The Research On The Use Of The New HSK Vocabulary

With the trade of the international spread of Chinese, Chinese Hanban launchedthe“new Chinese proficiency test”in2009November. The new Chinese proficiencytest makes a significant reform in the examination grades and test structure.TheVocabulary is the key for controling the item difficulty and distinguishing the testlevel.Therefore, the research on the use of the new HSK vocabulary is of greatsignificance.This essay based on the words in HSK Level Six, using the method of frequencystatistics,makes a data analysis for the use of vocabulary in basic situation andvocabulary test at all levels. Besides, it also focus on the core of high frequency wordsand words beyond the vocabulary.It was found that there is a certain disconnectionbetween the vocabulary in the test paper and new HSK syllabus vocabulary.In the testpaper,not only the use rate of six levels of vocabulary is too low,but also the word inthe new HSK syllabus vocabulary is also used rarely. In addition,there are a lot ofwords beyond the vocabulary in test paper. At the same time,the quantitystandard,grade and the vocabulary included standard are unreasonable in new HSKsyllabus vocabulary.Based on the research, the author puts forward some suggestionsfor New HSK Level Six and new HSK syllabus vocabulary, hoping to be helpful forthem.