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Abstract

(hereinafter called are a multi-lingual framework mainly based on the language proficiency development of several European languages. Little consideration is given to the peculiarity of Chinese. Efforts are made to assess the validity of the descriptors in in comparison with (hereinafter called . A total of five parameters from that are not compatible with have been selected and two questionnaires compiled by the authors are answered by local American Chinese language teachers to evaluate the validity of these descriptors. The study shows that the descriptors in are more valid in differentiating language proficiency levels of Chinese. In accordance with this study, some revisions and amendments should be made to .

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