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Tainan, Taiwan · Mandarin Chinese

NCKU Chinese Language Center (National Cheng Kung University)

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Founded in 1982 as the Chinese Language Division of NCKU's Language Laboratory Center, the CLC was elevated to full center status in 2009. It hosts more than one thousand foreign students per year from over fifty countries, ranging in age from their teens to their seventies. In 2016 the center became the sole institution in Taiwan designated by the U.S. State Department to administer the Critical Language Scholarship intensive Mandarin program.

Courses

The CLC runs four quarters annually — Winter (ten weeks, December to February), Spring (eleven weeks, March to May), Summer (ten weeks, June to August), and Autumn (eleven weeks, September to November) — plus two condensed Summer Short-term Sessions. Nine proficiency levels (A through I) are assessed by placement test before each session. Each student carries fifteen class hours per week: ten hours of comprehensive language instruction in groups of six to thirteen students, plus five hours of elective courses. Language electives cover Pronunciation, Grammar, Reading and Writing, Conversation, and Taiwanese (Hokkien). Cultural electives include Calligraphy, Chinese Painting, and Tai Chi. One-on-one individual classes supplement group instruction at any level.

Study options

  • Winter Quarter Mandarin (10 weeks, Dec–Feb)
  • Spring Quarter Mandarin (11 weeks, Mar–May)
  • Summer Quarter Mandarin (10 weeks, Jun–Aug)
  • Autumn Quarter Mandarin (11 weeks, Sep–Nov)
  • Summer Short-term Session I
  • Summer Short-term Session II
  • One-on-One Individual Class
  • Pronunciation elective
  • Grammar elective
  • Reading & Writing elective
  • Conversation elective
  • Taiwanese (Hokkien) elective
  • Calligraphy cultural elective
  • Chinese Painting cultural elective
  • Tai Chi cultural elective
  • Critical Language Scholarship (U.S. State Dept.) intensive

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Compiled from public sources on 2026-11-12. School confirmation is pending.

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