Nghe An's 10th grade Literature exam emphasizes the spirit of living to contribute.

At the exam site of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Nguyen Thuy Trang, a student of Dang Thai Mai Secondary School, was one of the first three candidates to leave. Finishing the exam 20 minutes early, Trang felt quite relieved because she had achieved her goal.

Candidates taking the Literature exam. Photo: Duc Anh

Trang said: This year's exam consists of three questions, including a social commentary question about the Covid-19 epidemic. This is not a difficult question, as we predicted because some other provinces and cities also test on this content.

Talking about the Covid-19 epidemic is quite easy because it directly affects everyone's life. We just need to apply some methods of writing an argumentative essay that teachers have carefully reviewed to be able to complete our test. I also find the other questions relatively easy, if you study hard and have a solid grasp of the knowledge, you will not have much difficulty doing the test.

After the first exam, many candidates were quite satisfied with their test results. Photo: Duc Anh

Student Nguyen Thi Quynh Trang, also a student at Dang Thai Mai Secondary School, said: This year's exam has unexpected elements, especially in the reading comprehension question, and she believes that this is the question to classify students.

In which, there are high-level component questions, for example, sentences that indicate the topic of the paragraph and how to understand the content of the paragraph. With this topic, the content of the material is somewhat abstract and requires thinking, understanding and the ability to perceive. However, to speak clearly, accurately and coherently for 9th grade students is still difficult.

However, many candidates are still concerned about their exam. Photo: Duc Anh

The social argument question was not too surprising, but during the review process, we often talked a lot about humanity and solidarity, everyone's joint efforts to prevent the epidemic, but we had never reviewed the ideas about changing habits during the pandemic. Of course, I related to myself and the people around me, but I still felt confused when I finished the test.

Literature exam of Nghe An. Photo: My Ha

The question about literary argumentation has not been a difficult question for students because the knowledge in textbooks has been thoroughly reviewed by teachers many times.

Talking about this exam, teacher Tran Thi Hong Hanh - Literature teacher - Ly Nhat Quang Secondary School said: The exam is good, follows the structure, close to the subject, both tests students' knowledge and skills, and promotes students' creative thinking ability and practical understanding.

Candidates exchange papers at the exam site of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted. Photo: Duc Anh

In the reading comprehension section, the test quoted a passage from the work "The Flickering Reeds" by writer Nguyen Ngoc Tu, a good passage to remind students of good values ​​and beautiful moments in life. The test also wanted to say that in life, every moment and every thing has its own beauty and value. Through that, it evokes thoughts about daring to live fully, burning oneself out and even daring to sacrifice to create beautiful and meaningful moments and things in life.

In the social discussion section, the question asking students to write about the Covid pandemic is not too difficult. This will also be a topic that will be reviewed a lot this school year. As for the writing section, this is a typical work. However, to get a high score requires students' ability to perceive.

The hot weather greatly affected the health of the candidates on the first day of the exam. Photo: Duc Anh

Teacher Tran Thi Hong Hanh also said that this question is not too difficult to get a general score. To do the question, students need to grasp the skills to do each part, each type of question; have the ability to read, understand the work, and have a certain understanding of real life. However, to achieve a high score, students need to have a strong logical and argumentative mindset, the ability to integrate and relate, and have positive, deep, and perceptive assessments.

At the Co Do High School exam site, candidates walked out of the exam room with many different moods. According to them,The Literature exam is quite basic, in which the social argumentation question about the Covid-19 pandemic is close and familiar to students, so it will not cause difficulties for candidates.

Candidate Phan Sy Hoang and his father at the exam site of Dang Thuc Hua High School. Photo: Huy Thu

Nguyen Phuong Thao - a student at Nghia Thinh Secondary School said: "The poem is good, rich in meaning and has many impressive images, sincere and passionate emotions. This is also the part of knowledge that is in the focus of our review that we have thoroughly reviewed. Personally, I think that with this exam, I hope to get 8 points.

At Dang Thuc Hua High School - Thanh Chuong, the exam took place quite smoothly and safely. Candidates entered and left the exam site, and did their test on time, without any unusual incidents.

Phan Sy Hoang, a 9th grade student at Thanh Khe Secondary School - an excellent student of the district, after leaving the exam site at Dang Thuc Hua High School, said: The Literature exam this morning was within my ability.

Students complete the first exam at the Co Do High School exam site. Photo: Quang Thai.

Of the three questions in the test, Hoang found the second question, which discusses the Covid epidemic, to be the most difficult because it relates to real life. However, he completed all three questions before the deadline.

According to Hoang, he studied quite well, so he did not have much difficulty in doing the test. With what he had done, he predicted that he would get about 7 points on his test. Hoang was very excited because he had done the test and was ready to wait for the next exam: "Of all the subjects, I was most afraid of English, but as for Literature and Math, I was quite confident in my abilities," Hoang shared.

The first Literature exam at 4 exam sites in Do Luong district ensured safety from exam room records, exam invigilation and other related work. The exam storage room and exam papers of the 4 exam sites were arranged safely to store exam papers and exam papers according to regulations.

Exam score of Do Luong 1 High School. Photo: Ngoc Phuong

At the end of the Literature exam, most of the students were able to complete the test and achieved the required score. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, a student at Trang Son Secondary School at the Do Luong 2 High School exam site, said: "In my room, about 60% of the students completed the test. I myself completed 80%, I think I got 7 points."

Nguyen Thi Khanh Huyen, a student at Doi Cung Secondary School, happily said: "I myself did 90% of the test, and so did my classmates. In the test, there was an idea in question number 1 "Identify and name the isolated components in the sentence" that many students did not do correctly."

Candidates of Do Luong district after the first exam. Photo: Ngoc Phuong

Commenting on this year's exam, Ms. Tran Thi Bich Lien - Literature teacher at Do Luong 1 High School said: "Compared to previous years, this year's exam has many innovations, such as high differentiation of subjects, and current social argument questions to help students express their thoughts and opinions. However, students with average academic ability will not do well on this question."

In the first exam, the whole province had 35,609/35,701 candidates taking the exam. The total number of absent candidates was 92. On the first exam day, there was 1 candidate who violated the exam regulations at Dien Chau 4 High School Examination Council. The exam took place safely without any unusual incidents.

Synthesis of the Department of Education and Training