If you are a Mandarin scholarship student, you may be interested in the free speaking pilot test offered by the Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (SC-TOP).
Passing the TOP test is mandatory if you receive a scholarship to study Chinese in Taiwan.
Test of Proficiency-Speaking (TOP Speaking)…a communication-oriented test which assesses Chinese learners’ non-academic speaking [...]
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NTNU Mandarin Training Center
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 [...]
Taiwan donates scholarships to Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic is one of the 23 nations, including the Vatican City, that maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
Taiwanese Ambassador to the DR, Isaac Tsai, will donate US$1 million to the Ministry of Higher Education (SEESCYT) on behalf of his country. The funds will be used to help Dominican university students. The Taiwanese Embassy announced that [...]
Rotary International Youth Program limits interaction with Taiwanese
The Rotary International Youth Program allows thousands of teenagers world wide to attend a year long exchange program in the country of their choice.
Mads Meoller, the Danish student, made some interesting comments regarding the,
written agreement between the exchange students and the organizers of the program that discouraged them from learning about Taiwanese politics, and matters concerning the weaker or stronger sex, which limited their interaction with their Taiwanese counterparts. “It was a fight to learn about culture,” he observed…..having restrictions like these does seem to be a contradiction in terms.
Studying Mandarin at Shida
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:
Getting a sim card & opening a bank account in Taiwan
For newly arrived Mandarin scholarship students getting a sim card can be a hassle. Opening a bank account can also be difficult. Why? Because you need a Taiwanese ID number to do these things. Most Mandarin scholarship students have to wait four months before they get one.
Actually, I didn’t have a problem opening a bank [...]
Results in! Test of Proficiency Huayu (Mandarin) 2008
Mandarin scholarship students across Taiwan will be receiving their results for the Test of Proficiency-Huayu (TOP) today. The tests were held on Saturday the 3rd of May 2008. I completed the beginner level.
I wrote about the Mandarin proficiency test a few months ago…. and here.
I picked up my certificate at the post office today. I [...]
MOE Mandarin Enrichment Scholarship
The Taiwanese Ministry of Education(MOE) Huayu (Mandarin) Enrichment Scholarship program was established in 2005. The purpose of the program is to encourage international students and individuals to undertake Mandarin study in Taiwan. The scholarship program is quite flexible and award periods of 2 months, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year are available.
A monthly stipend of NT$25,000 (approximately US$820) is offered to recipients….you can learn Chinese for free!!!
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