SAT II Chinese

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<p>Thanks for looking at this post.</p>

<p>I am Chinese and I moved from China to the US five years ago. However, when I took the Chinese SAT II last november I only got a 730, and I am really disappointed. I went into the test center confident of a 800, but apparently something went wrong... Should I take the test over again next november (I am a junior right now)? If I do, do you predict an increase to 800? I still use Chinese in my home.</p>

<p>Here's the breakdown:
Reading 66
Listening 78
Usage 80</p>

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<p>yeah, you tend to forget it really quick
my parents forced me to go to chinese school, and it did help me. i got 80 on everything except 78 on listening
you just gotta practice, just go to chinese school for a year or something
(i got 800)</p>

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<p>umm but its not like i forgot chinese or anything... i can read novels in chinese and understand all of them... is it just something about the test?</p>

<p>also, are there prep books or practice tests for it?</p>

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<p>omg u got 78 on listening and still an 800?why i got 78 but a 790........
i think if u speak chinese, u can basically get them all right, EXCEPT: the tape is unclear, u dont feel good on the test date, u are so reckless(like me), or the test is graded wrong.</p>

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<p>collegeboard has a SAT prep book, and it has 1 set of practise for each subject, which include chinese</p>

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<p>well yeah, i know about the collegeboard one, but are there any more practice tests?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>It may be that your fluent Chinese is too colliquial or dialectal for the proper, straight Chinese taught in schools.</p>

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<p>sera: lol my curve was prolly higher
the listening is so annoying cuz u totally forget what they just said...-_-</p>

<p>anyway, i dont kno but the only thing it looks like u need to work on is reading
so...</p>

<p>i got practice stuff frm my chinese school. i have no idea where my teacher gets that stuff</p>

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<p>I have a full practice book with 5 complete practice tests, and this came from the local Chinese school. The company that publishes it is Long-Win, and it seems they do a yearly edition.</p>

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<p>well most likely if you are from china, you should not have any problems with the chinese portion. I suspect your english isn't good enough to understand the questions. It is somewhat idiotic to think that the problem is that a person only knows colloquial or "slang" Chinese, which does not really exist.
Solution:
Learn more english especially with regard to SAT questions.
Don't be arrogant and take the test casually. Check and check again. </p>

<p>I hardly speak chinese with my parents and haven't really studied Chinese except when I was really small. The only real Chinese experience I have is watching the occasional Chinese tv show. The level of chinese needed is about 1st grade level.</p>

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<p>I don't think my English is the problem though, seeing how I'm currently in AP English. I guess I just need to be more careful next time...</p>