The General English Proficiency Test (GEPT, Chinese: 全民英語能力分級檢定測驗, or 全民英檢 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.
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