), developed by the Council of Europe.
Why use the Europass Language Passport?The Europass Language Passport
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uses a standard six-level scale of competencies understood and applied throughout Europe;
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allows you to communicate your language skills fully in an understandable, clear-cut and reliable way;
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distinguishes clearly between productive skills (speaking and writing) and receptive skills (reading and listening); and
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allows you to rate skills acquired both inside and outside the classroom (i.e. gained through interacting with fellow workers on the job or during training, regular holidays in a given area).
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