General English Proficiency Test

The General English Proficiency Test ('GEPT; Chinese: 全民英語能力分級檢定測驗; pinyin: Quánmín Yīngyǔ Nénglì Fēnjí Jiǎndìng Cèyàn, or 全民英檢/全民英验 Quánmín Yīngjiǎn for short) is a test of English language proficiency that was commissioned by Taiwan's Ministry of Education in 1999. The GEPT was developed by the Language Training and Testing Center in Taipei, Taiwan and was first administered in 2002. The General English Proficiency Test ('GEPT; Chinese: 全民英語能力分級檢定測驗; pinyin: Quánmín Yīngyǔ Nénglì Fēnjí Jiǎndìng Cèyàn, or 全民英檢/全民英验 Quánmín Yīngjiǎn for short) is a test of English language proficiency that was commissioned by Taiwan's Ministry of Education in 1999. The GEPT was developed by the Language Training and Testing Center in Taipei, Taiwan and was first administered in 2002. There are four levels of the test currently being administered: elementary, intermediate, high-intermediate, and advanced. A fifth level, the superior level, was administered only once and then suspended, pending further need. With the exception of the advanced level of the test, which is only conducted in Taipei at the LTTC headquarters, the GEPT is administered at sites located around the island of Taiwan as well as on offshore islands including Penghu and Kinmen.