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 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
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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Posted by
kang-wei on Monday, May 26th 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 [...]
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Posted by
kang-wei on Friday, May 23rd 2008
Meg over at Simpson’s Paradox sums up the benefits of ChinesePod brilliantly:
“Ten minutes a day with Jenny and Ken make me sound slightly less stupid!”
Well, I think an hour a day would be better. I listen to up to three hours a day and I really do sound less stupid.
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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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Posted by
kang-wei on Sunday, May 18th 2008
Learning Chinese in Taiwan will most likely involve learning Zhuyin fuhao (BoPoMoFo, ㄅㄆㄇㄈ, Zhuyin) which is is the standard phonetic system used in Taiwan to teach Mandarin (see earlier post).
I’ve looked at several software/learnware packages and one stands out for those needing to learn Zhuyin/BoPoMoFo.
Chinese LearnWare for PC Windows
Text can be displayed in traditional or [...]
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