— Competency-oriented courses for middle and high school students
— EAP courses for students at the tertiary level, such as writing training programs designed for researchers at Academia Sinica and writing and speaking courses that enhance college students’ readiness for EMI courses
Primary and secondary education
— Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) teacher training workshops for junior high and elementary school teachers, e.g., workshops conducted in cooperation with the Department of Education of the Taipei City Government
— Courses integrating English language test preparation, language training, and classroom English training to prepare CLIL teachers for certification at the CEFR B2 level
Higher education
— Faculty-training collaboration between the LTTC and universities around Taiwan, e.g., the EMI Skill Enhancement Workshop held at National Taipei University of Technology in 2021
— Funded by the Ministry of Education
— A norm-referenced assessment program to evaluate university students’ English communication skills, from the CEFR A2 to B2 levels, in academic settings
— New tasks added in 2020 to better reflect the concepts and skills contained in the revised competency-based English curriculum (2019) in Taiwan
— Embodying the ideal of Learning Oriented Assessment through “Dr. GEPT,” an online service providing test takers with individual feedback on their strengths and weaknesses, to ensure assessment leads to further learning
— Expanding the available test venues and test administration frequency in response to the need specified by the government
— GEPT iPrep jointly launched by the National Development Council and the LTTC in 2022: a free, digital learning platform offering personalized diagnostic feedback on learners’ listening and reading proficiencies in English.
Sets of CLIL classroom assessment tools for the elementary school subjects of life and science, developed under commission by the Taipei City Government’s Department of Education