Language assessment is a field which has been gained increasing recognition in the last few years. Because of this, in the present interview Dr. Christine Coombe shares some initiatives related to language assessment that have been carried out in the Middle East. She shares her views about the different assessment procedures/strategies she generally uses at her institution, as well as some challenges she had to face during the Covid 19 pandemic. During the interview she points out her general attitudes towards this field and reflects upon the possible future of language assessment, where flipped learning in the online classroom will be more common. Finally, she provides some suggestion for the improvement of online assessment.
