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Posted on: Taking the HSK
July 4, 2008 at 4:14 PM

Thankyou, Xiaoanolga :) The sell-by date means that it's not worth my doing, at least not for a while..

Posted on: Taking the HSK
July 4, 2008 at 11:40 AM

I realise that HSK means manymany hours' HSK-specific preparation. But which level to be preparing for might be gaugeable from ones c'podding habits, maybe?

Auntie68 - I did GCSE Chinese :) but my main issue with it was the fact that the register of language seemed quite childish and very artificial/contrived. For me there was actually a lot of new vocabulary and characters, which is why I'm still glad I did it.

Posted on: Taking the HSK
July 3, 2008 at 9:15 PM

Could anybody comment on to what extent HSK's and Chinesepod's definitions of elementary, intermediate, advanced are equivalent? I mean, loosely. Obviosuly one is a test and one is (highly educational) fun and games.

I think I could use a quatifiable goal; it's between Chinese A-level and HSK level ? .