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.
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