Business Chinese Test (BCT), an international standardized test of Chinese language proficiency, assesses non-native Chinese speakers’ abilities to use the Chinese language in real business or common working environments. BCT is divided into writing and oral tests, which are independent to each other. The writing test consists of two levels, namely, BCT (A) and BCT (B). BCT (Oral iBT) belongs to Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) and is conducted via the Internet.
The BCT (A) is an international, standardized test in Chinese language proficiency that focuses on testing non-native Chinese speakers’ abilities to use the Chinese language in real business or common working environments. This test aims to recreate actual situations in the workplace and takes practical content for communications as the method of examining test takers’ abilities to use Chinese to meet their needs in a working environment.
- Test Structure
The BCT (A) contains 70 questions and consists of three parts: listening, reading and writing.
Test Item
Number of Questions
Duration of Test (minutes)
Write down personal information (before the listening section starts)
5
1. Listening
Section One
10
30
About 20
Section Two
10
Section Three
10
2. Reading
Section One
10
30
30
Section Two
20
3. Writing
10
10
Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet (after the listening section)
5
Total
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70
About 70
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Reference Vocabulary
The BCT (A) has set up a reference vocabulary of 600 words according to language competence, can-do statements, word frequencies of various authoritative Chinese corpora, and the actual state of international Chinese language teaching.
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Score System
The BCT (A) score report records a test taker’s sub-test scores and the total score, without setting a passing score. The report will also provide competence descriptions for all levels of test takers.
The BCT (A) test paper consists of three sub-tests: listening, reading and writing, with a total score of 300 points. Its score system is shown in the table below:
Listening
Reading
Writing
Total
Number of questions
30
30
10
70
Maximum score of sub-test
100
100
100
300
The BCT (B) is an international, standardized test in Chinese language proficiency that focuses on testing non-native Chinese speakers’ abilities to use the Chinese language in real business or common working environments. This test aims to recreate actual situations in the workplace and takes practical content for communications as the method of examining test takers’ abilities to use Chinese to meet their needs in the workingenvironment.
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Test Structure
The BCT (B) contains 92 questions and consists of three parts: listening, reading and writing.
Test Item
Number of Questions
Duration of Test (minutes)
Write down personal information (before the listening section starts)
5
1. Listening
Section One
20
50
About 35
Section Two
15
Section Three
15
2. Reading
Section One
20
40
60
Section Two
10
Section Three
10
3. Writing
2
40
Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet (after the listening section)
5
Total
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92
About 145
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Reference Vocabulary
The BCT (B) has set up a reference vocabulary of 4000 words according to language competence, can-do statements, word frequencies of various authoritative Chinese corpora, and the state of international Chinese language teaching.
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Score System
The BCT (B) score report records a test taker’s sub-test scores and the total score, without setting any passing score. The report will also provide competence descriptions for all levels of test takers.
The BCT (B) test paper consists of three sub-tests: listening, reading and writing, with a total score of 300 points. Its score system is shown in the table below:
Listening
Reading
Writing
Total
Number of questions
50
40
2
92
Maximum score of sub-test
100
100
100
300
The BCT (Oral iBT), a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT), is an international, standardized test in Chinese language proficiency that focuses on testing non-native Chinese speakers’ abilities to use the Chinese Oral language in real business or common working environments, and that evaluates the language tasks they are able to complete. Following the principle of practicality, oriented towards speaking and listening, and emphasizing abilities in the workplace, this test aims to recreate actual situations in the workplace and takes practical content for communications as the method of examining test takers’ abilities to use Oral Chinese to meet their needs in the working environment conducted via Internet, according to their characteristics and occupation.
- Test Structure
Test Item
Number of Questions
Duration of Test (minutes)
Section 1
4
2
Section 2
4
2
Section 3
3
5
Section 4
3
5
Section 5
1
6
Login, Volume Adjustment, Questionnaire
(Ahead of the Test)
5
Total
15
25
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Reference Vocabulary
The BCT (Oral iBT) has set up a reference vocabulary of 4000 words according to language competence, can-do statements, word frequencies of various authoritative Chinese corpora, and the state of international Chinese language teaching.
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Score System
The BCT (Oral iBT) score report records a test taker’s sub-test scores and the total score, without setting any passing score. The report will also provide competence descriptions for all levels of test takers.
The BCT (Oral iBT) test paper consists of five sub-tests, with a total score of 500 points. Its score system is shown in the table below:
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Total
Number of questions
4
4
3
3
15
Maximum score of sub-test
80
100
120
120
80
500