College English Test Band 4 And 6

A national teaching examination administered by the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education. The test is mainly targeted at undergraduates or graduate students who have completed College English Level 4 according to the education syllabus. Preparations for the College English CET-4 and CET-6 standardized tests began at the end of 1986 and were officially implemented in 1987. The purpose of the CET-4 test is to promote the implementation of the college English teaching syllabus, objectively and accurately measure the English ability of college students, and serve to improve the teaching quality of college English courses in my country. The National Ministry of Education entrusts the “National College English Band 4 and Band 6 Examination Committee” (named “College English Band 4 and Band 6 Standardized Test Design Group” before 1993) to be responsible for the design, organization, management and implementation of the College English Band 4 and Band 6 examinations.

The College English Test is based on the two “College English Teaching Syllabus” for undergraduates in science and engineering and undergraduates in arts and sciences. It is a national unified single-subject standardized teaching organized by the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education (formerly the National Education Commission). The exam is divided into two types: College English Test Band 4 and Band 6 (CET-4) and College English Test Band 6 (CET-6). The results are announced and transcripts are issued in August or September after the exam every year. According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education, there is no passing line for the CET-4 and CET-6 exams. Those with a score of 425 or above in CET-4 can apply for CET-6, so it is generally believed that the passing line for CET-4 or CET-6 is 425. point. The total score of CET-4 and CET-6 is 710 points. Registration time: The test times for CET National English Test Band 4 and Band 6 are: June and December every year.

CET-4 and CET-6 were first taught by East China Petroleum Institute (now China University of Petroleum (East China)) An English proficiency test widely popular in schools.

In 1984, the Ministry of Education organized an English education seminar at China University of Petroleum. At that time, the school was holding an English proficiency test, which attracted the attention of the participants. Since then, the Ministry of Education has begun to promote English proficiency tests in colleges and universities across the country.

The first College English Test Band 4 was held in 1986.

In order to adapt to the new development situation of my country’s higher education, deepen teaching reform, improve teaching quality, and meet the country’s needs for talent training in the new era, the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education organized and formulated in early 2004 and started piloting it in some universities across the country. “Teaching Requirements for College English Courses (Trial)” (hereinafter referred to as “Teaching Requirements”). The “Teaching Requirements” stipulate that the teaching goals of college English courses are: to cultivate students’ comprehensive English application abilities, especially listening and speaking abilities, so that they can effectively communicate oral and written information in English in future work and social interactions. Since the “Teaching Requirements” began to be piloted in some colleges and universities across the country, teachers have actively participated in and cared about this reform, and made many useful attempts in various aspects such as teaching models, teaching methods, and use of teaching materials. Students participating in the pilot also generally reported that the new teaching concepts and methods have greatly improved their interest in learning English, enabled personalized learning, and improved learning efficiency.

To this end, the College English Test Band 4 and Band 6, which are the main means of identifying whether our country’s college students’ English proficiency meets the “Teaching Requirements”, must also be reformed accordingly to adapt to the new situation and make the test more relevant. Serve well in implementing the “Teaching Requirements”. Under the auspices and leadership of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, the College English Band 4 and Band 6 examination reform group and the examination committee have formulated the “National College English” Reform Plan for the CET-4 and CET-6 Examinations (Trial)”.

The College English Test Band 4 and Band 6 is a standardized test that serves teaching. Therefore, the direction of the examination reform is to maintain the scientificity, objectivity and fairness of the examination, while maximizing the positive guiding effect of the examination on college English teaching, that is, through the reform of the CET-4 and CET-6 examinations, guiding teachers and students Correctly handle the relationship between teaching and examinations, and use the CET-4 and CET-6 examinations more rationally so that the examinations can better serve teaching. The goal of the reform of the College English Test Band 4 and CET-6 is to more accurately measure the comprehensive English application ability of Chinese college students, especially the English listening and speaking ability, so as to reflect the requirements of social reform and opening up for the comprehensive English application ability of Chinese college students. Since the College English Test Band 4 and CET-6 is a very large-scale standardized test, the reform of the test needs to be forward-looking and feasible, and implemented step by step.

New College English Band 4 and Band 6 Examination Paper Structure

In terms of the language ability tested, the Level 4 exam in the pilot phase consists of the following four parts: 1) Listening comprehension; 2) Reading comprehension; 3) Cloze or error correction; 4) writing and translation.

