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Exam Format: Chinese Language and Culture

Section Question Type and Knowledge/Skills Assessed Number of Questions and % Weight of Final Score Time
Section I Multiple Choice 70 questions 50% 1 hour and 20 minutes
Part A: Listening Rejoinders

Knowledge/skills:
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Using set phrases and social
    formulae; communicating opinion,
    attitude, intent
10-15 questions 10% 10 minutes

(Response time:
5 seconds per question)
Listening Selections

Sample Stimulus Types:
  • Announcement
  • Conversation
  • Instructions
  • Message
  • Report
Knowledge/skills:
  • Interpretive communication
  • Comprehension; inference; application of introductory cultural knowledge
15-20 questions 15% 10 minutes

(Response time:
12 seconds per question)
Part B: Reading Reading Selections

Sample Stimulus Types:
  • Advertisement 
  • Article 
  • Brochure
  • E-mail
  • Letter
  • Note
  • Poster
  • Sign 
  • Story
Knowledge/skills:
  • Interpretive communication
  • Comprehension; inference; application of introductory cultural knowledge
35-40 
questions
25% 60 minutes
Section II Free Response 4 tasks 50% 45 minutes
Part A: Writing Story Narration

Knowledge/skills:
  • Presentational communication
  • Narrating story as depicted by series of pictures
1 question 15% 15 minutes
E-Mail Response

Knowledge/skills:
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Reading; responding to request
1 question 10% 15 minutes
Part B: Speaking Conversation

Knowledge/skills:
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Participating in conversation by responding appropriately
6 questions 10% 4 minutes

(Response time:
20 seconds per question)
Cultural Presentation

Knowledge/skills:
  • Presentational communication
  • Describing and explaining significance of a Chinese cultural practice or product
1 question 15% 7 minutes

(Preparation time:
4 minutes

Response time:
2 minutes)



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