Will HSK change to 9 levels?

2015年起，孔子学院总部在数十名中外专家学者和中国国家语委的支持下，开始了新的标准研发。经过5年的努力，新的《汉语水平等级标准》诞生了，主要有三方面突破：一是体现汉语独特性，确定音节、汉字、词汇、语法的四维语言量化指标体系，以准确锚定学习者的汉语水平；二是根据汉语教学和学习进阶分为“初、中、高”的惯例，以及CEFR、ACTFL等国际语言标准分为初级、中级和高级三个阶段的习惯，结合海外学习者和HSK考试现状，将新的标准分为三等九级（如表1）。与HSK的考试要求相比，不仅增加了音节、汉字的项目要求，而且对词汇量，特别是高等7-9级的词汇要求有较大提高；三是借鉴广受认同的语言学习理论，特别是巴赫曼等的交际语言能力模型，结合汉语特点，对各等、级，采用语言量化指标、言语交际能力和话题任务内容3个语言水平维度和听、说、读、写、译5个技能维度，即“3+5”的新路径对学习者的汉语水平进行全方位、立体系统地描述（如图1）。

2015 Nián qǐ, kǒngzǐ xuéyuàn zǒngbù zài shù shí míng zhōngwài zhuānjiā xuézhě hé zhōngguó guójiā yǔ wěi de zhīchí xià, kāishǐle xīn de biāozhǔn yánfā. Jīngguò 5 nián de nǔlì, xīn de “hànyǔ shuǐpíng děngjí biāozhǔn” dànshēngle, zhǔyào yǒusān fāngmiàn túpò: Yī shì tǐxiàn hànyǔ dútè xìng, quèdìng yīnjié, hànzì, cíhuì, yǔfǎ de sìwéi yǔyán liànghuà zhǐbiāo tǐxì, yǐ zhǔnquè máo dìng xuéxí zhě de hànyǔ shuǐpíng; èr shì gēnjù hànyǔ jiàoxué hé xuéxí jìn jiē fēn wéi “chū, zhōng, gāo” de guànlì, yǐjí CEFR,ACTFL děng guójì yǔyán biāozhǔn fēn wéi chūjí, zhōngjí hé gāojí sān gè jiēduàn de xíguàn, jiéhé hǎiwài xuéxí zhě hé HSK kǎoshì xiànzhuàng, jiāng xīn de biāozhǔn fēn wéi sān děng jiǔ jí (rú biǎo 1). Yǔ HSK de kǎoshì yāoqiú xiāng bǐ, bùjǐn zēngjiāle yīnjié, hànzì de xiàngmù yāoqiú, érqiě duì cíhuì liàng, tèbié shì gāoděng 7-9 jí de cíhuì yāoqiú yǒu jiào dà tígāo; sān shì jièjiàn guǎng shòu rèntóng de yǔyán xuéxí lǐlùn, tèbié shì bāhè màn děng de jiāojì yǔyán nénglì móxíng, jiéhé hànyǔ tèdiǎn, duì gè děng, jí, cǎiyòng yǔyán liànghuà zhǐbiāo, yányǔ jiāojìnénglì hé huàtí rènwù nèiróng 3 gè yǔyán shuǐpíng wéidù hé tīng, shuō, dú, xiě, yì 5 gè jì néng wéidù, jí “3+5” de xīn lùjìng duì xuéxí zhě de hànyǔ shuǐpíng jìnxíng quán fāngwèi, lìtǐ xìtǒng de miáoshù (rú tú 1).

Since 2015, the Confucius Institute Headquarters has started the development of new standards with the support of dozens of Chinese and foreign experts and scholars and the Chinese National Language Commission. After 5 years of hard work, the new "Chinese Proficiency Level Standard" was born, with three major breakthroughs: First, it reflects the uniqueness of Chinese, and determines the four-dimensional language quantitative index system of syllables, Chinese characters, vocabulary, and grammar to accurately anchor learners Chinese proficiency level; second, the practice of being divided into "beginner, intermediate, and advanced" according to Chinese teaching and learning advancement, and the international language standards of CEFR, ACTFL, etc. are divided into three stages: primary, intermediate, and advanced, combined with overseas learners According to the current status of the HSK test, the new standard is divided into three levels and nine levels (see Table 1). Compared with the HSK test requirements, it not only increases the syllable and Chinese character project requirements, but also greatly improves the vocabulary, especially the advanced vocabulary requirements of grades 7-9; the third is to draw on the widely recognized language learning theory, especially It is Bachman's communicative language ability model, combined with Chinese characteristics, for each grade and level, using language quantification indicators, verbal communication ability and topic task content 3 language level dimensions and 5 skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating The dimension, the new path of "3+5", describes the learner's Chinese proficiency in a comprehensive and three-dimensional manner (Figure 1).