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| August, 2001 |
Three institutes under National Taiwan Normal University, Mandarin Training Center, Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, and Research Center for Psychological and Educational Testing, started the development of the Chinese proficiency test program. |
| December, 2003 |
The first Chinese Proficiency Test was held on Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced levels. |
| November, 2005 |
The Ministry of Education of R.O.C. entrusted NTNU with the mission to organize the Chinese Language Testing Center (CLTC) to develop the standardized Chinese Proficiency Test (CPT) with joint effort of experts of linguistics and testing. |
November, 2005 |
Research and development of the Children’s Chinese Competency Certification (CCCC), a Chinese proficiency test designed especially for children under age 15. |
| March, 2006 |
CLTC invited officials at Chinese education centers, departments and institutes, and student recruitment officials of colleges and universities, to attend the symposium entitled “Contemporary Development of Chinese Proficiency Test (CPT) .” |
| April, 2006 |
Development of the “ CPT for Beginners ” started. |
| May-June, 2006 |
CPT went international for the first time with test services available in Thailand, UK, Japan, US, and Korea. |
| June, 2006 |
The first computer-based CPT was administered in test centers throughout Taiwan. |
June, 2006 |
CCCC pilot test conducted in the Chinese School in Seoul, (Korea), Jeollabuk-do (Korea), and the Korean School in Taipei (Taiwan). |
| December, 2006 |
A pilot test of CPT for Beginners was held on campuses of National Taiwan Normal University, Feng Chia University, Providence University, National Sun Yat-Sen University, and Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages. |
| January, 2007 |
CPT and CLTC were renamed as “Test of Proficiency-Huayu (TOP)” and “Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (SC-TOP).” |
March, 2007 |
Research and development of the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu: Writing (TOP: Writing) started. |
| March-April, 2007 |
The TOP tests were he ld in Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, France, UK, and US . |
October, 2007 |
Development of Test Of Proficiency-Huayu: Speaking (TOP: Speaking) started. |
October, 2007 |
Mr. Gilles Breton, French test expert, and Mr. Joel Bellassen, General Inspector of National Education for Chinese Language, French Ministry of Education, visited Taiwan and exchanged ideas on CEFR (The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment), with researchers of SC-TOP. |
November, 2007 |
Official TOP for Beginners administered. |
January, 2008 |
Establishing the Chinese Proficiency Descriptions for the teaching, learning, and assessment of Huayu ability. |
November, 2008 |
Pilot test of TOP: Writing. |
| December, 2008 |
Pilot test of TOP: Speaking. |
| August, 2010 |
TOP were renamed as “Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL)” |
| August, 2011 |
Pilot test of TOCFL for Level 1. |
October, 2011 |
Official TOCFL Speaking administered.
Official TOCFL Writing administered. |
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