http://mandarinscholarship.com Studying Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:56:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Students studying Chinese in Taipei might be interested in the 6th Taipei Chinese Character Festival. There is a "Cultural Bazzar" and an Art Exhibition featuring ten South-east Asian artists. Cultural Bazaar The bazaar will feature a fusion of Chinese characters and the cultural creative industries. Activities include calligraphy, paper cutting, lithography, interactive ... http://mandarinscholarship.com/2010/01/02/chinese-character-festival/ 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 ... http://mandarinscholarship.com/2009/11/18/free-top-speaking-test/ 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, ... http://mandarinscholarship.com/2008/10/20/three-new-mock-tests-for-top/ 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 ... http://mandarinscholarship.com/2008/10/20/resources-for-beginners-test-of-proficiency-huayu/ 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, ... http://mandarinscholarship.com/2008/10/12/web-based-handwriting-recognition-tool-at-nickucom/ 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/ http://mandarinscholarship.com/2008/10/07/test-of-proficiency-huayu-registration-period-ends-oct-9/ Voting is underway for the Best Taiwan Blog Awards 2008. The awards are targeted at Taiwan based English language blogs. Currently there are around forty blogs in the running. Blog Awards are great for promoting link-love between the Taiwan blogs. If you write a blog and you like a certain blog ... http://mandarinscholarship.com/2008/10/06/best-taiwan-blog-awards-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 ... http://mandarinscholarship.com/2008/10/05/ntnu-mandarin-training-center/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="352" caption="Wiki: Map of highland tribes"][/caption] Reviving Ethnic Diversity: Preserving Taiwan’s Austronesian[1] Aboriginal Languages “Language is much more than collections of words with meaning that can be translated – they embody whole perspectives on meaning which are not readily capable of translation, and they are a key resource for understanding ... http://mandarinscholarship.com/2008/09/28/preserving-taiwan%e2%80%99s-austronesian-aboriginal-languages/ 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 ... http://mandarinscholarship.com/2008/09/15/test-of-proficiency-huayu-registration-period-starts-today/