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：
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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.
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