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Currently, 3 hours a day, 15 hours a week, Monday–Friday is the standard requisite for group classes in addition to an hour long weekly TOP (Test of Proficiency-Huayu) practice exam. Most recently MLC has also begun to expand its course curriculum by offering Taiwan's premier classes for HSK preparation ( Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi ).
The test consists of five sections: [1] [3] Reading 100 monosyllabic words to test pronunciation. (10%) Reading 100 polysyllabic words to test pronunciation. (20%) Reading out the correct form from several choices, to test vocabulary and syntax. (10%) Reading a 400-character passage to test fluency. (30%)
The HSK is administered solely in Mandarin and in simplified Chinese characters; however, if the exam is paper-based, the test-taker can choose to write the writing assignments in simplified or in traditional characters, at their discretion. [4] The test can be either paper-based or Internet-based, depending on what the specific test center offers.
The suggested number of course hours learning Mandarin Chinese required by overseas test-takers may need to be doubled. For example, the table indicates that Level 2 test-takers who take Mandarin Chinese courses in a Chinese-speaking country need to have completed 240–360 course hours.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of standardized tests that assess a person's language proficiency of a foreign/secondary language. Various types of such exams exist per many languages—some are organized at an international level even through national authoritative organizations, while others simply for specific limited business or study orientation.
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In 2010, 750,000 people (670,000 from overseas) took the Chinese Proficiency Test. [1] For comparison, in 2005, 117,660 non-native speakers took the test, an increase of 26.52% from 2004. [2] From 2000 to 2004, the number of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland taking Advanced Level exams in Chinese increased by 57%. [3]
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