A New Chinese
Language
Test System
English
study fever in China, particularly in
Beijing and Shanghai, fuelled by the
prospect of hosting an international
party during the Olympic 2008 and a
desire to know more about the outside
world, shows no sign of cooling down. It
is assumed that if Chinese people can
speak English then half of the population
on the planet will be able to
communication with each other freely.
But is
it realistic, in a foreseeable future?
Consider the fact that many Chinese
university graduates are unable to make a
daily conversation in English, let along
to impart the rich essence of the Chinese
culture to a none-Chinese.
So how
about both parties meet in the half way,
would it be much easier for everybody?
And that
seems exactly what is happening at the
moment. In America, Europe and the rest
of Asia, Chinese language study begins to
pick-up pace.
It is
estimated that today there are 30 million
people learning Chinese in tens of
thousands of Chinese language schools
worldwide, with over 150 sites for
Chinese Test in more than 30 countries.
It is in
such a climate that a new Chinese
language test (实用中国语水平认定考试), for whom
Chinese is not their mother tongue, is
created. Designed by Beijing Language and
Culture University, the "C.
Test" (short for Chinese Test) will
help evaluate the Chinese language
proficiency at the workplace,
particularly in the field of
international trade and commerce.
Currently
the most popular Chinese language test is
Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK中国汉语水平考试), which is a
series test to assess the Chinese
language proficiency of non-native
speakers, including the knowledge of
Chinese grammar, Chinese vocabulary and
Chinese spelling.
The
first C Test will take place on November
19, 2006.
China
stories are told at wenhousecrafts.com
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