Language Proficiency Testing for Chinese as a Foreign Language : An Argument-Based Approach for Validating the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK)
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Language Testing and Evaluation
ISBN-10
363164891X
ISBN-13
9783631648919
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 27th, 2014
Print length
349 Pages
Weight
562 grams
Dimensions
22.00 x 15.70 x 2.90 cms
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Language acquisitionLanguage teaching theory & methodsLiterary studies: general
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How did the (old) Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) assess the Chinese proficiency of non-native speakers of Chinese? 30 years of research have been synthesized into an argument-based approach for validity for the HSK, finally yielding into an argument about the validity of the most widespread language proficiency test for Chinese as a foreign language.
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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