Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language

Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language
Logo of the TOP

The Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (formerly known as the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu or TOP)[1] (Chinese: 華語文能力測驗; pinyin: Huáyǔwén Nénglì Cèyàn) is the Republic of China's (Taiwan's) Mandarin Chinese test. It is administered by the Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (SC-TOP) (Chinese: 國家華語測驗推動工作委員會; pinyin: Guójiā Huáyǔ Cèyàn Tuīdòng Gōngzuòwěiyuánhuì). The committee is under the direction of the Ministry of Education.[1]

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Introduction

The Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (SC-TOP) was established in November 2005 under the direction of the Ministry of Education of R.O.C. Originally called the Chinese Language Testing Center[1] and renamed in January, 2007, the Committee aims to develop and promote an effective Chinese assessment system, mainly the Test of Proficiency-Huayu (TOP), for Chinese learners worldwide to assess their Chinese proficiency.

The SC-TOP has the following major missions:

  • To design and plan the test contents of TOP
  • To build test item pools for TOP
  • To develop computer-based Chinese proficiency test systems
  • To promote Taiwan’s Chinese proficiency tests for nonnative speakers of Chinese
  • To increase exchange among Chinese proficiency test organizations worldwide

Test Level

TOP test results are compared here with the HSK offered in China. As shown on the figure, Level 1 in TOP is comparable to Level 4 in HSK.[2]

Vocabulary Lists

The TOP also provide vocabulary lists :

The set make about 8.000 words.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Introduction". Test of Proficiency-Huayu Steering Committee. http://www.sc-top.org.tw/english/committee.php. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
  2. ^ Comparison between TOP and HSK

External links

See also

  • HSK test
v · d · eWord lists by frequency (and number of words)
English
Basic English (850)  • Simplified English (~875)  • Globish (1.500)  • General Service List (2.000)
Add-ons
Chinese
Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi / HSK (8.848)  • Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (~8.600)
Japanese
Japanese Language Proficiency Test / JLPT (8.009)
Others

TOPIK (Korean)

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