N.G.J.Z.[2015]No.13
According to the spirit of Opinion of Nanchang Institute of Technology on Making Training Program for Undergraduate Majors (revised in May 2014) (N.G.F.[2014]No.58), in order to objectively evaluate non-English major undergraduate students’ English proficiency and application ability of NIT, after the review and approval by NIT, it is decided to establish English proficiency test in NIT. The Management Methods are hereby formulated to guarantee the orderly test.
I. Organization and Leadership
NIT English Proficiency Test Organizing Committee is established, president in charge of teaching acts as Director and persons in charge of relevant functional departments and teaching units act as members. The Organizing Committee sets up test office, subordinated to Dean’s Office, specifically in charge of organizing the test. School of Foreign Languages shall be in charge of assignment and paper inspection.
II. Exam Objects
The exam objects are the undergraduate students of non-English major in NIT. The first exam for the students is arranged in the 2nd semester of the 1st academic year. Students passing the exam are unable to register for second exam. Those not passing the exam are able to register for the exam of their own accord.
III. Functions of Exam Result
The result of NIT English Proficiency Test is mainly used to
1. evaluate whether the English proficiency of the undergraduate students of non-English major reaches the conditions for the conferment of bachelor’s degree;
2. offset the semester assessment results of College English Reading, Writing and Translating (I), (II) and Audio-visual-oral English (I), (II);
3. Other matters stipulated by NIT.
IV. Scope and Type of Assignment
1. Scope of Assignment: the assignment of the test takes Course Teaching Requirements on College English (on Trial) of Ministry of Education. The contents include basic knowledge to be acquired for the study of College English as well as the skills in such five aspects as listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, especially the comprehensive language application ability.
2. Type of Assignment: The full score of the paper is 710 points. Specific paper structure, test contents, question type and score proportion are shown as below:
Paper Structure |
Test Contents |
Question Type |
Score Proportion |
Time of Test |
Writing |
Writing |
Essay Writing |
15% |
30 minutes |
Listening Comprehension |
Conversation Listening |
Short Conversation |
Multiple Choice |
8% |
30 minutes |
Long Conversation |
Multiple Choice |
7% |
Passage Listening |
Passage Comprehension |
Multiple Choice |
10% |
Passage Dictation |
Words and Phrases Dictation |
10% |
Reading Comprehension |
Words Comprehension |
Gap Filling |
5% |
40 minutes |
Long Article Reading |
Matching |
10% |
Reading in Depth |
Multiple Choice |
20% |
Translation |
Chinese-English Translation |
Paragraph Translation |
15% |
30 minutes |
Total |
100% |
130 minutes |
V. Test Procedures
1. Time of Registration: the 12th-13th weeks of every semester in principle
2. Time of Test: the 15th week of every semester in principle
3. Form of Test: closed-book written exam; the test lasts for 130 minutes.
4. Result Assessment: Students of non-arts major shall obtain 60% of the total score to pass the test; students of arts major shall object 50% of the total score to pass the test.
5. Result Announcement: The results will be uniformly announced by test office.
VI. Miscellaneous
1. The calculation of exam workload and invigilation workload shall be implemented as per relevant provisions of NIT, and the invigilation workload shall be checked by Dean’s Office and students’ teaching unit.
2. Please refer to the appendix for Sample Paper of NIT English Proficiency Test.
3. The Methods shall take effect since the students of Grade 2014.
4. The Methods are subject to the explanation by Dean’s Office.
May 5, 2015
