tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842779.post113900885431200663..comments2023-04-03T21:19:33.487+12:00Comments on Crypticity's abound: Crypticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15224633655908680371noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842779.post-1139900259107989802006-02-14T19:57:00.000+13:002006-02-14T19:57:00.000+13:00In fact, without a trip to China or Taiwan to stud...In fact, without a trip to China or Taiwan to study, I'm pretty sure I'll be destroyed by this test. There is just so much vocabulary I don't know.<BR/><BR/>The reading requires you to skim - a skill I should be able to pick up as I taught it for English. Now I truly do know how my students feel. But you also have to write out the answer completely (no choices). For each question you have roughly a minute to read the question, skim, find the exact answer and write it in. That is a stretch.<BR/><BR/>Other sections are diabolically constructed with all of the multi-choice options either sounding the same or totally out of my lexicon...<BR/><BR/>And they have writing. I haven't written anything substantial in Chinese in ages. And speaking... Oh dear. <BR/><BR/>And it will be another rollercoaster exam - one section plowing into another, and into another till you cry for mercy.Crypticityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224633655908680371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842779.post-1139257555636764892006-02-07T09:25:00.000+13:002006-02-07T09:25:00.000+13:00Well, yes I am intending to do the level up but th...Well, yes I am intending to do the level up but there are reasons a cautious person may not.<BR/><BR/>First of all, I got a B grade (out of the three grades A/B/C). So technically I still have a lot of work to do in Intermediate.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, it is a rather large step up. There are more sections and many more skills and a required vocabulary that would be exponentially higher than the previous test.<BR/><BR/>But yes, I have secured a valid qualification so why not go crazy and throw myself upon mount improbable?Crypticityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224633655908680371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842779.post-1139218792665608362006-02-06T22:39:00.000+13:002006-02-06T22:39:00.000+13:00You have just done Intermediate, right? Why would...You have just done Intermediate, right? Why wouldn't you go on and do the next level?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18333626255181864272noreply@blogger.com