Language Testing

I was a Language Testing Researcher at the Division of Research and Development, Steering Committee for the Test of Proficiency-Huayu (Mandarin Chinese), Taipei, Taiwan, June 2015 to August 2018.

Description of Accomplishments:

  • Wrote and reviewed test items to expand a test bank at the elementary level;

  • Reviewed test items at different levels of proficiency in terms of listening and reading;

  • Composed vocabulary learning material for elementary learners with an action-oriented approach published in August 2018;

  • Held three conferences on setting passing scores for TOCFL- Novice, and two training workshops on writing test items at Novice level;

  • Developed and constructed the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL)- Novice Listening, Reading and Speaking Test, which is aimed toward Novice learners of Chinese.

Accomplished projects:

1. TOCFL Novice Listening, Reading and Speaking Test (2017)

[See the test instruction]

2. Heritage Chinese course: literacy placement test framework (2018)