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Language Proficiency Testing for Chinese as a Foreign Language: An Argument-Based Approach for Validating the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK)

By Florian Kaǧan Meyer

Book information

Publisher
Peter Lang GmbH
Year
2014
ISBN
363164891X, 9783631648919
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8724736 bytes)
Series
Language Testing and Evaluation 32
Edition
1st
Pages
349\354
Scanned
yes
Time added
2017-05-16 09:53:48
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Description

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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