A Research On HSK-related Apps Based On IOS Platform

With the rapid development of Chinese economy,the "Chinese fever" has continued to heat up.With the vigorous promotion of the national Hanban(now the Center for Language Education and Cooperation),Confucius Institute and Confucius Classroom are booming,and more and more people are becoming one of the Chinese learners.HSK,as a Chinese Proficiency Test for non-first language Chinese learners,not only proves learners’Chinese proficiency,but also is one of the basic conditions for foreign students to study in China,so the number of HSK Applicants is increasing year by year.In modern society,the development of science and technology is pushing the change of learning methods.Besides the traditional classroom teaching mode,students’ autonomous learning has been paid more and more attention,and mobile learning Apps has been gradually concerned.At the beginning of 2020,due to the outbreak of COVID-19,both teachers and students began to try online learning,and the use of mobile Apps increased greatly.In this case,HSK related Apps are also emerging.The status quo of HSK related Apps,the extent to which they have developed,whether they can meet the needs of users,how to develop in the future,and so on,all these questions need to be discussed.This paper takes 125 HSK-related Apps on iOS platform as the research object.The first chapter gives a general overview of these Apps,and makes a macro analysis of their categories,scoring,development and charging.The second chapter constructs a set of evaluation system,including 3 first-class indicators and 17 second-class indicators.Based on these indicators,24 representative Apps are evaluated.The third chapter investigates the use of HSK-related Apps and their feelings,and makes a statistical analysis of the results;the fourth chapter evaluates and analyzes eight typical IELTS-related Apps,and summarizes their reference significance to HSK-related Apps;On the basis of the advantages and disadvantages of HSK-related Apps,the fifth chapter puts forward four improvement suggestions based on SWOT analysis,and the function of a comprehensive HSK-related App is idealized.