CLB meaning in Governmental ?

Answer: What is Canadian Language Benchmarks mean?

The Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB), or Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadien (NCLC) in French, comprise a 12-point scale of task-based language proficiency descriptors used to guide the teaching and assessment of ESL learners in Canada. Like the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, the Canadian Language Benchmarks describe ESL learners' successive levels of communicative achievement.

The CLB's 12 benchmarks are divided into 3 parts: Stage I: Basic Proficiency; Stage II: Intermediate Proficiency; and Stage III: Advanced Proficiency. The CLB cover four skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing. There is also a French version of the CLB. The theory behind the CLB can be found in the document, the THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE CANADIAN LANGUAGE BENCHMARKS AND NIVEAUX DE COMPÉTENCE LINGUISTIQUE CANADIENS (at http://bookshelf.language.ca) and includes pragmatic knowledge, grammatical knowledge, textual knowledge, functional knowledge, and sociolinguistic knowledge.

Each benchmark is then described in terms of "Can do" statements or "Performance Descriptors". For example, the following are two task descriptors for Benchmark 5 in writing (from the 2012 version of the CLB):

Descriptor: Write short business or service correspondence for routine personal needs. [Writing is about 1 paragraph.]Example: Write a paragraph to report a factual event or incident, such as an accident, a workplace incident or a burglary.

Descriptor: Write a paragraph to relate a familiar sequence of events, description of a person, object or routine.

Write a paragraph for a class newsletter to inform readers about a new or useful service in the community (such as a new language class, community centre, childcare centre or food bank).

Because such descriptor systems focus on the successful completion of communicative tasks, rather than on a strict emphasis on correct linguistic forms, they have quickly gained in popularity among proponents of task-based language learning (TBLL).

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Castlebar	Airport Code
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Core Laboratories, N. V.	Business
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Church Lads Brigade	Community
Church of the Lutheran Brethren	Community
Check List Box	Computing
Component Load Balancing	Computing
Cdr Label	Computing
Column List Box	Computing
Configurable Logic Block	Computing
Color Book	Computing
Corel Library	Computing
Cloud Load Balancer	Computing
Client-Side Load Balance	Computing
Common Logic Board	Computing
Classic Load Balancer	Computing
Clipbook Template (super Notetab)	File Type
Christie Landman Boerdery	General
Configurable Logical Block	General
Carney Logan Burke	General
Content Link Break	General
Calculate Lower Bound	General
Citrus Longhorned Beetle	General
Chrysler Le Baron	General
Clubman	General
Centrally Located Building	General
Combinatorial Logic Block	General
Chest Lock Belt	General
Creepy Little Bast	General
Columbia Lighthouse For the Blind	General
China Labour Bulletin	General
Cluster Load Balancing	General
Climb	General
Canada Learning Bond	Governmental
Canadian Language Benchmarks	Governmental
Company Law Board	Governmental
Certified Lover Boy	Internet
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Crushed Lower Back	Medical
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Canada Language Benchmarks	Regional
Canadian Learning Bank	Regional
Canadian Language Benchmark	Regional