Re: [情報] ETS官方網站台灣考場分類

看板TOEFL_iBT (TOEFL_iBT托福)作者yoyoyoII時間7年前 (2018/08/22 00:22)推噓16(16推 0噓 9→)

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感謝J 大分享，這事件真的可能會影響申請者的權益，小弟不才，請教完老師後，也寫了一封信寄給ETS ，信也寄到ETS 總部和發言人的兩個信箱，歡迎大家複製信件內容一起寄，雖然希望不大，但該發聲就該發聲！收件者： etsinfo@ets.org tewing@ets.org 主旨： Regarding the change from "Taiwan" to "Taiwan, China" on the ETS website 內文： To whom it may regard at ETS: We are more than 5,000 students who plan to/are taking TOEFL this year. A few days ago, we noticed that on the ETS website, “Taiwan ” has been changed to “Taiwan, China” in both the nationality column upon registering for a test and in the address section. We find this change really disappointing and firmly believe that this is against the values ETS strives to protect. Therefore, we, the test-takers from Taiwan, strongly urge ETS to change the nationality back to “Taiwan” only, or to “Taiwan, R.O.C” as that is what is shown on our passport. While we appreciate the effort ETS has spent on improving testing, teaching and learning, we think it is essential that the nonprofit ETS fights back on threats or temptations to alter the pre- existing “Taiwan” nationality, for the action steers away from ETS’ mission to “advance quality and equity in education for all people worldwide”. We the Taiwanese test-takers firmly believe that with “Taiwan, China” shown on our transcript, ETS not only denies the diverse student background it acknowledges and respects, but deprives the Taiwanese students of the chance to be seen as different from the Chinese students by universities and graduate schools we wish to apply for. Born and raised in Taiwan, we find our life stories very different from the Chinese applicants and consider it essential to emphasize the diversity we can bring to the foreign institutions we are applying for, and thus, we strongly urge ETS to change our nationality back to “ Taiwan” only. For the past years, most of the Taiwanese test-takers prefer TOEFL to IETLS. However, the sudden change of “Taiwan” to “Taiwan, China” seems to us antithetical to the values that ETS as a nonprofit should protect and also steers away from what form the cornerstones of both U.S. and Taiwan’s democracy. This change then has to deal with the full force of the Taiwanese test-takers and perhaps even the foreign institutions we wish to apply for. More than 5,000 of the Taiwanese test-takers this year and in the years to come might change our minds to take IELTS instead, as IELTS still lists “Taiwan” as a nation on its website and on its transcript. We have also started writing to schools we wish to apply for, complaining about this change and asking the admission committees to value IETLS scores more. To avoid this action turning into a movement, once again, we suggest ETS to change “ Taiwan, China” back to “Taiwan” only. All in all, we don’t see ETS’ concerns and action being legitimate in this case, and we not only urge ETS to put “Taiwan ” back on its website, but ask for an explanation to why this action has been taken. We strongly feel that only by listing “ Taiwan” as a nation on the ETS website, can ETS live up to its mission to “advance quality and equity in education for all people worldwide”, and can it win continuous support from the Taiwanese test-takers as well as the schools from around the world. 建議大家點下方的網頁版連結，以方便複製，寄出後應該會收到ETSinfo 寄來的48 hr 內回覆通知，大家一起捍衛權益吧！ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 101.8.194.33 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/TOEFL_iBT/M.1534868537.A.A82.html

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