The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR-Council of Europe 2001) has fundamentally impacted language teaching and assessment in Europe (Figueras 2012; Barni 2015) and across the globe (Byram and Parmenter 2012). But the world has changed since its publication, and the internet has transformed communication. And so, for this reason and others, the CEFR has been updated and expanded with the Companion Volume (CV). In this contribution, we gauge the CV's merits by the degree to which it takes into account fundamental criticism to the CEFR. We argue that the CV incorporates comments on the CEFR that suit its original purpose but largely disregards fundamental criticism. As such, the CV continues along the lines of the CEFR, for better and for worse.
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