Nghe An teachers say that to get high scores in Literature, candidates must have 'courage'

Even if you don't memorize, you can still do the test.

Is a teacher teaching the subjectLiteratureGrade 12 teacher at Que Phong High School, Ngo Chien Thang, assessed that this year's Literature exam closely followed the previous reference exam of the Ministry of Education and Training: The structure of the exam was traditional, clear and familiar like previous years. The difficulty of the exam was "right", suitable for students as well as meeting the exam's objectives of high school graduation and university admission. However, the exam still had questions that could classify candidates, although overall it was not difficult - Mr. Thang added.

Specifically, in the Reading Comprehension section, the questions are at the level of recognition and understanding, mainly testing basic knowledge, students can easily answer and "score" absolutely in this section.

In the Writing section, question 1 is a social argument about the topic of emotional balance, which is both topical and related to the situation of school violence that society has recently been concerned about; at the same time, it is also close to the age of students, so they can easily relate it to themselves to analyze and expand.

Question 2, the Writing section is part of the curriculum that school teachers have certainly reviewed thoroughly. As for the question analyzing the passage in the work "The Beggar's Wife", the classification content lies in the requirement of the connection between art and life, specifically the writer Kim Lan's view of current events expressed in the excerpt.

Regarding this year's exam, Mr. Thang also affirmed that there was no situation of students cramming, because the Ministry did not limit the content of the exam as in previous years affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, during the review process, schools closely followed the textbook program to teach and review.

In addition, in the 2023 Literature exam, it is not difficult for candidates to achieve an average score and if they have a solid grasp of the knowledge, they can achieve a score of 7-8. However, it will be very difficult to achieve a good score or higher. Particularly for ethnic minority students in mountainous areas such as Que Phong district, Mr. Thang said that they will have certain difficulties in making their essays meet the differentiation requirements in the exam.

Literature topics are connected and differentiate students.

Talking about this year's Literature exam, Ms. Phan Thi Hong - Teacher at Boarding High School for Ethnic Minorities No. 2 also affirmed: The Literature exam was good, discovering good students with literary ability.

Accordingly, the good thing about the Literature exam is first of all that it is interconnected in its entirety. Specifically, the Reading Comprehension section discusses the topic of life's storms, while the Social Essay section discusses balancing emotions to face those storms. In this section, candidates can easily do it because they have been thoroughly reviewed by teachers.

As for the Writing section, the excerpt from the work "The Beggar's Wife" mentions the context of the drumbeat in the midst of the famine in 1945. Although each character has a different context, each character sparkles with optimism and faith in life. That is the character "Thi" mentioned in Thai Nguyen telling the story of breaking the Japanese rice warehouse and giving it to the poor and hungry, the old lady Tu hiding her tears, the character Trang seeing a glimpse of the Viet Minh flag... In these characters, there is a common point that is the idea of ​​escaping the situation, the harsh difficulties in life, not giving up to the situation.

Ms. Hong also said that the overall theme was very good and also evoked and directed positive emotions to the candidates. In addition, the exam still ensured clear differentiation in each part of the exam.

First of all, in the Reading Comprehension section, identifying the poetic form, pointing out the images and words describing the summer storm, candidates can easily score points. But the third sentence stating the effect of the comparative rhetorical device used in the poem begins to be understandable and applicable. Candidates can easily identify the comparative images as rain and millions of fingers.

But the question about the effect of this rhetorical device requires the knowledge and level of appreciation of poetry and literature of the candidate: Normally, the rhetorical device will highlight the content of the poem or paragraph in a work. But here, what stands out is the uniqueness of the image, showing the talent and association of the author. Therefore, it will not be easy for candidates to write and get a full point for this question, but most will be able to do from 0.5 - 0.75/1 point - Ms. Hong said.

As for the Writing section, analyzing the excerpt from the work "The Beggar's Wife" is familiar, familiar and surprising to students. However, the excerpt does not have many details to exploit, so it will be very difficult for students to analyze from these few details to extract the literary idea. Moreover, students must be brave to find the message the writer conveys through each thought and action of the character in the excerpt.

In addition, the second idea about the writer Kim Lan's perspective expressed in the excerpt must also be pointed out by students who have a solid knowledge and understanding. However, students should not worry too much, because normally in the scoring scale of each year, this classification idea only accounts for a maximum of 0.5 points.

With this test, most students will find it not too difficult, feel easy to write but only at a basic level, not deep. There will be many scores from 7 to 8. But to get a good score, especially from 9 points or more, will be much less than last year.