Teaching in English at SDU

• An agreement is made with the assessment team and the participant about where and when the certification will take place.


• A 45-minute teaching lesson consisting of approx. 50% presentation (monologue) and 50% interaction with students (dialogue), attended by two assessors and video recorded.


• The videos are used only for what is necessary to complete the certification programme. All videos are stored on the S drive in a closed folder which only the advisory group of the certification programme can access.


• The level of certification is set to be C1, based on the CEFR scale. In this connection, please note that the language descriptions should be considered optimal goals. This means that not all goals need to be met in order to be placed at a given level. Please refer to the language descriptions matrix below.

• The result of the assessment is sent to the lecturer and their head of department


• Along with the video, the lecturer receives detailed written feedback from the assessment team. The report contains both positive and negative examples of the lecturer’s linguistic performance, as well as advice and guidance for possible skill improvements. This report is treated confidentially and is therefore sent to the assessed lecturer only.


• The lecturer is welcome at any time to contact the assessment team for an oral feedback interview, as well as further advice and guidance for a skill enhancement course, if necessary. 

All documents open i PDF

• Teaching in English at SDU - Assessment matrix
• Teaching in English at SDU - Suggestions for the interaction section in the observed session
• Academic anchoring of the assessment tool for  use in the English certification (in Danish only)
• C1 passing level ( Common European Framework og Reference)
• Support resources for spoken English
• Example of feedback report