BETTER QUESTIONS: The Ministry of Education said that the test’s steering committee would review the database of questions and improve their qualityBy Rachael Lin and Wu Po-Hsuan / Staff reporters
The Ministry of Education plans to upgrade the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL) by reviewing and improving the database of test questions before launching a new version TOCFL 2.0 in 2023.
The TOCFL is a proficiency test for non-native speakers of Chinese that categorizes language proficiency into four bands and eight levels, the ministry said yesterday.
The levels were based on those used in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and those used by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, the ministry said.
The ministry said that from 2013 to last year, it