STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE "FIND THE INCORRECT SENTENCE" QUESTION TYPE IN HSK LEVEL 6

Phước Lộc Nguyễn , Trạch Nam Triệu

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In the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK), the question type of "Find the Incorrect Sentence" comprehensively examines the candidates' knowledge of Chinese grammatical structure, semantic logic, and vocabulary comprehension and use. This type of question type is designed for advanced learners and is specifically reflected in the first part of the HSK Level 6 Reading. This study uses the HSK Level 6 real test set as the expected source, and conducts a preliminary discussion on the design and arrangement of the faulty sentence finding question type in the reading part, the difficulty of the question type, the proportion of faulty sentence types, and other issues. Finally, it is concluded that the design and arrangement of the HSK Level 6 "Find the Incorrect Sentence" question type basically follows the order of easy first and difficult later, the comprehensive difficulty of the question type is relatively large, and the proportion of different types of sentences varies greatly. This article also offers teaching strategies to overcome this question type.

 

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