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| Introduction |
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China's Hanyu Shuiping
Kaoshi, known as HSK or the Chinese Proficiency Test
is a standardized test at the state level designed
and developed by the HSK Center of Beijing Language
and Culture University to assess the Chinese proficiency
of non-native speakers (foreigners, overseas Chinese
and students of Chinese national minorities). HSK consists
of the basic Chinese proficiency test (HSK Basic),
the elementary and intermediate Chinese proficiency
test (HSK Elementary-Intermediate) and the advanced
Chinese proficiency test (HSK Advanced). HSK is held
regularly in China and other countries each year. Certificates
of HSK will be issued to those who have secured the
required scores.
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| The Chinese Ministry of Education has
established China National Committee for Chinese Proficiency
Test (HSK)(CNCCPT). The Committee is the supervisor of
HSK and the issuer of the Chinese proficiency certificates.
CNCCPT has an office called Office of China National
Committee for Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK), which takes
care of the HSK affairs together with the HSK Center
of BLCU. |
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| About Applicants of HSK |
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| HSK (Basic) applies to those learners
with the basic Chinese proficiencies, namely, those who
have taken 100 to 800 hours of regular modern Chinese
learning (including those with the equivalent learning
experiences). HSK (Elementary-Intermediate) is for those
who are at the elementary and intermediate level in Chinese
proficiency, i.e. those who have taken 400-2000 regular
hours of modern Chinese courses (including those whose
proficiency in Chinese is similar to that standard).
The HSK (Advanced) is designed to measure the Chinese
proficiency of those who are proficient in Chinese, i.e.
who have taken 3000 regular hours or more modern Chinese
learning (including those whose proficiency in Chinese
is similar to that standard). |
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| The functions of HSK Certificates |
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| £¨1£©to certify that the holder has acquired
the required Chinese Proficiency to enter a college or
university as an undergraduate or graduate student. |
| £¨2£©to certify that the holder can be exempt
from taking the Chinese language course depending on
the level of certification. |
| £¨3£©as a basis for the employers to evaluate
the Chinese proficiency of the job applicants. |
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| HSK organizer and certificate
issuer |
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| CNCCPT is the organizer of HSK. |
| And the CNCCPT Office and the HSK Center
of BLCU are both in charge of the HSK affairs. |
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| Test Dates and Venues |
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| ¡¡¡¡ HSK is held regularly in Mainland China.
The following is the time schedule of 2006 HSK tests. |
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¡¡¡¡ (1) HSK (Basic): 2 tests in 2006
¡¡¡¡ The 1st test Time: April
¡¡¡¡ The 2nd test
¡¡¡¡ Time: December |
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¡¡¡¡ (2) HSK (Elementary-Intermediate): 3
tests in 2006
¡¡¡¡ The 1st test
¡¡¡¡ Time: April
¡¡¡¡ The 2nd test
¡¡¡¡ Time: June
¡¡¡¡ The 3rd test
¡¡¡¡ Time: December |
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¡¡¡¡ (3) HSK (Advanced): 2 tests in 2006
¡¡¡¡ The 1st test
¡¡¡¡ Time: April
¡¡¡¡ The 2nd test
¡¡¡¡ Time: October |
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| HSK tests will be arranged in light of
the actual local circumstances in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan
and other countries. For details about the time schedule
please enquire at the local test center. |
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| Registration Procedures |
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| £¨1£©Candidates shall bring two recent 30
x 40 mm photos without headwear when registering and
present a photo-bearing identification, such as a passport
or residence permit. |
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| £¨2£©Candidates have to pay the fees for
the test and registration. In China, it is £¤200 RMB for
HSK Basic (including £¤70 RMB for the registration fee);
£¤250 RMB for HSK Elementary-Intermediate (including £¤70
RMB for the registration fee) and £¤400 RMB for HSK Advanced
(including £¤70 RMB for the registration fee) (as to fees
to be paid in other countries or by students of ethnic
minorities, please contact local test centers). Fees
for the test and registration are non-refundable. And
postage is included in the fees. When a candidate cannot
take the test in time due to some insurmountable reasons
and notifies in advance the test center at which he registered
before the test date, with the approval of the center
(with the signature and stamp of the center), one test
