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This article evaluates how multilingual mediation, introduced and expanded in the 2018 Companion Volume, is defined and applied through rating scales and descriptors. 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The elaboration of the concept of multilingual mediation in the 2018 Companion Volume of the CEFR is a timely addition to the original publication in 2001. Amongst other things, it acknowledges an important aspect of contemporary language communication. In this article we examine the ways in which multilingual mediation is characterized and operationalized in the rating scales and the associated descriptors. We argue that some significant dimensions of mediation, such as emotional intelligence, can only be understood in context and they cannot be easily rated on any exonormative scale. Drawing on data from English as a Lingua Franca research, we show that the tendency to portray mediation as largely concerned with cross-lingual information transfer is a partial capture; it misses the agentive richness in multilingual communication that can dynamically open up semantic spaces and generate fluid discourse interactions. We suggest that there is room for more flexible reckoning of mediation to allow for situated language sensibilities and practices in discourse interaction.  \nKeywords: multilingual mediation, CEFR, English as a Lingua Franca, flexible multilingualism   \nIntroduction  \nHistorically linguistic diversity has been a feature of many societies. However, the progressive increase in worldwide population mobility for economic and political reasons in last few decades has been accompanied by intensification of linguistic diversity in many places. For instance, 22.1% of London’s  \npopulation speak a language other than English (as their main language)([https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/language/articles/language](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/language/articles/language)[ ](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/language/articles/language)[inenglandandwales/2013-03-04](inenglandandwales/2013-03-04)) . In the publicly funded schools in England 21.2% of primary pupils from a language other than English background (over 1 million pupils approximately), the corresponding percentage for secondary schools is 16.6%(Department for Education, 2018) . The current census data in Australia reports that 21% of population speak a language other than English at home ([https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/lookup/Media%20Release3](https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/lookup/Media%20Release3) ; also see FECCA, 2016). Australia and the UK are not by any means unique. Indeed many countries are more linguistically diverse for a variety of reasons, for example, Canada, India, and Papua New Guinea, to name but a few places (for a world map of linguistic diversity, see [https://matadornetwork.com/read/linguistic](https://matadornetwork.com/read/linguistic)diversity-world-one-map/) .  \nSocial interaction in linguistically diverse settings can bring speakers’ languages into play in different ways (e.g., Blommaert, 2010; Jörgensen et al., 2011; Rampton, 1995) . In such settings interlocutors may call on more than one language to accomplish communication. Multilingual communication is being increasingly recognized as a routine","cbCaioRoSmzTWGs3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioRoSmzTWGs3","pdf",625876,16,"English","# Introduction\n## Mediation in language communication: CEFR\n## English as a Lingua Franca and flexible multilingualism perspectives","[{\"question\":\"What is the article’s focus regarding CEFR and multilingual mediation?\",\"answer\":\"It examines how multilingual mediation is characterized and operationalized in CEFR-related rating scales and descriptors, drawing attention to what those models can and cannot capture.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the article argue that some mediation dimensions are difficult to rate?\",\"answer\":\"It contends that dimensions such as emotional intelligence require contextual understanding and cannot be easily represented on any exonormative scale.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article reinterpret mediation beyond cross-lingual information transfer?\",\"answer\":\"Using data from English as a Lingua Franca research, it argues that mediation involves agentive richness that opens semantic spaces and supports fluid discourse interactions.\"}]","Mediating communication - ELF and flexible multilingualism perspectives on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages | PDF",1792078136]