Public English Test System
ThePublic English Test System(PETS;simplified Chinese:Toàn quốc công cộng anh ngữ đẳng cấp khảo thí;traditional Chinese:Toàn quốc công cộng anh ngữ đẳng cấp khảo thí;pinyin:Quánguó Gōnggòng Yīngyǔ Děngjí Kǎoshì) is a test developed by theNational Education Examinations Authority(NEEA) ofMainland China.The PETS is the edition of theQuanguo Waiyu Shuiping Kaoshi(WSK)for the English language.[1]It is available in five levels: PETS-1 through PETS-5.[2]PETS testing is open to persons of all professions, ages, and academic backgrounds.[3]
The tests were designed in 1996 as a way to test persons outside of the college and university system; theUniversity of CambridgeLocal Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) gave professional and technical support to the development.[4]In 1999 pilot tests of the PETS occurred in several cities. The first mass-offering of the PETS was in 2003.[3]
The testing levels are:
- PETS-5: Advanced level,[5]sufficient for studying and/or working outside of China,[6]sufficient for equivalent to an English major at a Chinese university after two years of studying English.[5]
- PETS-4: Upper intermediate level, equivalent to that of a non-English major student at a Chinese university after three years of studying English.[5]
- PETS-3: Intermediate level, equivalent to that of a non-English major student at a Chinese university after two years of studying English.[5]
- PETS-2: Lower intermediate level, equivalent to that of a student entering university in China.[5]
- PETS-1: Elementary level,[5]equivalent to completion of three years of English instruction, or what someone would have at the junior high school level.[7]
There is also a PETS-1B, which is below PETS-1.[3]
See also[edit]
- College English Test(CET)
- English education in China
- General English Proficiency Test(the test in Taiwan)
References[edit]
- Liu, Jianda ( lưu kiến đạt;[8]Guangdong University of Foreign Studies). "The Public English Test System" (Chapter 10). In: Cheng, Liying and Andy Curtis.English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner.Routledge,March 17, 2010.ISBN1135213879,9781135213879. Start: p.132.
Notes[edit]
- ^"Thủ hiệtArchived2015-03-12 at theWayback Machine."Quanguo Waiyu Shuiping Kaoshi.Retrieved on March 13, 2015. "Toàn quốc ngoại ngữ thủy bình khảo thí ( WSK ) thị vi liễu giám định phi ngoại ngữ chuyên nghiệp nhân viên đích ngoại ngữ thủy bình nhi thiết trí đích khảo thí, kỳ thành tích chủ yếu dụng vu tuyển bạt quốc gia công phái xuất quốc lưu học nhân viên. Toàn quốc ngoại ngữ thủy bình khảo thí thiết anh ngữ ( PETS-5 ), pháp ngữ (TNF), đức ngữ (NTD), nhật ngữ (NNS) hòa nga ngữ (ТПРЯ) ngũ cá ngữ chủng."
- ^"English."Public English Test System. Retrieved on March 13, 2015.
- ^abcWu, Mei, p. 48.
- ^Liu, Jianda, p.133.
- ^abcdefLiu, Jianda, p.135.
- ^Liu, Jianda, p.134-135.
- ^Liu, Jianda, p.134.
- ^"Lưu kiến đạt."[dead link](Archive) National Key Research Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics ( ngoại quốc ngữ ngôn học cập ứng dụng ngữ ngôn học nghiên cứu trung tâm ),Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.Retrieved on March 15, 2015.
External links[edit]
- Public English Test System(in Chinese)
- China Public English Test System (PETS), Levels 1-5: Level Criteria, Test Specifications and Sample Materials.National Education Examinations Authority,1999.See profile atGoogle Books.
- "Các loại ngữ ngôn kiểm định chứng chiếu đẳng cấp đối chiếu biểu"-National Kaohsiung First University of Science and TechnologyCenter for Language Education ( ngữ ngôn giáo học trung tâm ) - Comparison chart between different English and other foreign language tests.