For high school students with weak English foundation and unsatisfactory grades, English is a stumbling block to the college entrance examination and will open a big gap. So, what can be done to help these students?

According to the data of previous college entrance examinations in Taizhou, 27% of the total number of students scored below 70 in English in the college entrance examination. The average score of students with good English is above 1 10, which is a huge gap.

Ye Jianguo, a lecturer at Zhejiang Gongshang University and a master of psychology at Zhejiang University, said: "If English is pulled away by others for thirty or forty minutes or forty or fifty minutes, it will be difficult for others to catch up. This forty or fifty points means that it may be the focus and three books, which may be the difference between public undergraduate courses and specialties. "

For these students, English is undoubtedly a "roadblock" on their way to college. However, what many students and even teachers don't understand is that the foreign language in the basic examination part of the college entrance examination is not just English. As a stumbling block, English can actually be avoided.

Ye Jianguo, a master of psychology at Zhejiang University and a lecturer at Zhejiang Gongshang University, is the chief consultant of Geili Education: "What are the brackets for foreign language scores, including English, Japanese, French, German, Russian and Spanish? Six languages, you can take the college entrance examination, and your score is equivalent to English. Directly after a few minutes, it is included in the college entrance examination results. "

In teacher Ye's view, among these languages, Japanese is the most suitable language to replace English college entrance examination. There are many similarities between Chinese and Japanese, and getting started is relatively simple. Moreover, the vocabulary requirements for candidates are low, and the test questions are not as difficult as English.

Ye Jianguo, a master of psychology at Zhejiang University and a lecturer at Zhejiang Gongshang University, is the chief consultant of Geili Education: "His test paper is very simple. Some experts say that the Japanese test paper for the college entrance examination is the difficulty of the English test paper for the senior high school entrance examination. "

In 20 13, eight students in Taizhou chose Japanese instead of English in the college entrance examination and achieved good results.

Ye Jianguo, a master of psychology at Zhejiang University, a lecturer at Zhejiang Gongshang University, and the chief consultant of Geili Education: "From the perspective of (English) listening, the listening scores of these eight students are 13.5 17.5. If the non-listening part is added to their grades, they may get an average score of 50 points. However, in his Japanese college entrance examination, the students with the highest score got 130. The lowest score is 82 and the average score is 99.5. This whole average has improved a lot. "

Through the analysis of the present situation of Japanese college entrance examination, Teacher Ye thinks that it is a shortcut to improve the total score of the college entrance examination by choosing to start Japanese study preparation in the spare time of senior one or senior two, and students can get an average of 40-60 points.

Then, if you choose the Japanese college entrance examination, will it limit the choice of university majors?

Ye Jianguo, a lecturer at Zhejiang Gongshang University and a master of psychology at Zhejiang University, said: "For majors, I have read a lot of enrollment regulations, and there are basically no restrictions. Some of them may be, for example, English majors and international trade majors. These English-related majors are limited, but then again, students with poor English will not apply for these majors. "

From the perspective of further education, studying in Japan is also a good choice.

Ye Jianguo, a lecturer at Zhejiang Gongshang University and a master of psychology at Zhejiang University, said: "If students go to Japan to study, the tuition fee is generally 50% now, and the annual fee is generally 25,000 to 35,000. Living expenses go to Japan, no matter whether your living conditions are rich or average, you will go to work. Work is enough to support your life. In this context, Japan's higher education has really done well. Then you have a better chance of studying in Japan. "

In terms of employment, there are about 300 million people studying English in China, and there are plenty of English talents, while the demand for Japanese and other small languages is increasing.

Ye Jianguo, a lecturer at Zhejiang Gongshang University and a master of psychology at Zhejiang University, said, "There are also many Japanese-funded enterprises in China. What does he want now? We need this kind of skilled talents, such as accountants, accountants who know Japanese. Or people who know Japanese computers, there are relatively few operators who know Japanese. The employment advantage brought by this is also quite good. "

Teacher Ye analyzed that using Japanese instead of English college entrance examination not only has more advantages in college entrance examination scores, but also has more choices in future studies and employment. Is it difficult to learn Japanese? Which students are suitable to transfer to Japanese?

Chen Xiao is a graduate of Japanese Department of Zhejiang University. When she was a sophomore, she passed the highest Japanese exam and passed Band 6 with high marks. In his view, compared with English, it is relatively easy to learn Japanese in the primary stage.

Chen Xiao, a Japanese graduate of Zhejiang University, teaches Japanese teachers: "There are 3,500 words like English and 2,000 words like Japanese. Moreover, many of these more than 2,000 words are direct Chinese words. You just need to remember their pronunciation. And many of their pronunciations are similar to our Chinese dialect. For example, drinks in Japanese are pronounced as "drinks", and our dialect in Taizhou is "drinks". Everyone is actually the same. For students in the south, the acceptance is also higher. "

On the 20 13 Japanese college entrance examination paper, the reporter saw many familiar Chinese characters.

Chen Xiao, a Japanese teacher who graduated from the Japanese Department of Zhejiang University, said: "The Chinese characters of mathematics and physical education in our course title were directly taken from Japan when the vernacular Chinese was simplified in the Republic of China. Therefore, Japanese culture and China culture are both Chinese character circles. "

Chen Xiao said that many students have been exposed to Japanese anime since childhood and are interested in Japanese, so it will be easier for them to learn Japanese. Students with weak English and relatively high scores in other courses can also make up for their shortcomings in English if they change to Japanese.

Chen Xiao, who graduated from Zhejiang University majoring in Japanese, taught Japanese teachers: "Some art students spend a lot of energy and time on art courses. There is less time to study other courses. If you learn Japanese, you can quickly improve your score in a short time. "

In Chen Xiao's view, if students study Japanese in their spare time in Grade One, it is feasible to sprint for high marks in Japanese exams in one or two years.

Chen Xiao, a Japanese major graduate of Zhejiang University, said, "Two years can lay a very good foundation. His Japanese exam in the college entrance examination is relatively simple. In my research, there are four problems in Japanese and six problems in English. If you are weak, it is easier to strengthen the special project. "

For students and parents who are interested in trying the Japanese college entrance examination, Mr. Ye suggested that the best way is to push forward step by step and make some attempts on the basis of students' interest.