The ECRIF framework as a planning tool to foster oral interaction

Abstract

This documentary research attempts to describe the ECRIF Framework and its role in the development of oral interaction. The ECRIF Framework was developed by Josh Kurzweil and Mary Scholl between 2004 and 2005 as an alternative in teaching a foreign language for the International Training School and has been used in many International Certification Courses for teachers of English - SIT TESOL, as well as in a series of workshops. ECRIF comprises stages of Encounter, Clarify, Remember, Internalize, and Fluently use. This framework focuses its interest on the stages of learning and looking at how people learn. It aims to provide a tool that teachers can use to examine student activities from the perspective of student learning while trying to discover where the students are in language learning. The key of ECRIF is the attention it puts on the learning process students are going through, in this way, the teacher plans the activities and thinks about the content to serve learning primarily.