opportunity will be retained for the candidate and he
or she will only pay the registration fee if he takes
the next test in the future. |
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| £¨3£©Candidates living where there are no
local test centers may register by mail. Applications
must be sent to the test center by registered mail at
least one week before the final registration deadline
and enclose a photocopy of an official piece of identification,
a resume (including the Chinese and English names, sex,
nationality, date of birth), a detailed mail address
and two recent 30 x 40 photos without head wear. Meanwhile
fees for the test and registration shall be remitted
to the registration site by post. No telephone registration
will be accepted. And the admission ticket will be given
to the candidate in person upon his or her arrival at
the testing site. |
| £¨4£©Candidates will be given the admission
ticket and the HSK User Handbook. Candidates shall take
the exam according to the time and place specified on
the admission ticket. |
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| Preparation for HSK |
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| As a standardized test of general language
proficiency, HSK is not based on any particular textbook
or course of study. Therefore candidates may refer to
any textbook in preparing for the test. Nevertheless,
it is important that all candidates read HSK Test Syllabus
carefully, a guide for the pre-test preparation. It contains
an introduction to HSK, a sample HSK test paper and the
key, HSK glossary and a CD of the sample listening questions. |
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| To be admitted to the test room, every
examinee will be required to present his or her admission
ticket and a photo-bearing ID certificate (ID card, passport
or a residence permit). No candidates will be allowed
to enter the test room without the afore-mentioned two
evidences. The candidates whose admission ticket is missing
can only be admitted to the test room till the ticket
is reissued (with handling charges). Tape recorders,
cameras, dictionaries, notebooks, textbooks and other
unnecessary objects mustn't be taken into the room. Mobile
phones and MP3 shall be switch off and put inside bags,
which shall be placed at an area designated by the invigilators. |
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| Candidates arriving five minutes late
(since the start of listening comprehension test) may
be admitted to the testing room and start the test right
away. If examinees are 5 to 35 minutes late for the test,
they may not start until the next section begins and
no extra test time is to be offset for the late arrivals.
Thirty-five minutes after the beginning of the exam,
no candidates will be admitted to the test room. |
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Things to note during the
test |
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| £¨1£©Once in the test room, candidates shall
put the admission ticket and the ID certificate on the
upper right corner of the desk for the inspection of
invigilators. All the activities of the candidates are
subject to the instructions of the supervisor. |
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| £¨2£©Duration for HSK (Basic) is about 135
minutes; HSK (Elementary-Intermediate) about 145 minutes
without break; and HSK (Advanced) about 180 minutes with
a break after the written test. In principle candidates
shall not leave the test room during the course of the
test. If so under some exceptional circumstances, the
candidate shall gain the permission from the supervisor. |
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| £¨3£©HSK has a strict control of the time
limits for each section of the test and candidates shall
answer the corresponding test questions within a given
time period and avoid jumping to the later sections or
turning back to the previous ones during the test. |
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| £¨4£©Candidates shall not take the test papers
or answer sheets out of the room, or tear apart, replace
or copy the contents of the test. |
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| £¨5£©Candidates shall abide by the test instructions
and rules and those who violate the rules will be warned
and not even allowed to continue the test by the organizer. |
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| £¨6£©Before answering the test questions,
candidates shall fill in their names (Chinese and English),
the test paper code, nationality code, the test center
code and the candidate's number according to the admission
ticket. Candidates should also draw a bar like this [¡ö]
to indicate their sex. The test paper code is on the
upper right corner. The nationality code is a fixed number
created by the test center for each country and nationality
for all HSK tests. For example, the code for Japan is
525, France 610, etc. The candidate's number is a serial
number of registration. The test center code is the number
for the place where the test is held. |
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