The use of ICT in the assessment of modern languages: a European project to assess languages on-line

The ever increasing explosion of highly attractive multimedia resources has boosted the use of ICT in the teaching and learning of modern languages. The use of ICT to assess languages is less frequent, however, although on-line testing is starting to develop. This paper sets the context for assessing modern foreign language proficiency, outlining the kinds of assessment currently available and the development of electronic forms of assessment. Its aim is to describe the assessment of On-Lang, an EU funded research projec