This publication is aimed at language teacher educators and language teachers who are preparing to use the ELP with their learners. The booklet provides a summary description of the ECML project; introduces the ELP and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR); explains the pedagogical potential of the ELP; and discusses the implications of the CEFR and the ELP for language teacher education, reporting on experience in Switzerland and Finland. The accompanying CD-ROM contains PowerPoint presentations, group work activities and discussion tasks to be used in training events for teachers; additional materials and activities developed by members of the project team for particular national contexts; reports on a series of training events that took place in ECML member states in the framework of the project; and key Council of Europe documents and a number of research studies related to the ELP.--Publisher's description.