| About HSK Advanced Updated: 2006-04-29 16:14
An Introduction to HSK Beginning Level of HSK (HSK Basic) About HSK Elementary-Intermediate About HSK Advanced Issuing of the HSK certificate and period of validity of the
certificate Taking HSK
HSK Advanced applies to those who have mastery
of 5000-8000 Chinese words (referring to level A, B, C and D in the Outline of
HSK Vocabulary) and the corresponding rules of grammar (referring to level A. B.
C and D in the Outline of HSK Grammar).
1. Function of the
Certificate of HSK Advanced:
(1) to be a requirement in Chinese
proficiency for a candidate to enter a university in China as a graduate
student. (2) to exempt the holder from taking certain Chinese courses. (3)
to certify the holder as being qualified in doing ordinary work by using Chinese
as a communicative tool.
2. HSK Advanced Scoring
system:
(1) Interpretation of the scores of HSK Advanced: A
subscore of HSK Advanced is a scale score with 50 as the mean and 15 as the
standard deviation. These scores show the relative position of the candidate in
a standard sample group. Table 3.1 helps to locate the relative position of a
candidate in the whole group. The second line Indicates the percentage occupied
by those whose scores are lower than the corresponding scores in the standard
HSK reference group.
subscore |
100 |
69 |
63 |
58 |
54 |
50 |
46 |
42 |
37 |
31 |
percentage |
100 |
90 |
80 |
70 |
60 |
50 |
40 |
30 |
20 |
10 | Table 3.1
Percentile of suhacores of HSK Advanced.
(2) Table 3.2 shows the types
and grades of the certificate of HSK Advanced
Types and Grades |
|
Scores Level |
Score Range |
|
|
|
|
|
Types |
Grades |
|
Listening |
Reading |
Cloze |
Compositior |
Oral |
Total score |
Advanced Level |
|
Bottom Level |
46-57 |
42-53 |
42-53 |
46-57 |
44-55 |
220-279 |
|
C |
9 |
58-69 |
54-65 |
54-65 |
58-69 |
56-67 |
280-339 |
|
B |
10 |
70-81 |
66-77 |
66-77 |
70-81 |
68-79 |
340-399 |
|
A |
11 |
82-100 |
78-100 |
78-100 |
82-100 |
80-100 |
400-500 | Table 3.2 Types and grades of
the certificate of HSK Advanced
In table 3.2, HSK Advanced has a bottom
line, which is established for the convenience of setting the standards for the
certificate of HSK Advanced. So the bottom line is only efficacious for ranking
HSK advanced levels. It cannot be used for ranging his level in HSK elementary
and intermediate when the score Of a candidate reaches the bottom
line.
3. Description of the level scoring system for HSK
Advanced:
HSK has eleven score levels, among which levels 9-11
ale the advanced level. Level 9 Is proficient in Chinese at the advanced (low
) level. Level 9 Is the standard to obtain the certificate of HSK Advanced Grade
C. This is also the requirement for a candidate to use Chinese as a
communicative tool in ordinary work. Level 10 Is proficient in Chinese at the
advanced (mid) level. Level 10 is the standard to obtain the certificate of HSK
Advanced Grade B. This is also the requirement for a candidate to use Chinese as
a communicative tool in ordinary work. Level 11 Is proficient in Chinese at
the advanced (High) level. Reaching level 11 can be regarded as qualified as an
Intermediate interpreter or translator. Level 11 Is the standard to obtain the
certificate of HSK Advanced Grade A.
4. Requirements to obtain
the certificate of HSK Advanced:
(1) The candidate must secure
the total score required for the corresponding grade of the certificate .
(2) In the five subtests, the candidate must secure three of the four
subseores for listening, reading, composition and oral test required for the
corresponding grade. (3) Two of the five subscores may be lower than the
required minimum, (for the four subtests of listening, reading, composition and
oral, only one subscore may be lower than the required minimum for the
corresponding grade), but not lower than the required minimum scores for the
next lower grade. In such a case, the candidate can only be awarded a
certificate of a lower grade. (4) None of The five Subscoreg is allowed to
be lower than the bottom line under Grade C.
5. Components and
test length of HSK Advanced:
The total test length is 2 hours
35 minutes. HSK Advanced consists of three separately timed subtests:
120-item written test (objective ), composition and oral test. The 120-item test
is organized into three subtests: listening, reading and cloze. A variety of
objective question types will be used including multiple-choice, matching,
gap-filling and writing Chinese characters. The oral test takes the form of an
interview. During the time allowed for each section, examinees must work on that
section only, and are not permitted to work beyond the time limit for the
section. Examinees are also not permitted to turn to a section that has not been
announced or go back to a previous section.
The test is taken in this
order and timed as follows:
1) objective item 120 items 105 minutes
a) listening 40 items approximately 25 minutes b) reading first
section 15 items 15 minutes second section 25 items 25 minutes c) cloze
40 items 40 minutes After the 120-item written test, there is a 10-minute
rest break. Then a composition and oral test follow.
2) composition 30
minutes
3) oral test 20 minutes first stage preparation 10 minutes
second stage alk (recorded) 10 minutes
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