3 Parts of a Language Portfolio:

Language Passport

"The Passport section provides an overview of the individual's proficiency in different languages at a given point in time; the overview is defined in terms of skills and the common reference levels in the Common European Framework; it records formal qualifications and describes language competencies and significant language and intercultural learning experiences; it includes information on partial and specific competence; it allows for self-assessment, teacher assessment and assessment by educational institutions and examinations boards; it requires that information entered in the Passport states on what basis, when and by whom the assessment was carried out.

To facilitate pan-European recognition and mobility a standard presentation of a Passport Summary is promoted by the Council of Europe for ELPs for adults."

found by links from the Italian Culture ministry

Count the number of clauses in that sentence

Dictionary.com/clause:
"Grammar. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence. "

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The Passport section provides an overview of the individual's proficiency in different languages at a given point in time;

the overview is defined in terms of skills and the common reference levels in the Common European Framework;

it records formal qualifications
and describes language competencies and significant language and intercultural learning experiences;

it includes information on partial and specific competence;

it allows for self-assessment, teacher assessment and assessment by educational institutions and examinations boards;

it requires that
information entered in the Passport
states on what basis,

when and by whom the assessment was carried out.

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doesn't read well on screen

Merriam-Webster OnLine CLAUSE: "Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa close of a rhetorical period,
from Latin, feminine of clausus, past participle of claudere to close "

The Danish use a comma,
and I thought the semi-colon was an endangered species, but there seems to be a well established breeding colony in Brussells.


Google Search: clause grammar:

"GRAMMAR JOURNAL -- Adjective Clauses
... It CANNOT be an English grammar text,handbook, or dictionary!): Three of the following kinds of adjective clauses or phrases: a. clause containing whom or ... "

Now discussing GRAMMAR on the net . . . . ( a BIG SIGH )

EDIT mode corrected BIG tagged by mistake


Google Search: semicolon"endangered species" grammar: "COMMON GRAMMAR, USAGE, AND SPELLING PROBLEMS"

sooon be time for TEA and the weakest link
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