INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TESTING AND TEACHING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING VIA COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE TESTING

Most international organizations, private and governmental institutions across Europe and in Ukraine in particular require professionals with profound knowledge of English that is a lingua franca of the global community. Hence there is a need for new innovative global English assessment and training tools. Computer-assisted language testing (CALT) provides new possibilities in this direction as it may be used both for assessment of candidate's language knowledge and backwash, taking into account its positive effect as a component for blended learning. In this case better and more active development of language skills and competences may be achieved. This research covers the main theoretical and practical approaches to CALT as a way to change the shape and design of teaching tools to improve language skills and competences.