简介：This app is a diagnostic test of pinyin prof... Laokang Pinyin Test老康考你拼音 应用说明 This app is a diagnostic test of pinyin proficiency for students of Chinese at all levels. Mastery of Pinyin is essential for learning Chinese. How good is yours? This free app gives you the answer in five minutes. Take it again and again as your study progresses, until you consistently score three stars.
In order to provide the most valid test of your pinyin level in the shortest time, Laokang Pinyin Test uses nonsense words in monotone. Your vocabulary level and ability with tones neither helps nor hurts your pinyin score.
The listening test plays 26 three-syllable words, one at a time. Type in the corresponding pinyin, then tap to advance to the next word. All the sounds of Chinese (what linguists call “phonemes”) are included at least twice. Your score is based on the percentage of sounds you have entered correctly (perfect score 100), minus a penalty point for each word which you could not enter within 10 seconds.
There are three slightly different versions of the test which use a different set of words. To measure your pinyin proficiency, you should take the best result from three tries. When you score three stars, your pinyin is fluent.
For the speaking test the same 26 three-syllable words are displayed in pinyin, and the user records them one at a time. After 26 words, you (or a classmate or teacher) grade the test by entering the pinyin for the words you just recorded (grading works just like the listening test).
If you are not happy with your Pinyin Test score, try "Laokang Pinyin Trainer" for iPhone and iPad.
Note: Laokang Pinyin Test does not attempt to perfect a student’s Chinese accent until it sounds native, rather it aims at measuring proficiency, the ability to distinguish all the phonemes (the basic distinctive units of sounds used in Chinese), and pronounce them all well enough to be understood.
