<![CDATA[HSK - Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi]]>Thank you, lee_yl & slmkhoo.

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bebebub:
slmkhoo:

My Sec 3 daughter will be taking the HSK level 5 later this year. Any advice as to preparation? Any tips? How are the oral and writing components like? Thanks!


slmkhoo, how did the test go for your dd2? Care to share tips of how she prepare for the test back then?

My dd's school is encouraging the students to sit for the test. Dd has the option to take either level 5 or 6. We are unsure if she should sit for the test at all. Any idea if there are real advantage in taking the test? Dd thinks Level 6 is beyond her ability. Any disadvantage to opt for Level 5 instead?

Thanks in advance

Both my daughters have taken the HSK Level 5, one in 2014 and the other in 2015. We felt it was necessary for them as they have been exempted from Chinese having been educated overseas until 2013 (they did learn some Chinese there, but they were approx P3-4 standard when they were already in sec school!). We just wanted them to have a qualification that shows they have a basic grasp of the language (and it was a chance to \"force\" them to learn a bit more.) I got them to do some prep, including downloading the mobile app on their phones to learn more vocab. They didn't do that well, but good enough that they have the cert.

I actually don't think it's much use for students who are taking Chinese in school as the standard in school is higher. I would say no point really working for Level 6.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1764343https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1764343Wed, 29 Mar 2017 02:37:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HSK - Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi on Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:49:44 GMT]]>

bebebub:
slmkhoo:

My Sec 3 daughter will be taking the HSK level 5 later this year. Any advice as to preparation? Any tips? How are the oral and writing components like? Thanks!


slmkhoo, how did the test go for your dd2? Care to share tips of how she prepare for the test back then?

My dd's school is encouraging the students to sit for the test. Dd has the option to take either level 5 or 6. We are unsure if she should sit for the test at all. Any idea if there are real advantage in taking the test? Dd thinks Level 6 is beyond her ability. Any disadvantage to opt for Level 5 instead?

Thanks in advance

My DD2 took the HSK level 5 test, two weeks ago.

Prior to that, we didn't know much about HSK. So we didn't do much prep except going through with her some of the 100 questions sample paper which she brought back from school. Still waiting for her results. 😄

Her Chinese teacher told her if the results are good, it can be used to apply for scholarship later on. It is the one and only standardized Chinese proficiency test recognised by China.

Good to have when applying for Peking Uni (level 6) or Tsinghua (level 5) but I am not sure if applicable to Singaporeans students since we are already proficient in Chinese!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1764333https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1764333Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:49:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HSK - Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi on Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:05:07 GMT]]>

slmkhoo:
My Sec 3 daughter will be taking the HSK level 5 later this year. Any advice as to preparation? Any tips? How are the oral and writing components like? Thanks!

slmkhoo, how did the test go for your dd2? Care to share tips of how she prepare for the test back then?

My dd's school is encouraging the students to sit for the test. Dd has the option to take either level 5 or 6. We are unsure if she should sit for the test at all. Any idea if there are real advantage in taking the test? Dd thinks Level 6 is beyond her ability. Any disadvantage to opt for Level 5 instead?

Thanks in advance

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1764328https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1764328Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:05:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HSK - Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi on Sun, 18 Dec 2016 15:17:54 GMT]]>汉语水平考试，是汉语专业的水平测试，有助于汉语的提高。

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1740829https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1740829Sun, 18 Dec 2016 15:17:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HSK - Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi on Mon, 19 Oct 2015 03:07:48 GMT]]>Maybe try some tongue twisters, such as \"黑化肥会挥发。吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮\".

The http://www.hanbridgemandarin.com/course/chinese-language-course/hsk-test-preparation in hanbridge Mandarin school
Topics include:
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Vocabulary
Grammar

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1594003https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1594003Mon, 19 Oct 2015 03:07:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HSK - Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi on Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:45:27 GMT]]>

slmkhoo:
Apparently, according the notification sent out by the school, level 5 maps to Singapore P5 to Sec3 NCL! And Level 6 maps to Sec 3 HCL and above. So your son would have been at the lower end of the scale, and if he did well, his Chinese must be pretty good! My daughter doesn't know all that much Chinese, so I'm just wondering how she should prepare.

http://www.sherv.net/ for the information!

Errr....my son didn't do so well. I find the questions tough, too, because we do not speak Mandarin at the level that the Mainland Chinese do. So, they test terms that we seldom use. For a start, there are sample papers on the website. You may like to let your daughter try out the papers first.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1214503https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1214503Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:45:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HSK - Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi on Fri, 14 Feb 2014 04:55:43 GMT]]>

lovinglife:
汉语水平考试？What is this test about?

It's the Chinese equivalent of TOEFL - a test of Chinese for foreigners. You can google on it and find out more.

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qms:
slmkhoo:

My Sec 3 daughter will be taking the HSK level 5 later this year. Any advice as to preparation? Any tips? How are the oral and writing components like? Thanks!


Simkhoo, are there different types of tests? Do you know what is this Level 5 equivalent to? My boy is in P5 this year and he took the Level 5 test last year. Not that my boy's Chinese was fantastic but rather that was the option given by the school for all P4 students last year. So, wondering whether is the Level 5 test you were referring to the same as the Level 5 test that my son took last year. :scratchhead:

Apparently, according the notification sent out by the school, level 5 maps to Singapore P5 to Sec3 NCL! And Level 6 maps to Sec 3 HCL and above. So your son would have been at the lower end of the scale, and if he did well, his Chinese must be pretty good! My daughter doesn't know all that much Chinese, so I'm just wondering how she should prepare.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1214429https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1214429Fri, 14 Feb 2014 04:54:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HSK - Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi on Fri, 14 Feb 2014 03:41:17 GMT]]>汉语水平考试？What is this test about?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1214390https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1214390Fri, 14 Feb 2014 03:41:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HSK - Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi on Fri, 14 Feb 2014 03:36:39 GMT]]>

slmkhoo:
My Sec 3 daughter will be taking the HSK level 5 later this year. Any advice as to preparation? Any tips? How are the oral and writing components like? Thanks!

Simkhoo, are there different types of tests? Do you know what is this Level 5 equivalent to? My boy is in P5 this year and he took the Level 5 test last year. Not that my boy's Chinese was fantastic but rather that was the option given by the school for all P4 students last year. So, wondering whether is the Level 5 test you were referring to the same as the Level 5 test that my son took last year. :scratchhead:

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