Study and Application of HSK Exam Simulation Media
Darmanto
1
, Yulius Hari
2
, Budi Hermawan
3
, Endang Sulistyowati
4
{darmanto2@hotmail.com
1
, yulius.hari.s@gmail.com
2
}
Universitas Widya Kartika, Indonesia
1, 2, 3
Universitas Kartini, Indonesia
4
Abstract. Along with the economic development in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era, the
ability to speak Mandarin is a necessity both in the world of business and education. In the
Chinese language field, obtaining HSK Certification as a stimulant for students to improve
their academic qualifications. Similarly, it is not uncommon for workers or prospective
employees to seek certification to improve their professionalism. Various high school or
university with mandarin language competency requires students to pass the HSK
certification exam at a certain level. The emergence of a combination of innovative products
in the field of Electronics and Information Technology has been the driving force behind
the development of an application of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) as a supporting
medium to support the preparation of the HSK exam. The local application created is
expected to complement the media available at the Google Play digital store. Specifically,
this media was tested as an exam simulation application for Nurul Jadid Probolinggo high
school students and Mandarin study program students at Widya Kartika University, which
required students and students to pass HSK levels 4 and 5. Based on student or student
responses, this application was quite significant as a supporting medium. paper-based or
online HSK exam preparation.
Keywords: HSK, Foreign Language Learning, Learning Media
1 Introduction
Mandarin is one of the official languages set by the United Nations (UN) organization.
Nowadays, Mandarin has become very important and has become the second international
language after English. Along with the economic development in the Industrial Revolution 4.0
era, the ability to speak Mandarin became a necessity both in the world of business and
education. Mandarin is not only useful in business matters, but many other things too. The
Mandarin competency test, also known as the HSK which stands for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi,
was initiated by the Chinese Hanban, to provide information about one's Mandarin competence.
This test is the result of collaboration of experts from China and from outside China by involving
experts in the discipline of Mandarin Language Teaching, Linguistics, Psychology and
Education [1].
In learning Mandarin, get HSK Certification as a stimulant for students, students or
employees to improve their competency qualifications. According to the main needs in the
Business World and the Industrial World, someone with Mandarin language skills has the
competitiveness to seize available employment opportunities. Getting to know someone's
abilities and skills in Mandarin language can be proven among them by the HSK certification
obtained from the results of passing the HSK test. This HSK certification has an equivalent
function to the TOEFL & IELTS test for English. This certificate shows valid recognition of
STRUKTURAL 2020, December 30, Indonesia
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DOI 10.4108/eai.30-12-2020.2311281