Although the University Language Centres involved in this project are structures for innovative language teaching, with technological support, this testing project does not contain a teaching component. It is a characteristic of the tests in point that they are based on an external organization, in this case the Council of Europe. This characteristic makes the tests suitable for three uses in particular:

• evaluating students of different origins for purposes of placement, acceptance, and assignment of credits;

• evaluating the quality of language teaching in the Universities, in those cases in which the proficiency of students who have already attended courses is measured; 

• assigning certification with a clear reference to competencies identified by an international institution, for purposes of mobility or as a credential in the curriculum for purposes of employment or career advancement.

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