Konferenzbericht TACE 2017
On June 2nd and 3rd 2017, the Department of East Asian Studies of Göttingen University in
cooperation with the Institute of Test Research and Test Development Leipzig held the
international conference “Teaching and Assessing Chinese in Europe: Proficiency
Expectations and Assessment Instruments” with participants from Germany, China, Taiwan,
USA, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
The conference, which was generously supported by the Akademisches Konfuzius-Institut
Göttingen (AKI), had the goal to bring together experts of several Chinese language
assessments and frameworks from all over the world to exchange views and ideas on dealing
with Chinese language framework and assessment issues such as defining proficiency levels;
teaching and learning traditions and goals; writing systems; digital writing vs. writing by
hand; and the future of Chinese language education within a European context.
After welcoming words by ...