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Language Proficiency Testing for Chinese as a Foreign Language

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How did the (old) Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) assess the Chinese proficiency of non-native speakers of Chinese? What inferences can be derived from HSK test taker scores, especially from Western test takers? How difficult is it to learn Chinese according to the HSK?

Thirty years of research have been synthesized into an argument-based approach for validating the most widespread test for Chinese as a foreign language. In addition, the author has analyzed the scores of a sample of over 250 German test takers in order to investigate how many hours German natives needed on average to study for reaching a specific HSK level. This work also extensively discusses validation theory for psychological testing, and it demonstrates how to put an argument-based approach to validation into practice.

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ISBN: 9783631648919
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Author: Florian Meyer
Publisher: Peter Lang AG
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 349 pages
Series: Language Testing and Evaluation
Genres: Language acquisition
Language: reference and general
Language teaching theory and methods
Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation
Literary studies: general
Psychology
Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages: Language learning

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