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Practice speaking Chinese to your teachers, classmates, friends or colleagues, and describe in Chinese your likes and dislikes; state your opinions in Chinese.
Familiarize yourself with the test format and content; such information is available on the official TOCFL website.
- Pay attention to the questions.
- Describe experiences familiar to you or related to your life. Note down key words on a piece of paper as talking points.
- Give clear and detailed answers that are to the point; if you hear “Why” in the questions, do provide reasons.
- Give examples to support your arguments when answering questions.
- Keep track of the time for responses/preparation; try to complete your answers within the allotted time.
- Be careful with accuracy in vocabulary and grammar; if you forget or do not know how to say certain phrases, find alternatives to express yourself.
- Content/Organization: The response has to fulfill the demands of the task and do not digress. The more developed the response is, the better.
- Delivery: Speech should be well-paced, with only some short pauses. Pronunciation ought to be correct and clear in general.
- Language use: The response should demonstrate effective use of grammar and vocabulary.
- Pointers on answering questions
- Have you fulfilled the demands of the tasks?
- Is your response clear and sustained?
- Is your use grammar correct?
- Is your use of vocabulary correct?
- Is your response appropriate and well-structured?
- Are you able to keep track of the time for preparation and response?
- Is your speech well-paced?
- Are there too many pauses in your response?
Level 2:
| Task Types |
Number of Items |
Time for Preparation |
Time for Responses |
Description |
test questions |
Tips |
Describing experiences |
2 |
50 sec |
1 min 40 sec |
Test-takers are asked to describe their learning experience or things familiar to them according to the contexts given by the questions. |
1. 請你介紹一位你的好朋友，比如說：他叫什麼名字、他是什麼樣的人等等。 |
1. Try to describe familiar or personal experiences. The response should be clear and to the point. |
| 2. 請問你喜歡住在熱鬧的大城市，還是喜歡住在安靜的鄉下?為什麼? |
2. Clearly state your preferences and support them with reasons. |
Describing a picture/video |
2 |
50 sec |
1 min 40 sec |
Test-takers are asked to describe the pictures or video clips on the screen. |
現在你會看到一段影片，這段影片會播放兩次，看完以後請你告訴我這段影片在說什麼。 |
Try to describe in detail what you see in the picture or video. Do not focus on your personal experience, and do not structure your response in the form of a dialogue. Try to add more information in your words to your response. Be clear and pertinent. |
Describing on-screen information |
1 |
50 sec |
1 min 40 sec |
Test-takers are asked to describe on-screen public notices such as class schedules, posters, itineraries, etc. |
現在你看到的是這一次全班要去動物園玩的計畫表，請你用自己的話跟班上的同學介紹一下這張計畫表。 |
Make announcements or describe information according to the contexts given by the questions. Pay attention to the demands of the tasks. Try to sustain your response, and mind details such as dates and time. |
Level 3:
| Task Types |
Number of Items |
Time for Preparation |
Time for Responses |
Description |
test questions |
Tips |
Describing experiences |
2 |
50 sec |
1 min 40 sec |
Test-takers are
asked to describe their personal experiences, incidents, dreams, according to the contexts given by
the questions. |
你覺得找工作的時候，哪些事情對你很重要？ |
Try to describe personal experiences and expressing your views. The response should be clear, detailed and to the point. |
Describing on-screen information |
1 |
50 sec |
1 min 40 sec |
Test-takers are
asked to describe
on-screen public notices such as two room-for-rent ads or itineraries, and then point out the differences. |
現在你看到的是這一次全班要出去玩的計畫表，可是因為天氣不好，所以做了一些改變，請你用自己的話，跟同學們清楚地說一次所有的計畫，並且提醒大家哪些地方做了改變。 |
Make announcements or describe information according to the contexts given by the questions. Pay attention to the demands of the tasks. Try to sustain your response, and mind details such as dates and time. |
Stating opinions |
3 |
1 min |
2 min |
Test-takers are
asked to express their views (e.g. reasons for disagreeing/
agreeing, or how to make choices) concerning the
issues given by the questions. |
我是一家公司的經理，最近我遇到一個麻煩的問題。上個禮拜，有兩個人到我的公司找工作，有一位是我的好朋友，今天，我的好朋友打電話給我，希望我能幫他得到這份工作，可是我覺得另外一位比較適合這份工作。我該怎麼做呢？請你給我一些建議。
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State your position, either agreeing or disagreeing on certain issues, and support it with reasons. Try to be clear and consistent with your response. |
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