Preparation Guide for the National Public English Proficiency Test 1

Author: Sha Lijin
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: PETS (Public English Test System) is a social public English examination implemented by the National Education Examination Center with the assistance of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) in the UK. The medium- and long-term goal of PETS is to incorporate public English examinations at all levels and types across the country into the PETS framework, making it more standardized, authoritative, and comparable. To this end, the National Education Examination Center has conducted extensive preliminary preparations and sent a group of domestic item-setting experts to the University of Cambridge for specialized training. They worked together with British experts to discuss and determine all aspects of implementing PETS. The examination format of PETS was designed by Chinese and British experts based on the characteristics of English learners in China. It reflects the current international trends in large-scale English examinations while fully considering the question types of mainstream domestic examinations.