Learning Chinese the Chinese way

[Francis Hult]

Asia One Education

 

Learning Chinese the Chinese way

 

When South Korean student Yi Da Hye came to China in 2004, she could speak a smattering of Mandarin but struggled with sentences and could write only a few Chinese characters.

 

After five years of drilling for the state-run Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) or 'Chinese Proficiency Test' here, the 27-year-old has been certified as an 'Advanced' student of the language and is sharp enough to major in Chinese at the elite Peking University.

 

Full story:

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100103-189341.html

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