The Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Culture Office in Boston (TECO-Boston) will administer the 2019 Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL) and Children Chinese Competency Certification (CCCC) on Monday, January 7, 2019, 9:30-11:30 at University of Rhode Island ,60 Upper College Road Kingston, RI 02881, Sunday, October 27, 2019, 2:00-4:00 pm, at the Lexington Chinese School (221 Concord Ave.,Belmont, MA 02478) and on Sunday, November 3, 2019, 11:30 am-1:30 pm, at the Tzu Chi Academy Boston (9 Mudge Way, Bedford, MA 01730).
The TOCFL is intended for those that wish to measure their Chinese proficiency and is available in both traditional and simplified character versions. Since 2014, the levels of the TOCFL have been reformed in order to correspond to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment). The new version of the TOCFL has three proficiency bands: Band A, Band B, and Band C. Each of the bands has two levels.
According to the AP Course Description, “Course work provides students with opportunities to perform Intermediate to Advanced level tasks, and students are expected to achieve proficiencies throughout, and sometimes beyond, the Intermediate range as described in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines.” Therefore, if students want to pass the AP test, they have to reach the intermediate level of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, which corresponds to Level 3 of the TOCFL. Students could take the TOCFL as a practice test for AP test preparation. TOCFL is designed for non-native speakers of Chinese. Those who wish to assess their level of Chinese proficiency, or those who want to study, work or do business in Chinese-speaking countries are welcome to take the test.
Examinees who pass the test will receive a Chinese Proficiency Certificate as a credential for the following:
- Eligibility for the “Taiwan Scholarship” and “Ministry of Education Huayu Enrichment Scholarship” for government sponsored studying in Taiwan.
- Qualification for admission to academic programs at colleges or universities in Taiwan.
- Proof of Chinese language proficiency for individuals who wish to obtain Chinese-inclusive, bilingual employment globally.
- Incentive for those who are interested in learning Chinese.Required documents and fee are as follows.
- Registration is accepted from now to October 1, 2019. Please register at the website: https://usa.sc-top.org.tw/zoom/ . In order to complete the registration process, please print out the registration form and mail it along with the registration fee to Education Division, TECO in Boston (99 Summer Street, Suite 801, Boston, MA 02110 ) before 10/08/2019. The registration will be cancelled if the examinees fail to submit the registration fee before 10/07/2019.
- Confirmation form
- Registration fee: Check only ( payable to: Education Division, TECO-Boston)TOCFL Paper-based exam: $40 dollarsGroup registration enjoys 10% off original fee.
- Please direct all questions to the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston at 1-617-737-2055 or boston@mail.moe.gov.tw
- CCCC: $30 dollars
- TOCFL Computer-based exam: $45 dollars