On Validity and Improvement Strategies of Proposition in Putonghua Test

摘要

In the Putonghua Test, the proposition is crucial in determining the subjects' Putonghua level. But the design of proposition is defectiveness. the subjects are in front of the computer without communication object and not in the communication field, just one-way talking for three minutes. Such talk is very few in daily life and also lacks practical communicative functions. The method is not consistent with the purposes and can't really reflect the participants' Putonghua level of speaking. This part should be improved in the computer environment to create a way of dialogue, and each topic should be designed into smaller topics, and each of them would be elaborate designed focusing on pronunciation and vocabulary, grammar and fluency in man-machine dialogue mode. Thus the whole testing process is controllable and close to the natural dialogue avoiding the back draft, rigid tone, and poor oral and so on.