This article is not so much an experience post as a summary of my experience in the past year. At the same time, it can also provide some reference for junior students like me who want to take a foreign language test in the future.
Let me talk about my grades and personal situation first. The initial test scores are: total score 389, politics 67, French as a second language 86, basic English 1 17, professional English 1 19. In fact, the results are not very high, not as high as 400+ of the great gods, but I am very, very satisfied. A 985-pair first-class B college English major in the north has a grade point of about 3.65, ranking 40th in the grade. I passed TEM-4, almost passed TEM-3 translation, and only passed one subject in the teacher qualification certificate (what a pity). I always feel that I can't take so many exams, so isn't it more difficult to take the postgraduate entrance examination? The day before the results of postgraduate entrance examination came out, I dreamed that I got more than 200 points, one of which was 0, which scared me to death, but the actual situation was still very unexpected. Ahem, after all these miscellaneous things, let's get down to business.
One: Choose a school
From April of 20, we began to choose schools, collected all kinds of information on the Internet and asked our professional teachers. I saw Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Northeastern University, Nankai University, Northeast Normal University and so on. Later, I felt that I didn't want to go to a city too far away. I have lived in the north and will definitely settle in the north in the future. I don't want to go to a big city like Beijing After reading it, I found that Tianjin is actually very good, so I set the target institution in Nankai. Yes, I'm too confident. I also bought an online course organized by my senior sister from Nankai University, and studied intermittently for some time. Until September, Nankai took out the enrollment index. Except for places for research and cooperation with foreign schools, there are only three places left in the unified examination. I really feel that my ability is not enough, and the competition in Nankai is too strong. After several days' consideration, I collected information and decided to change schools. Tianjin University was able to increase the number of places a few years ago, and Tianjin University itself was a strong school, and finally moved to TJU.
What I want to say is, you must check the relevant information of the school, such as the enrollment quota, score line and retest ratio in previous years, which can be found in China Graduate Admissions Network and official website. The graduate students of a school should finally determine the school, preferably the one you can get into, to stimulate your morale and not to change easily after determining a good school.
Two: learning
I am looking for Tianjin University foreign countries on the Internet.
There is also the postgraduate entrance examination experience of applied linguistics, and I can't find it at all, and I can't find the contact information of the seniors and sisters who were admitted in previous years. The official website of the college also doesn't give a bibliography. Finally, I saw an experience post on the Internet, and I was still selling classes. I envy seeing others have the help of their immediate seniors and sisters, but how can I discourage them? So I began to explore my own review.
(1) Let's talk about politics first. There are too many related experience posts on the online political nanny level, which will definitely be more detailed than mine, so I will briefly talk about it. Personally, I didn't start to watch Xu Tao's class until the summer vacation (political teacher, Xu Tao
It's still a sister's leg. It's teacher Lu Yufeng.
Pick anyone to follow, it's all very powerful, and there are many ways. They have completed the whole course for his core test cases, including the basic class and the intensive class. Xiao Xiurong can follow the big 1000 question after reading it. I didn't have enough time then. 1000 has only been brushed once, and it's time to do Xiao Xiurong's eight sets of papers. Look at eight sets of multiple-choice questions carefully
Recite big questions when you have time, and wait for four sets of papers when you don't have time. Xiao Xiurong must recite four sets of papers.
I also want to recite and know when I have time. From the major political papers of 2 1, we can see how powerful Mr. Xiao Xiurong is. You don't need to buy many courses later, plus the QQ group of the school, some official WeChat accounts for postgraduate entrance examination, or various online sharing channels, so don't worry. We must pay attention to political multiple-choice questions, and everyone's scores on big questions will not be too bad. I just suffer from multiple-choice questions. There is a lot of politics this year, and my grades are not so good.
Reference book: Xiao Xiurong 1000, eight volumes and four volumes, concise and concise. Xu Tao Xiao Huangshu, the core test case
(2) French as a second foreign language. I choose French as my second foreign language. The topic of French in Tianjin University is not too difficult, but I can't say the tense clearly. I may lose a lot of points on the topic of correcting tenses. You can take CET-4 and prepare together, but you don't have to take the French listening test for the postgraduate entrance examination. I used the new college French 123, which I learned in our school. At that time, I was preparing for the CET-4 in September (the epidemic was postponed and I had to take the exam in June).
The knowledge points of these books can be understood, and it is appropriate to pass the French Band 4. After the exam, I'm going to take the French postgraduate exam. I read the first and second volumes of the concise French course.
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There is also a class on the Hujiang line. With the previous foundation, you can read faster. It is enough to read lesson 42 of the concise French course. After class, all the questions have been finished, and there is basically no need to prepare anything else. By the way, to understand the yin and yang of verbs, the word inversion must be confusing at first. Recite more words, and you will find the rule slowly. Don't be afraid of trouble. When you meet a verb, think about its direct present tense, future tense, incomplete past tense, compound past tense and so on.
Reference book: New University French 123, or concise French course, Hujiang. com course (These two books have similar basic contents, so if you can understand one thoroughly, it will be no problem. I think the concise French course is because many universities split it into reference books.
(3) Basic English. Basic English should be reviewed for TEM-8. buy
Or Hua Yan reading a foreign language?
Both translation and writing are acceptable. There is no doubt that words must be memorized. Basic English should be prepared early. If grammar is not good, go online to find a grammar class, and consolidate it early to facilitate the future! If you have time to practice calligraphy, ask your professional teacher to help you correct your composition, and you will be done with the cheek! Tianda took two propositional compositions of about 300 words this year. If you can't remember the topic clearly, aim at the pros and cons of a certain point of view, ask personal choices, find model essays on related composition topics, and study their writing ideas. I read Brother Five's Twelve Days of Breakthrough Translation.
