Fortunately, in recent years, the general children's English star test has been more and more sought after by students and parents. The reporter learned that the phenomenon of "testing stars" is getting younger and younger, and many children have started warming up before entering primary school under the "supervision" of their parents. The star-rated examination, which started from June 5438+February this year, recently began to accept the registration of students and parents, especially the parents of grade one or two in primary school. With the phenomenon of "testing stars" getting hotter and hotter, front-line English teachers remind parents that it is a "double-edged sword" to report for class. Parents must not rush headlong into action and blindly follow the trend. Instead, they should make rational choices according to their children's specific conditions on the premise of learning enough, otherwise they will only get twice the result with half the effort. [Introduction to nouns] What is a star-rated exam? The star-rated oral English test for ordinary children in Shanghai (formerly Young Eagle Chapter), jointly established by Shanghai General Foreign Language Proficiency Test Office and Shanghai Youth Cultural Activity Center, is an authoritative, scientific and interesting test aimed at cultivating children's English listening and speaking ability. Since August 2008, a four-star exam based on computer platform has been added to the star exam to examine students' practical English application ability and social skills. Since August 2008, written examination has been added, which is divided into three grades: two, three and four stars. This exam is divided into one, two, three and four stars from easy to difficult. One star corresponds to the lower grades of primary schools, two stars correspond to the upper grades of primary schools, three stars correspond to junior high schools, and four stars correspond to junior high school graduates or junior high schools. [Teacher's point of view] There are advantages and disadvantages for young children to investigate in advance. Teacher Wang, an English teacher attached to a primary school, told the reporter that the ultimate goal of parents to let their children take the star-rated exam is nothing more than adding a weight to their children's schooling. After the cancellation of the previous English test, the universal children's English certificate became the target of public criticism. However, the reporter noticed that students' participation in star-rated examinations is showing a trend of youthfulness. Many children have begun to warm up before entering primary school under the "urging" of their parents, and even many children in kindergarten middle and large classes have passed the two-star or even three-star oral test. But is it good or bad for younger children to investigate in advance? Fan Yubin, an English teacher at Yangpu Primary School, believes that, first of all, it is definitely beneficial for preschool children to lay a good foundation in English before entering school. The words and sentence patterns that students encounter in class may have been contacted or even mastered through social training courses before, so on the positive side, this will undoubtedly promote students' enthusiasm for learning in class, and students will be willing to express themselves confidently. On the other hand, preschool children's learning and understanding ability still has some limitations. It may take more time and energy to accept the same content, which also means that children have to study very hard to keep up with the learning progress after signing up for the training class. Furthermore, even if children learn something, they just follow the gourd painting gourd ladle and don't really understand some details. Teacher Zhang of the New North Youth Education Center, who has a certain reputation in star-rated exam training, told the reporter that because there is no age limit for the oral exam, junior three students generally passed the three-star oral exam and prepared to "rush" the two-star written exam. But the written test requires students' comprehensive qualities such as listening and reading. The two-star written test is equivalent to the primary school graduation level, and Samsung is equivalent to the junior high school graduation level. It involves not only basic language skills and knowledge, but also the culture, lifestyle and global concerns of English-speaking countries in three-star and four-star exams. Must be walking in front of the students. She suggested that parents and students wait until the fourth and fifth grades of primary school to take the written test. [Expert's suggestion] Taking the star-rated examination course as an auxiliary interview for classroom teaching, many parents admit that the star-rated examination is becoming more and more "exam-oriented". As long as you recite the contents of a book and the counseling materials of the training class word by word, there is basically no problem in passing. In this regard, Mr. Wang, a primary school teacher attached to the First Normal University, believes that the general children's English test focuses on oral English, so many children can pass the test in advance as long as they practice more and memorize more words and routines. However, getting a certificate through the exam does not mean the improvement of children's comprehensive English ability. There are also many parents who report that their children got two-star Samsung in the summer vacation. After a few months, they basically forgot everything. Therefore, English teachers point out that English teaching in schools pays attention to slow and steady progress, so that students can develop in a balanced way in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Courses similar to the general children's English test can improve students' ability to communicate and express in English and can be regarded as an auxiliary means of classroom teaching. For younger children, it is best to cultivate as an interest, so it is necessary to grasp the appropriate degree and let children study and take exams blindly for the sake of "sighing at foreign countries". Even if they get immediate benefits, it will not be conducive to consolidating the basic skills of English learning in the long run.