Reported by: YANG Yi
Translated by: LU Haiyan
Edited by: CAI Zhen
Updated: 2012-7-8
June 17, the new HSK internet-based test (IBT) was successfully launched by the ISC and Undergraduate College for the first time in HIT. This semester, HSK IBT of the Confucius Institute was officially settled in HIT, with the efforts of the International Student Center (ISC) and Undergraduate College.
The HSK is China's national standardized test designed and developed by the HSK Center of Beijing Language and Culture University to assess the Chinese language proficiency of non-native speakers (including foreigners, overseas Chinese and students from Chinese national minorities). The HSK test approximates the English TOEFL, and an HSK certificate is valid without any limitation in the People's Republic of China. The test aims to be a certificate of language proficiency for higher educational and professional purposes. Each year, HSK certificates are issued to those who meet required scores. The HSK is administered in Simplified Chinese. In addition test takers with outstanding results can win a scholarship for short-term language study in China.
The new HSK consists of a writing test and a speaking test, which are independent of each other. The new format's emphasis is "comprehensive language and communication ability". Most notable is the inclusion of spoken and written segments at all levels, the reformation of the ranking system, and the use of new question structures. The new ranking system reduces the three test formats to Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced.
