li3wei1 Posted December 7, 2013 at 07:26 AM Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 at 07:26 AM I've been trying to find some way of comparing the UK Chinese GCSE with anything else, such as the HSK or the . Word lists, I've found vocab lists that look like there are around 2000-2500 words, but they're not numbered, and as they're classified lists there's probably some overlap. A character list would be helpful, This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages lists four kinds of GCSE, but I'm not sure which kind the Chinese is, and the relationship between the new HSK and the CEFR is disputed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChTTay Posted December 7, 2013 at 11:15 AM Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 at 11:15 AM I don't have an answer but this thread overlaps with yours kinda... http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/7706-hsk-basic-level/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmd Posted December 9, 2013 at 03:01 AM Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 at 03:01 AM If you can get a list of the characters or words used at GCSE level, you can paste them into the little analyser tool I wrote and see exactly how much overlap there is with HSK: http://hskhsk.pythonanywhere.com/hanzi If you get a copy of the GCSE lists to me I could write something like this, which compares the 2010 and 2012 HSK: http://hskhsk.pythonanywhere.com/hskwords20102012 There are up-to-date HSK Word and HSK Character lists as well on my little site. The HSK character lists are not published by Hanban, but they show the level that a given character is first used in one of the HSK words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted December 9, 2013 at 11:59 AM Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 at 11:59 AM The entire GCSE exam specification is online (for that exam board, at least, I'm not sure how the system works), complete with grammar and vocab lists. I couldn't spot any direct reference to CEFR or other standards, but it's got to be a pointer in the right direction. There's also past papers and sample answers, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li3wei1 Posted December 9, 2013 at 01:01 PM Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 at 01:01 PM Thanks, Roddy, your Google must be better than mine, I should upgrade. So it looks like about 1200-1300 words, possibly equivalent to HSK 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnevets Posted December 9, 2013 at 02:20 PM Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 at 02:20 PM Just comparing how many characters may give a false impression. You'd also need to take into account the difficulty of the sentences/grammar used, length of written texts, speed/length of the audio, and also the different types of question tasks and their relative difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted December 9, 2013 at 02:28 PM Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 at 02:28 PM Why is this in General Study Advice? We have an exams forum. I'm going to stick a topic up inviting recent HSK takers to have a shot at a GCSE practice exam, should be an interesting exercise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li3wei1 Posted December 10, 2013 at 07:46 AM Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 at 07:46 AM This site suggests that a GCSE grade of A or B is equivalent to one year of university study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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