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		<title>New blog for learning Taiwanese</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long time since I last posted, but I have to let you know about a new blog aimed at teaching English speakers the basics of Taiwanese. It&#8217;s called Taiwanlang and the author, Ted (or Thē-ti in Taiwanese), is a Taiwanese-American with a mission to inform. Check it out, and leave him an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for papers: 6th International Conference on Literature in Taiwanese, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received this email with a call for papers for the autumn conference on Literature in Taiwanese: Call for Papers The 6th International Conference on Literature in Taiwanese, 2010 Application of abstract submission Theme: Neo-aesthetics &#8211; Artistic Qualities and Diversity Conference sponsor: Graduate Institute of Taiwan Culture, Language and Literature Conference site: Taiwan Normal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet-up for people interested in the Taiwanese language</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Southern Min]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where: The Artists&#8217; Village, 7 Beiping East Road, Taipei (台北市北平東路7號) When: Thursday 28th January, from 8pm Anyone who is interesting in learning the Taiwanese language, or in swapping information and suggestions about it, will be welcome along.  I&#8217;ll be there, as will a couple of people who are currently taking classes, so they will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Conference on Taiwanese Proficiency Testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Taiwanese Proficiency Test Center at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan will be hosting a conference in March next year.  The third Conference on Taiwanese Proficiency Test (sic) will take place on the 13th March at the Banyan Campus of NCKU (off Daxue Rd near the train station). There&#8217;s a call for papers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MoE releases online Taiwanese dictionary (finally!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dictionaries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately no time to look into this in depth at the moment, but the Taipei Times today detailed the announcement by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan of a new web-based dictionary for Taiwanese (referred to in the report as Hoklo): After seven years of development, the Ministry of Education has completed the first official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry of Education to create standardised Taiwanese exams</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month the Taiwanese Ministry of Education (MoE) announced plans to create a system of standardised testing for Taiwanese.  The examinations, which will be outsourced to &#8220;competent organisations&#8221; are intended to be open to all, and will be divided into six grades: beginner, advanced beginner, intermediate, advanced intermediate, advanced, and professional. Successful examinees will be [...]]]></description>
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