The 2022 Irish College Entrance Examination Chinese Speaking Test will be held as scheduled on the 9th. This is the first time that Ireland has included Chinese as a foreign language elective subject in the College Entrance Examination.
According to the college entrance examination schedule announced by the Irish National Examinations Board, this year's Chinese test is divided into three parts: speaking, listening and written. The oral test will be held from April 9 to 14, and the listening test and written test will be held on June 20.
According to the "Irish Times" report, about 100 people across Ireland will take the Chinese exam for this year's college entrance examination.
In order to adapt to the trend of economic globalization and cultivate more international talents, the Irish Ministry of Education released a foreign language teaching strategy for the next 10 years in 2017.
According to this strategy, Ireland will list Chinese as a foreign language elective subject in high school from 2020, and will hold the Chinese college entrance examination from this year.
According to information released by the Irish National Examinations Board, more than 10 languages have been listed as foreign language elective subjects for the Irish college entrance examination.