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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Resources for Beginners Test Of Proficiency-Huayu
Posted by kang-wei on Monday, October 20th 2008
Web based handwriting recognition tool at NICKU.com
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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Test Of Proficiency-Huayu registration period starts today
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 [...]
Learn Mandarin: Bopomofo Quizlet & flashcards
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.
Tags: beginner, BoPoMoFo, flashcards, learn Chinese, learn Mandarin, Mandarin, resources, Zhuyin, ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
Beginning Chinese language with traditional characters
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.
Pilot Test of Proficiency Huayu (Mandarin)
Posted by kang-wei on Wednesday, June 4th 2008
Steering Committee for the Test of Proficiency Huayu will hold pilot tests from June 16 to June 27 2008 in Taiwan. I think they’d have many more interested Mandarin students, if they had these tests a month before the real test. I doubt there will be much interest.
Please be notified that the first TOP pilot [...]
Ministry offering new scholarships to foreign students
Posted by kang-wei on Sunday, June 1st 2008
According to the Taipei Times, there are many more Mandarin scholarships on offer. The article focuses on scholarships for United States citizens but I’m sure there will be other announcements for other nationalities soon.
MANDARIN COURSES: The education ministry is working with several US colleges to attract US students to take part in its three [...]
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Scholarships for Countries with diplomatic relations with Taiwan
Posted by kang-wei on Wednesday, May 21st 2008
If you want to learn Chinese and you are from any of the nations listed below there are many scholarship options available to you.
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