Although the HSK (Chinese level test) is mainly designed to evaluate the Chinese ability of foreigners, in recent years, more and more Chinese have also begun to pay attention to and participate in this test. So, what are the Chinese people’s feelings about the HSK test?

First of all, when talking about the difficulty of the HSK test, take the HSK level 6 as an example. The hearing part and composition part in the test questions are roughly equivalent to the level of third grade in primary schools in mainland China, and the reading part is close to the level of the fifth grade of elementary school. Essence Although such average difficulty does not seem to be high for the Chinese with a mother tongue in Chinese, it is a very challenging task for non -mother tongue. After all, a Chinese child has naturally learned Chinese in the mother tongue environment since birth. By the third grade of elementary school, he has accumulated a language experience for nearly 10 years.

However, the HSK test is not just a simple test of language knowledge. It also requires candidates to show a certain reaction speed, memory ability and logical thinking ability. In this regard, adults, especially adults who have received higher education, may be more advantageous due to their rich knowledge background and life experience.

It is generally believed that as long as the HSK level 4 exam is passed, candidates can conduct basic exchanges in daily life in China. However, according to some Chinese people who have participated in the HSK exam, although they can easily get full scores in the listening and reading section, it is difficult to achieve perfect performance in the writing part. In HSK’s writing test, even candidates with mother tongue are difficult to get full scores. Generally, it is very difficult to get a high score of about 90 points.

Judging from the real test questions provided on the official website of the HSK test, the difficulty of these questions is indeed similar to the Chinese test questions in the third grade of primary schools in Mainland China. This has once again proved that the HSK test is a challenging and practical language assessment tool for non -mother tongue.

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