New Members limelicious Posted October 12, 2012 at 05:46 AM New Members Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 at 05:46 AM Hi everyone, I will be taking the level 5 exam in December. When I registered on the chinesetesting.cn website, I specified in the "notes" section to provide me with a test paper in traditional format. However, after reading through their websites, can someone please confirm that there are traditional formats available? If there is, does anyone know where i can find mock exams in tradition characters or good textbooks/ prep materials. And if there isn't..... How hard is it to learn simplified once you know traditional and, can I still write in traditional in the written portion or is it now using a pinyin/keyboard format? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTexas Posted October 13, 2012 at 04:14 PM Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 at 04:14 PM I've thought about how hard it would be to learn to read traditional/simplified if you didn't already know the other, and I'm not sure it would be that difficult. I would focus on the standard changes that appear a lot (for example, stuff like that seen 话/話 or 視/视). Then I would go down a list of the most common characters and memorize all the ones that look very different in each style, for example, 让/讓 ,为/爲, 医/醫. After that, you can practice reading simplified a bit. I never study or read traditional, but when I was in Macau I felt like I could still understand the captions on the historic sites just from knowing the standard radical changes, a few really common traditional characters and using context. So I think it's doable that you can pass HSK 5 in December if your other skills are up to par. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkhsu Posted October 14, 2012 at 03:19 AM Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 at 03:19 AM I would advise against taking the HSK 5 in simplified characters if you haven't had much exposure to them. The main reason is that I think your time is better spent preparing instead of trying to learn simplified in the next couple of months. I have been learning both at the same time with an emphasis on simplified and I can tell you that my reading speed with traditional characters is much slower than with simplified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweis Posted October 15, 2012 at 05:09 PM Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 at 05:09 PM That thread may be of interest: http://www.chinese-f...racter-version/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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