Brother Five's speech is not bad, and the content is more suitable for us. Teacher Han Gang's translation course 186 is slightly more difficult. I suggested watching Brother Five's course, but I didn't finish it at that time. Tianda also took some multiple-choice questions and definition questions related to British and American culture and linguistics in basic English, which are relatively basic, because serious content is reserved for professional English!
Bibliography: TEM-8 Vocabulary for English Majors, Reading and Writing Books, Brother Five Han Gang Translation Course.
(4) Professional English, and finally writing it is a headache for everyone. Although all the online courses I bought at that time were bought from my senior sister in Nankai, I later found that they were basically used. If you don't give a bibliography, there are only a few books that Goose can test, and it won't be too bad to master the basic bibliography. Tianda comprehensive English design consists of three parts: British and American culture, linguistics and translation.
I read the school books in the early stage of British and American literature. Because the school has related courses, it didn't take long. After reading the book, I began to watch online classes. Selected readings of English literature including Wang Shouren's.
A brief history of liu bingshan's english literature.
; American literature has a brief history of American literature.
And Tao Jie's Selected Readings of American Literature, but these books are high-frequency test sites and calendars compiled by publishing houses.
The year is really a problem, so it is the second round of review. The second round of review is over, and there is still a month or so before the postgraduate entrance examination. I read the books combed and refined by British and American literature test sites, recited the key contents and strengthened my memory. It is almost impossible to remember everything word for word. We don't have that much time. We can only write down the main idea of the answer and the main points of the answer, and then add them in the examination room. Finally, you can write out all the knowledge you can access. Enough answer sheets, and we're done!
I read Hu Zhuanglin's A Course in Linguistics.
There are also online classes, which are slow to read. After reading it, I went to see a concise linguistics course. I don't have any related books, only videos of online classes. I just compared Hu Zhuanglin's book with Spark's linguistics teaching reference, added something superfluous, and considered it twice. The later stage is the linguistic focus summarized by the senior sister who bought it before reciting the definition, big questions and big questions. In short, at the end of the day, I spent half my time in the corridor.
Another test site is translation theory and general situation of Britain and America, which is related to British and American culture. I didn't spend much time on this. British and American culture has just read the first and second volumes of An Introduction to Society and Culture in English-speaking Countries, which we studied in the British and American survey class at that time. It won't take much time to read it once, but you should read it carefully, or you will forget the existence of this subject when you review it later. In terms of translation theory, I read books related to translation theory, such as Xie Tianzhen's Guide to Contemporary Foreign Translation Theory.
Liao's Exploration of Contemporary Western Translation Theory
Feng Qinghua's A Course in Translation Use
You can look at them all. Of course, the answer must be in English. It is definitely not possible to read only Chinese translation theory.
Well, that's all I can think of for now. I have to say that the course I bought at that time was still very worthwhile and really comprehensive. The only problem is that I don't have enough review time. what can I do? I can only blame myself.
Bibliography: those with titles on them.
Some important tips:
(1) First of all, it is clear at a glance what is important and what is not important by listing the real questions of the target institutions in the catalogue. Don't bet on the topic, don't bet on the topic. In the form of such a volume, you must recite it all, otherwise you will surpass others.
(2) Answer: Be clear-cut, with theories and examples.
(3) Review method: organize the problem sets. "Divide and rule" and "Divide and rule"-read the book thick and then read it thin.
(4) Recitation: I won't box my own question set. Review an underlined one every time you recite it. Repeat, repeat, repeat, you will remember it ten times.
(5) Don't just look at the textbooks, but also pay attention to what fields and basic knowledge points have been published by the tutors of the target colleges recently, which is likely to become the real question this year.
(6) Go back to the examination room at the last minute and trust your intuition before the exam. If you are anxious to read any questions before the exam, you must read them. The questions I read outside the classroom appeared on the paper after I entered.
Three: second interview
Tianda is having an offline second interview this year, so it's very troublesome to run around. This year is the first written test, with two big questions and 60 minutes. At this time, the contents of the two directions are different. Then the interview is divided into ten minutes of listening and speaking skills and twenty minutes of professional courses. The second foreign question is macro, and the relevant answers to personal basic information are ready. Finally, the professional course interview, Tianda this year is the answer, British and American cultural linguistics translation culture are involved, the re-examination preparation should be comprehensive, you can look at the review materials of the initial test again.
Four: Summary
Postgraduate entrance examination is a very testing process. Unlike the college entrance examination, no teacher came to this course. We can only rely on our own efforts and supervise ourselves. Some people say that you can beat many people until the end of the postgraduate entrance examination. That's true. Some people who take the postgraduate entrance examination may fail to learn in 10 or10/month, and may find a good job and then give up the postgraduate entrance examination. There are many situations. If you really want to take the postgraduate entrance examination, please strengthen your confidence and stick to it. It is very, very important that you don't collapse, no matter what others have learned. It's none of your business if someone else brushes the topic five, six, seven, eight times. As long as they follow their own plan step by step, they like whatever they do. If you are tired of studying and feel too nervous, just relax yourself for half a day, eat delicious food, sleep more, watch variety shows and whatever. This is a small reward you deserve for studying for so long, but don't feel guilty. Don't give up, no matter whether you are 9852 1 1 or a student of two universities, as long as you persist in studying hard, don't give up, don't give up, you will definitely get good grades! Believe that the world is still beautiful! Come on, Ollie, it's over! Everyone will have a bright future! ! ! ! !