安徽省於年停考全國英語等級考試

Educational authorities in Anhui have confirmed that they would stop Public English Test System (PETS), a national English proficiency test, from 2017.

安徽省教育部門近日確認，將自2017年起停止全國英語等級考試(PETS)。

Anhui is the first to quit the system, with more regions expected to follow suit under a State Council plan to integrate the current PETS and CET English testing system into a new one by 2020.

安徽是第一個停止全國英語等級考試的省份，預計將有更多地區停止進行這項考試。根據國務院的一項規劃，2020年前，我國將把現行的全國英語等級考試和大學英語考試整合成一個新的考試體系。

China has about 300 million English learners who often face multiple, inconsistent English testing systems, said Liu Jianda, vice president of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

廣東外語外貿大學副校長劉建達教授表示，中國約有3億英語學習者，但各教學大綱缺乏連貫性，各類考試缺乏統一標準，存在種類繁多的英語考試。

The new system would correspond with international standards and set 9 grades for testers - Grade 1 and Grade 2 are desired for elementary school graduates, Grade 3 for junior high, Grade 4 for senior high, Grade 5 and 6 for university, Grade 7 for English majors and Grade 8 and 9 for exceptional talents, Lin Huiqing, vice minister of education, revealed at a symposium held last month.

教育部副部長林蕙青在上個月召開的一個研討會上透露，新的考試體系將與國際標準接軌，爲考生設置九個等級。一二級爲小學畢業生設置，三級對應初中生，四級對應高中生，五六級對應大學生，七級對應英語專業學生，八九級對應高端人才。

The standards for Grade 5, 6 and 7 would be first announced in 2017, she said.

她表示，五級、六級、七級的考試標準將首先於2017年公佈。

China currently has two English testing systems. PETS accepts testers regardless of age, occupation and origination. It's widely chosen by elementary and high school students and off-campus testers.

目前我國的英語考試分爲兩類：一是PETS，也就是全國英語等級考試，應試者不分年齡、學歷、戶籍等背景，多是中小學生和校外人員。

CET-4/6 tests are normally taken by college students. The test result sometimes serves as an important reference in recruitment.

另一個是CET-4/6，即四六級考試，主要應試者是大學生，該考試的結果有時作爲應聘的一項重要指標。