Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers 教师语文能力评核
(重定向自LPAT)
The Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers (abbreviation: LPAT ; Chinese:教師語文能力評核) is an assessment examination for the language proficiency of teachers in Hong Kong. According to regulations, any teachers teaching English language or Putonghua (a.k.a. Mandarin Chinese) in Hong Kong, where Cantonese Chinese is mostly spoken, must have passed the LPAT, i.e. achieved a grade of not lower than Level 3 in each part of the assessment.