China-Australia special color
-On-the-spot report of Chinese and Australian schools attending the "green channel" of famous foreign schools
Dahe Daily reporter Chen Xiuhua Zhou Guangxian (2005-7- 1 1)
Can foreign universities, especially famous foreign universities, charge for study? Recently, the Ministry of Education issued an early warning for studying abroad, and five private schools, including Toronto, were blacklisted. The credits provided by these five black schools are invalid, and China students studying here are disqualified.
So, through what channels should children enter famous foreign schools? What problems should children pay attention to when studying abroad ... With these questions, the reporter visited Zhengzhou Sino-Australian (International) School, the first Sino-foreign cooperative high school approved by the government in our province. The advice given by President Liu of the school is that foreign universities, especially famous universities, have a high threshold. If you want to study abroad, you must pass the international college entrance examination. Don't choose a school that only cares about making money, even if you pay, you will not hesitate to issue false materials illegally. ...
Famous universities have high thresholds.
Zhengzhou Sino-Australian (International) School is a school that specializes in training talents for famous international schools, and it is also the first Sino-foreign cooperative high school approved by the provincial government in our province. Since the establishment of 1999, the school has been committed to the curriculum education of all-English international high schools. Over the past six years, it has trained 1500 talents for British, Australian, New Zealand and other Commonwealth countries, as well as 104 international famous schools in Canada and the United States, and 85% of the students have been admitted to world famous schools.
President Liu of the school told reporters that to apply for admission to prestigious schools in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, IELTS English must reach at least 6 points, and some prestigious schools even require IELTS test to reach 7 points. In other words, children have to listen, speak, read, write and communicate in English. However, under the domestic examination-oriented education system, it is difficult to achieve such results.
For a long time, Chinese students have been focusing on stress, light writing, light listening and light speaking. Although children learn English early and have time, the effect is not good and slow. In dealing with the written English test, most of the students' grades are passable, even high scores. But when it comes to the listening and speaking exam, the children are deaf and have a bad mouth, let alone communicate freely with foreigners. The embarrassment of China students' "deaf-mute English" no longer exists in Zhengzhou Sino-Australian (International) School, which teaches in English.
Zhengzhou Sino-Australian (International) School introduced the IELTS international language testing system at the beginning of its establishment, becoming the first professional IELTS academic English teaching and research institution in Central China. According to the admission standards of foreign universities, the school regards IELTS as the compulsory content of English teaching in senior high schools. The school's unique set of teaching methods will benefit children who enter the school for life.
Junior high school graduates have passed Grade 4 for half a year.
"Junior high school graduates enter Zhengzhou Sino-Australian (International) School, and after half a year of intensive training, their English can reach CET-4." President Liu said. The reporter expressed doubts, but what he saw and heard later made the doubts in the reporter's heart disappear.
In the summer English class on the second floor of the school, ten small desks stand opposite each other, and 10 children hold their own small textbooks. There are sentences written by children themselves, cartoons drawn by them and color photos taken by foreign teacher Petter in the small textbook. The children are gesturing to introduce "my family ly", "Myscho o l L" and "My Friend N D D" to the opposite table in English .................................................................................................................................. Pete patted Yang Guang, a Pingdingshan student, on the back and repeatedly praised: "Verygo o d!"
After class, the children turned on the TV in the classroom, and all the English cartoons aroused their great interest. Yang Guang told reporters that watching English movies at night was Finding Nemo last night. Yang Guang also quietly told reporters: "Speak actively in class, and the teacher will also award chocolate!"
Zhengzhou Sino-Australian (International) School has carefully selected more than a dozen professional foreign teachers to ensure that more than a dozen children have one foreign teacher. The all-English language environment allows children to speak English generously and develop the habit of seeing, speaking, reading, writing, understanding and thinking in English. This is, of course, incomparable to pure English classroom learning surrounded by mother tongue. English courses in this school are subdivided into listening, speaking, reading, writing and communication, and 80% of the courses are completed by professional foreign teachers.
The school also introduced the original English textbooks from Oxford University to ensure that English teaching is in sync with the international situation. The IELTS scores of students in grade 10 (Grade 1) in this school reach 4.0 ~ 4.5 (CET-4 in China); 1 1 Grade (Grade 2) IELTS reaches 5.0 ~ 5.5, which completely removes the language barrier for children to study abroad.
Overall plan of preparing for foreign famous brands in senior high school
Different from the domestic education system, China children have to go through the general certificate of education advanced level examinations to enter famous schools in Commonwealth countries such as Australia. Zhengzhou Sino-Australian (International) School prepares for the entrance examination of international universities, and carefully designs different teaching courses such as liberal arts, science and business for children. In the first year of matriculation, the IELTS score is above 4.0 ~ 4.5. Besides English, mathematics, science (basic courses of physics, chemistry and biology), business and social environment should be studied in English. After taking formal courses in the second and third years, if the IELTS score is above 5.0, you need to choose five more courses as the future college entrance examination courses, including physics, chemistry, biology, applied mathematics, calculus, economics, accounting, information system and so on.
Zhengzhou Sino-Australian (International) School's high-standard curriculum is completely in line with world-famous universities, paving a "green channel" for China students to contact world-famous universities. The school's achievements made the Western Australia Curriculum Committee formally set up the first university entrance examination center in this school this year.
Special children have more opportunities.
The entrance examination for international universities is divided into compulsory courses and elective courses. IELTS English and applied mathematics (or calculus) are compulsory courses; Other courses can be chosen according to children's interests and specialties. After students complete the first-year courses in international senior high schools, the school carefully designs courses according to each student's interests, specialties and the future career development direction of their children, which plays a key role in students' good grades.
It is understood that 50% of Australia's "College Entrance Examination" results come from the usual grades of courses in 12 grade, and its calculation contents include daily homework, tests, experiments, papers and so on. The final exam results only account for 50%. Every Chinese and Australian student knows that grades are very important. Studying hard and getting good grades at ordinary times is equivalent to stepping into the threshold of an international famous school.
Feel Zhengzhou China-Australia
"There are ten people in a class, and the foreign church listens attentively to us at the desk and corrects the incorrect pronunciation." Sun Yinggang, a 0/3-year-old girl from Xinxiang/KLOC, was scared when she first met a foreigner with a big nose. In just three days, Sun Ying has been able to communicate with foreign teachers. No, there were no photos in the "textbook" made by the little girl during the recess. P e t t e r took a picture of Sun Ying, and the little girl smiled into a flower. "Do everything possible to make children excited in class, which is the key for children to learn English well!" President Liu said this.
When leaving the school at the end of the interview, the reporter happened to meet Li Xiaofan and Ma Yucheng who came from Luoyang to consult the school. They read about the "1+2" fast international university course for high school graduates in Dahe Daily, and came here for consultation.
Come and see the school, and you will get something.