Journey to score 10 in Chinese of Nghe An female student
(Baonghean.vn) - In the 2020 high school graduation exam, Nguyen Ha Phuong (from Yen Son commune - Do Luong district) was the only candidate from Nghe An who chose Chinese as a foreign language for university admission.
High school graduation exam 2020,In the whole Nghe An province, there are 10 candidates who got 10 points in Foreign Language subject.. Notably, there was one candidate who scored 10 points in Chinese and was an independent candidate.
At the end of the exam, with a score of 8.80 in Math, 7 in Literature and 10 in Foreign Language (Chinese), Ha Phuong was quite satisfied with her results. The independent female student was a former student.Do Luong 1 High Schoolalso said: Receiving this result, I am very happy and believe that I am qualified to be admitted to the university I love.
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Nguyen Ha Phuong is a candidate who has been an excellent student for many consecutive years. Photo: NVCC |
Previously, since middle school, Nguyen Ha Phuong was a student who focused on natural subjects such as Math and Chemistry at Ly Nhat Quang Middle School. In high school, with 3 consecutive years of being an excellent student, Phuong is also a capable student. However, in the 2019 National High School Exam, Phuong did not register for university admission because she planned to study abroad after graduation. In last year's exam, she was also one of the few candidates who chose Chinese as a foreign language.
Phuong's choice of Chinese was entirely based on her preference because she had been studying English at school and she was quite good at it. In addition, Phuong can also speak a little Russian because she was born in the Russian Federation and her parents are still working there.
Sharing the reason for choosing Chinese, Phuong said: I really like foreign bands and often listen to Chinese music, remembering the lyrics very quickly. Of course, at first I just listened but I didn't understand, but over time, I started to like this foreign language.
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The only female student who scored 10 in Chinese is a special candidate of this year's exam. Photo: NVCC |
Phuong loves Chinese, so she started learning about this language in the second semester of grade 11. However, because her house is far from the city center and there are no Chinese classes in the area, Phuong has to study completely by herself: She learns Chinese through movies and then buys additional Chinese textbooks to study by herself. If she encounters any difficult parts, she goes online and studies them herself.
Phuong also said: Reading and remembering Chinese characters is not difficult because it is quite similar to Vietnamese. However, writing Chinese is very difficult because there are many symbols.
Because of self-study, in the 2019 High School Graduation Exam, Phuong's Foreign Language score was only 7 points. Not discouraged, Phuong was still determined to go to China to study Chinese for 1 year to prepare to enroll in the Southwest University of Finance and Economics - China.
However, due to the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, after the Tet holiday, Phuong could not return to China. At home, studying and reviewing by herself, Phuong obtained the HSK5 certificate - a fairly high achievement for a student who had only studied Chinese for 5 months like Phuong. This was also the basis for Phuong to be confident and determined to continue registering for the 2020 high school graduation exam to get the score for university admission.
After finishing the test, Phuong also sent her test to her teacher in China to mark and she was very happy because the self-marked results and the announced results were completely accurate.
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With a fairly high exam score, Phuong hopes to be admitted to Hanoi Foreign Trade University. Photo: NVCC |
With 25.8 points, Phuong is now quite confident that she will be admitted to university. She is even considering changing her application from the University of Economics to the Foreign Trade University to pursue her favorite major. That is also Phuong's greatest success in this year's exam and her success when she knows how to make an effort to change to realize her dream.