Revelation 1: English requirements are no worse than those in Europe and America.
Many parents choose to send their children to study in Singapore, often because Singapore is an Asian country, geographically and culturally close to China, and there are many Chinese. Therefore, their requirements for English should not be high, and it should be relatively easy to study there if they can't speak English well. However, in the interview, it was found that all colleges and universities in Singapore teach in English, and the failure of English has become the main obstacle for many international students.
Take Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts as an example. It is a comprehensive art school famous for its visual arts, performing arts and fashion design. It is also one of the two art schools funded by the Singapore government. In recent years, it has been recruiting art students all over the world, and 90% of overseas students come from China, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and other cities. According to many people's understanding of art colleges, as long as the art majors are excellent, it doesn't matter if the cultural courses, especially English, are poor. Most of Nanyi's majors, such as visual arts communication, multimedia, clothing and drama, are taught in English.
Dean Zhu Tianshou told reporters that this is a characteristic of the English-speaking society in Singapore. Although there are many Chinese in Singapore, and most of them can speak Chinese, the first language we speak together is basically English. Moreover, many students studying fine arts in China have good basic skills in fine arts, but their English is poor, so they will not understand it at first. Some students can still understand English in class, but after class, students from all over China get together and don't want to speak English, so their English level has not improved much.
Therefore, Dean Zhu especially hopes that China students will not engage in small circles, but must make use of every opportunity to speak English more, which will lay a good foundation for future employment in Singapore. At the same time, Nanyang Art College will also strengthen the requirements for domestic English enrollment this year, and set the basic threshold for English enrollment: TOEFL 500, IELTS 5.5; If students fail in English, they should also make up lessons after entering school. They should have at least 6 hours of English classes every week, and then take the exam at the end of the year. At this time, if they fail English again, they will drop out of school and go home.
Shan Chaoqing, a native of Shanghai, studied drama in Nanyi, and was once a student in the middle school attached to Shangxi. She also told reporters that when she first came to study in Singapore, listening to those English major courses was "like listening to a sealed book". But the more she doesn't understand, the more she wants to learn well, so she studies hard the words and sentences she doesn't understand, and forces herself to talk to her classmates and teachers every day, gradually adapting to this all-English environment and making great progress. But now she has spare time to study, and she has also taken courses in English, such as directing, lighting and stage, which has made her an all-rounder in drama performance.