Taiyuan Foreign Language School
Public school in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Taiyuan Foreign Language School (TFLS, Chinese: 太原市外国语学校) is a secondary school, a comprehensive public middle school and high school, located in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. It is one of the first foreign language schools in China, and one of the 17 foreign language schools that are recognized by the Ministry of Education. Locally, TFLS has one of the most competitive admission standards, and has been awarded "Key High School of Shanxi Province" and "Demonstrative High School of Shanxi Province" by Shanxi Provincial Ministry of Education.
Taiyuan Foreign Language School 太原市外国语学校 | |
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Yifenyuan, Yifen Street , China | |
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Type | Public |
Motto | 启智以明德,笃行以致远。 |
Established | 1984 |
School district | Wanbailin |
Principal | Wu Fanwang (武翻旺) |
Faculty | 180 (as of 2009) |
Number of students | Circa 3,000 |
Nickname | Waiguoyu (外国语), Taiwai (太外) |
Affiliations | The Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China and Taiyuan Municipal Education Bureau |
Website | Official website (in Simplified Chinese) |
Founded in 1909 as Taiyuan Women’s Normal School, Taiyuan Foreign Language School is now co-ed, and devotes its efforts to educating students to be adept in foreign languages, academically well-rounded, and familiar with both Chinese and Western cultures.
TFLS enrolls students from grades 7 through 12 and is famous for quality foreign language courses and other subjects. Along with 16 other foreign language schools including Nanjing Foreign Language School (NFLS), Shanghai Foreign Language School (SFLS), TFLS is eligible to recommend 12th-grade students to first-tier domestic universities annually via early admissions, prior to Gaokao.[1]