This article is a summary of a seminar devoted to computer assisted language and translation teaching (ELTAO), which was held in Las Palmas. It focused on the CALIS authoring language and was attended by 45 secondary and university language and/or translation teachers. The seminar revealed possibilities of computer-based approaches for drafting complementary lesson material teaching both language and translation.

The Gabinet de Llengua Catalana (Catalan Language Bureau) of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona is working on a program of exercises in Catalan for beginners using the authoring system CALIS. The program, called CATACROC, consists of various modules (noun and verb morphology, vocabulary and reading comprehension) and is designed for use by students teaching themselves as well as for backup on language courses.