Posted by
kang-wei on Monday, October 20th 2008
If you are taking the Basic, Intermediate or Advanced Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (TOP), there are now three new mock tests available from the Language Center of Fun Jen Catholic University. They should also be available from Lucky Bookstore and participating universities.
The Mock Test for TOP-Huayu 1 (in three volumes, Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced [...]
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Posted by
kang-wei on Monday, October 20th 2008
Mandarin Scholarship students who have taken the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (TOP) would know that resources are very limited.
For the Beginner level, introduced in 2007, there is only one Mock Test booklet (2007) and a list of 800 words for beginners (2008, PDF 280kb).
In Taipei, the Mock Test booklet can be purchased at Lucky [...]
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Posted by
kang-wei on Sunday, October 12th 2008
Nciku is basically an online Chinese-English dictionary and is a great tool for Mandarin scholarship students. I had a look at it a while ago and came to the conclusion that it was a social networking dictionary. You can sign up and interact with others in the nciku community, as you look up new [...]
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Posted by
kang-wei on Tuesday, October 7th 2008
The registration period for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (TOP) closes this Thursday October 9 2008. There is still time to register.
Targeted word lists for each of the four levels are now available.
Test Date：11/1(Sat.)
Test Format：Paper-based
Test Levels：For Beginners, Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced
Test Fee：NT$1000
http://www.sc-top.org.tw/
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Posted by
kang-wei on Sunday, October 5th 2008
國立臺灣師範大學 National Taiwan Normal University, Shi-Da, founded the Mandarin Training Center in 1956 for the study of Mandarin Chinese by foreign students.
The Mandarin Training Center represents one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished programs for language study, attracting more than a thousand students from over sixty countries to Taiwan each year and making the [...]
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Posted by
kang-wei on Monday, September 15th 2008
Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (TOP) will be held on Nov. 1st 2008. The registration period starts today Sep. 15th to Oct. 9th. The registration fee is NT$1000.
I have posted previously about my experiences with the TOP test:
TOP for Beginners May 3 2008
Test of Proficiency-Huayu: Testees left in the dark
Results in! Test of Proficiency Huayu [...]
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Posted by
kang-wei on Sunday, June 22nd 2008
Blogger Shu Flies is a Mandarin Scholarship student at the National Taiwan Normal University’s (Shida) Mandarin Training Center. Located in Taipei, Shida is the place were most foreigners end up learning Mandarin.
Shu Flies has written about her experience at Shida:
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Posted by
kang-wei on Sunday, June 22nd 2008
Great online Bopomofo resource. It has been setup on a Quiz based web application called Quizlet. Its stated mission:
“…to make learning vocabulary not a chore.”
The Bopomofo Quizlet has a few games which match English letters to the Bopomofo/Zhuyin symbols. It also has free Bopomofo flashcards.
There’s no audio but if you’d like to listen to Bopomofo/Zhuyin audio files visit this blog.
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Posted by
kang-wei on Monday, June 9th 2008
A team of developers supported by Michigan State University and the Office of the Chinese Language Council International have spent the past few years piecing together Zon — a browser-based virtual world wherein users can learn the Mandarin Chinese language.
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Posted by
kang-wei on Saturday, June 7th 2008
Mandarin scholarship students preparing to come to Taiwan may find the online Beginning Chinese Language course, form the University of California, useful because it uses bopomofo and traditional characters.
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