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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 University (Taipei, Taiwan)
Conference date: Oct. 23 &#8211; [...]]]></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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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 able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Conference on Taiwanese Proficiency Testing</title>
		<link>http://www.tailingua.com/news/2009/12/15/2010-conference-on-taiwanese-proficiency-testing/</link>
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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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		<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 online [...]]]></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 awarded [...]]]></description>
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