CHINESE-LANGUAGE ORAL PROFICIENCY TEST HKC TO BE HELD IN MORE PLACES
A test designed to assess foreigners’ Chinese-language speaking proficiency will be held in more Chinese cities in June, after a trial test in two cities last year, the newly-established Oral Chinese Proficiency Test Commission (OCPTC) said Monday. Known as HKC, the computer-based test will be held twice a year, in June and December, in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing municipalities, Shandong, Fujian, Jiangsu and Hubei provinces, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The new test will complement the HSK test, a national standardized written benchmark for the Chinese language. The HKC test will help universities and companies assess students’ and employees’ language proficiency, as the HSK cannot detect test takers who read and understand Chinese but cannot speak it.
Source: Xinhua News
URL: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-04/26/c_13268310.htm
