They tend to be weaker in the spoken language. Whenever I read out words like gong chang (factory), ganjue (feeling), canjia (participate) and get a student to explain what they are, they would not know how to respond.

• 他们的口语能力薄弱，我曾读出“gongchang（工厂）”、“ganjue（感觉）”、“canjia（参加）”几个词，问那位同学是什么意思，他们茫然不知。