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Over the last several years, CASLS has been hard at work developing an assessment to measure the pragmatic, intercultural, and interactional competences which are essential for successful multilingual and multicultural interactions. The assessment (called IPIC) involves simulations of situations such as having dinner with a friend at a trendy restaurant. Learners can interact with the simulation more naturally than is possible with a paper test.

This week, students taking Spanish classes at the University of Oregon will get a chance to try out the Spanish version of the test. Their responses to the items, as well as their comments about the test, will help CASLS revise and improve future versions.

Spanish is the second language developed for IPIC. Last year an English version was developed and piloted. Current plans call for a Chinese version to be developed next year.