{"id":1467,"date":"2026-03-05T18:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apieducationforum.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1467"},"modified":"2026-05-04T03:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:47:44","slug":"interview-the-cefr-and-cefr-companion-volume-what-you-always-wanted-to-know-and-were-afraid-to-ask","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/apieducationforum.org\/fr\/event\/interview-the-cefr-and-cefr-companion-volume-what-you-always-wanted-to-know-and-were-afraid-to-ask\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview &#8211; The CEFR and CEFR Companion Volume: What you always wanted to know and were afraid to ask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbsection\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.16&Prime; global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.16&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; 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