1. The listening comprehension part is worth 35%; of which 15% is listening dialogue and 20% is listening essay. The listening dialogue part includes listening comprehension of short conversations and long conversations; the listening essay part includes multiple-choice essay comprehension and compound dictation.

2. The reading comprehension part is worth 35%; of which 25% is the careful reading part (Reading in Depth) and 10% is the speed reading part (Skimming and Scanning). The careful reading part is divided into: a) multiple-choice chapter reading comprehension; b) chapter-level vocabulary comprehension (BankedCloze) or short answer questions (ShortAnswerQuestions). The speed reading comprehension section tests skimming reading and reading abilities.

3. The score for filling in the blanks or correcting errors is 10%. The cloze part uses multiple-choice questions, and the error correction part requires identifying errors and correcting them.

4. The writing and translation parts are worth 20%; of which the writing part (Writing) is 15% and the translation part (Translation) is 5%. The writing genres include argumentative essays, expository essays, practical essays, etc. The translation part tests the Chinese-English translation ability at the level of sentences, phrases or common expressions.

Registration conditions:

　(1) The test subjects are limited to undergraduates or graduate students who have completed College English Level 4 in general colleges and universities with a four-year or above education program according to the education syllabus;

(2) College students or master’s students with the same level of education can register to take the exam at our school with the consent of their school;

(3) Students of evening universities or correspondence universities with the same level of study can register to take exams at our school with the consent of their respective schools;

Starting from the exam in January 2007, the College English CET-4 and CET-6 will no longer be open to social candidates, but will only be open to college students.

Registration method:

Participate voluntarily on a school basis and register collectively; if candidates are practicing out of town on the exam day, they should still register at their school;

After the registration deadline, registration will no longer be accepted.

Exam time

The written test is held once in June and December each year; the oral test is held before the written test, once in May and November each year. The CET-4 and CET-6 exams in the first half of 2018 will be held on June 16, and in the second half of the year, they will be held on December 15.

[English Level 4] The third Saturday of June and December every year 09:00-11:20

【English Level 6】The third Saturday in June and December every year 15:00-17:25

Writing

33 points – unclear organization, disordered thinking, fragmented language or errors in most sentences, most of which are serious errors.

39 points–Basically to the point. The expression of ideas is unclear and has poor coherence. There are many serious language errors.

45 points–basically relevant. In some places, the expression of ideas is not clear enough, and the text is barely coherent; there are quite a few language errors, some of which are serious errors.

57 points–to the point. The ideas are expressed clearly and the writing is coherent, but there are a few language errors.

67 points – to the point. Express your thoughts clearly and write fluently. The coherence is good, with basically no language errors and only a few minor errors.

Points will be deducted for insufficient text: 1 point is deducted for 100-119; 3 points are deducted for 90-99; 4 points are deducted for 80-89; 5 points are deducted for 70-79; 6 points are deducted for 60-69; 50- 7 points will be deducted for 59; 9 points will be deducted for less than 50.

Listening

There are 35 listening comprehension skills, including short dialogues, long dialogues, short text listening and short text dictation. Listening dialogue and essay listening have a total of 25 questions, each question counts as 1, a total of 25; essay dictation has a total of 11 questions, including 8 word dictation questions, and every 2 questions counts as 1; sentence dictation has a total of 2 questions, and each question counts as 2 , 10 in total.

Reading

There are 35 reading comprehension tests in total, including speed reading, chapter vocabulary or short sentence questions and answers, and chapter reading. There are 10 questions in total for quick reading, and each question counts as 1, for a total of 10; every 2 spaces for chapter vocabulary counts as 1, and there are 5 or 8 questions for short sentence questions, and each question counts as 1 or 0.625, for a total of 5. ; There are 10 questions in chapter reading, and each question counts as 2, for a total of 20 questions.

Comprehensive

There are 15 comprehensive tests in total, including Gestalt or error correction, and translation. There are 20 questions in total for Gestalt, and every 2 questions count as 1, for a total of 10; there are 10 questions for correction, and every 1 question counts as 1, for a total of 10; there are 5 questions for translation, and every 1 question counts as 1, for a total of 5.

The individual scores of the CET-4 exam are divided into four parts: listening (35%), reading (35%), cloze or error correction (10%), composition and translation (20%). The full scores for each individual report are: 249 points for listening, 249 points for reading, 106 points for translation, and 106 points for composition. The sum of the individual scores equals the total score (710 points)