Chinese as a Second Language Assessment

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK): Past, Present, and Future....Pages 3-19
The Development of the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL)....Pages 21-41
Assessing Chinese in the USA: An Overview of Major Tests....Pages 43-65
Developments in Research on Testing Chinese as a Second Language....Pages 67-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
How Ethnic Minority Students Perceive Patterns in Chinese Characters: Knowledge of Character Components and Structures....Pages 91-113
Developing a Word Associates Test to Assess L2 Chinese Learners’ Vocabulary Depth....Pages 115-140
Can Grammatical Knowledge Predict Chinese Proficiency?....Pages 141-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
What Standard and Whose Standard: Issues in the Development of Chinese Proficiency Descriptors in Singapore....Pages 159-181
Diagnostic Assessment of L2 Chinese Learners’ Reading Comprehension Ability....Pages 183-202
Exploring the Relationship Between Raters’ Personality Traits and Rating Severity in Writing Assessment of Chinese as a Second Language: A Pilot Study....Pages 203-223
Computer-Mediated Corrective Feedback in Chinese as a Second Language Writing: Learners’ Perspectives....Pages 225-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Developing a Speaking Diagnostic Tool for Teachers to Differentiate Instruction for Young Learners of Chinese....Pages 249-270
Self- and Peer Assessment of Oral Presentation in Advanced Chinese Classrooms: An Exploratory Study....Pages 271-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-293