PDF《华语文能力测验》

60 different nationalities have taken the test. In November 2005, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (ROC) designated National Taiwan Normal University as the official Chinese Language Testing Center (CLTC) so as to develop and promote TOCFL as a primary Chinese language proficiency assessment system. Subsequently, the CLTC'

s name was changed to the Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (SC-TOP) in January 2007. It was hoped that TOCFL would serve as an effective internationally-recognized language proficiency test for students of Chinese all over the world. Note: The Test of Proficiency-Huayu (TOP) has been renamed Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL) since August 4, 2010. 1-2:What is the research &

development unit of TOCFL? The Steering Committee for the Test of Proficiency-Huayu (formerly known as the Chinese Language Testing Center) was formed in November of 2005. The committee is overseen by the ROC Ministry of Education. Contact info for SC-TOP is as follows: Phone:886-2-3343-3900 Fax:886-2-3343-2413 Website:http://www.sc-TOP.org.tw/ Email:[email protected] Address: Ching-tian Street, Alley 5, No. 6, 5th Floor Da-an District Taipei City,

106 TAIWAN (Republic of China) 1-3:Who are the target test takers of TOCFL? TOCFL is a foreign language proficiency test for non-native speakers of Chinese. Test-takers are of wide-ranging backgrounds, including international students, scholars,

4 overseas Chinese, and employees of overseas Taiwanese businesses, among others. 1-4:How is TOCFL developed? TOCFL is a standardized language proficiency exam created by a panel of Chinese language teaching and testing experts. The panel has adhered to stringent examination standards in all stages of TOCFL'

s development, including drafting competency benchmarks, proposing and designing questions, pilot testing, revising, administering the test, scoring, and interpreting test results. 1-5:What are the features of TOCFL? TOCFL'

s contents is not limited to a certain academic discipline;

rather, the test covers a wide range of everyday subjects such as advertisements, radio broadcasts, public notices, letters, notes, schedules, weather forecasts, etc. Test questions are thus diversified and interesting. Essay topics come from such subjects as literature, science, art, astronomy, and history, among others. 1-6:What are the levels of TOCFL? TOCFL is a foreign/second language proficiency exam designed for non-native speakers of Chinese. The test is administered in four levels: Beginner, Learner (Basic), Superior (Intermediate) and Master (Advanced). Test-takers are asked to take the level of test based on their hours of Chinese learning and vocabulary base. 1-7:What are the format and duration of TOCFL? The Beginner level aims to assess the test-taker'

s listening and reading abilities. The test is thus divided into listening and reading sections, with

80 multiple choice questions in total. The test is

80 minutes in length and is broken down into two parts:

40 minutes for the listening section and

40 minutes for the reading section. Listening (40 items) Reading (40 items) Section Level

40 min (approx.)

40 min Time Beginner (80 items) Picture Description (10 items) Single-round Conversation (10 items) Multiple-round Conversation (10 items) Conversation Completion (10 items) Sentence Comprehension (10 items) Picture Description (10 items) Gap Filling (10 items) Paragraph Completion (10 items)

80 min (approx.) Each of the Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced levels is divided into the three sections: listening, vocabulary and grammar, and reading , with