A Comparative Study Of The Intermediate Written Part Of French DELF Test And New HSK Test

Since the reform and opening up,China’s national strength has increased significantly,which is obvious to all countries in the world.More and more foreigners come to China to study,work and live,and the status of Chinese in the languages of the world has also been significantly improved.In this context,Chinese language proficiency testing has received more and more attention from teachers and researchers.After more than ten years of development and improvement,the new HSK test replaced the old HSK test and was launched in 2009,marking that China has entered a new stage of Chinese language testing as a foreign language.However,although the new HSK test has made great progress in all aspects,it still has many shortcomings compared with the well-developed well-known language tests in other countries and needs to be optimized.The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages plays a guiding role in the language testing of European countries,and it also plays a pivotal role in the world.The French DELF exam which based on the Common European Framework of Reference has a history of nearly 40 years.Over the years,it has become an important exam for test takers all over the world to verify their French proficiency.It has also been widely recognized worldwide.This article takes the new HSK test and the DELF test as the research objects,and takes the written test as an example.The three parts of the two parts of listening,reading,and writing are systematically compared from the four aspects of question type,material selection,structure and test site,and the comparison is made.As a result,absorb the advantages of the DELF test,better promote the development of the new HSK test,and put forward new suggestions for the Chinese language proficiency test.Chapter One mainly introduces the research purpose and significance of this article,the basis for the topic selection,summarizes the related theoretical results of language testing,and reviews the research status of the new HSK test and the comparative study of Chinese and foreign languages.The aspects of language testing that have research value,and the corresponding research methods are introduced.Chapter Two mainly provides a general introduction and overall comparison of the new HSK test and DELF test.This chapter starts with the examination situation of the two exams and the content and purpose of the two exams.It makes a detailed comparison and summary of the overall situation of the two exams from the four aspects of exam registration,exam format,exam structure,and exam results.Chapter Three "Comparison of the Listening Part of the New HSK Test and the DELF Test" starts with the two tests from four aspects: question type,material selection,structure and test sites,and extracts the listening questions of the two tests for analysis according to the requirements of the syllabus of the two tests.The comparison leads to the conclusion that the material selection of the two exams is focused on the personal and public domains;both exams require candidates to grasp the key words reproduced in the questions;the DELF exam has more abundant question types than the new HSK exam.The speed of speaking is also closer to daily life,and the authenticity of the corpus is higher;the new HSK test has a larger amount of questions and the subject matter is closer to life than the DELF test.The new HSK test can learn from the long-sentence,multi-question,and fast-speaking method of the DELF test.Chapter Four "Comparison of the Reading Part of the New HSK Test and the DELF Test" still starts from the four aspects of question types,material selection,structure and test sites,and compares and analyzes the reading questions.It is concluded that the new HSK test has a large amount of questions,many subjects to be investigated,and a variety of question types;the DELF test has a long language section,strong professionalism,and coexistence of subjective and objective questions.The new HSK test can learn from the long-term and subjective questions in the DELF test.Chapter Five "Comparison of New HSK Test and DELF Test Writing Part" adopts the same comparative perspective as Chapters 3 and 4,and compares the writing questions,and draws the conclusion: The new HSK exam has many types of questions,but is relatively simple and lacks.Practical writing part;DELF writing test is relatively complete,but the question type is low in flexibility.The new HSK test can learn from the question types of the essay writing in the DELF test and increase the difficulty of the test questions.Chapter Six "Conclusion" summarizes the common problems of the new HSK test in Chapters Three,Four,and Five,analyzes the reasons for them,and makes suggestions for them,and summarizes the limitations and deficiencies of this article.