The 10th grade Literature exam in Nghe An mentions personal values.
(Baonghean.vn) - This year's Literature exam was considered by many students to be quite interesting as it mentioned self-worth and the meaning of relying on one's own abilities.
At exactly 10 o'clock this morning, after 120 minutes of testing, the candidates took the Entrance Exam.Grade 10completed the Literature exam - the first subject of the 10th grade entrance exam.
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Candidates from Vinh city after the first exam at Huynh Thuc Khang High School. Photo: Duc Anh |
This year's exam is assessed to be close to the matrix and has a familiar structure with reading comprehension (2 points), social commentary (3 points) and literary commentary (5 points).
Coming out of the exam room, many candidates were quite optimistic about their exam. Student Kien Bao - Trung Do Secondary School - took the entrance exam to Huynh Thuc Khang High School,Vinh Citysaid: The test was quite good, I had studied it before the test and the knowledge was not beyond the scope of review. However, in the social essay section, although the question about "promoting personal values" was very good, it was quite new, different from the social essay questions last year, the test was open, realistic, and true to each person.
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The exam was quite easy so many students were radiant after the Literature exam. Photo: Duc Anh |
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Candidates at the Huynh Thuc Khang High School exam site discuss their answers after the first exam. Photo: My Ha |
This candidate also said: In my opinion, personal value is assessed based on many factors and it is important to understand yourself first and then consider community values to adjust yourself and be able to contribute more to the community. In this part of the exam, I think I did well. However, the analysis of 3 stanzas of the poem "Fishing Boats" is a bit long because we have always analyzed only 2 stanzas. I think, compared to expectations, I am not really satisfied because I wrote shorter than usual.
Sharing the same opinion, student Ho Thao My - Vinh Pedagogical Practice School said: The literature essay material is quite long and difficult to complete completely. In the other questions, I was not too surprised and I did quite well.
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Literature exam. Photo: Duc Anh |
Meanwhile, student Le Thao Nhi - a student at Dang Thai Mai Secondary School shared: The test is quite long but if you know how to balance your time, you can still complete the test. With this test, I spent more than 60 minutes on the literature essay. The rest of the time, I spent on questions 1 and 2 and these are not difficult questions for me. I think that to develop yourself, you must first understand your own value, know your strengths and weaknesses to improve yourself. That is also the basis for me to succeed and be confident in myself.
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According to many candidates, this year's Literature exam was quite open, giving candidates many opportunities to express their own opinions. Photo: My Ha |
At the exam site of Dang Thuc Hua High School, Vo Liet commune,Thanh ChuongThere were 431 candidates taking the exam. After 2 hours of taking the Literature exam, the first candidates to leave the exam site all felt excited.
Nguyen Thi Thuong, a 9B student at Vo Liet Secondary School, said: I found the Literature exam to be within my ability, I completed all 3 questions. In my opinion, the most difficult part was the social argument section, writing an essay presenting thoughts on the necessity of promoting personal values. I predict that my essay will get 7 points.
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Candidates at the exam site of Dang Thuc Hua High School. Photo: Huy Thu |
Tran Van Truong, a 9th grader at Thanh Khe Secondary School (Thanh Chuong), shared: Although I did not study well, I still finished the test. With this test, I think question 1 is the easiest and the question analyzing the poem in the poem "Fishing Boats" is the most difficult because poetry is not my forte. "I hope I will get 6-7 points on my test. No matter what, I am still optimistic and happy to be ready for the next test" - Truong said.
At the exam site of High School 1-5Nghia DanCandidates all said that the Literature exam had a familiar structure with two parts: Reading comprehension and writing. The questions were quite basic, and candidates who had a firm grasp of the information and content of the work would do well and score points on these questions; the writing section had two questions, requiring them to write a social argumentative paragraph and a literary argumentative paragraph.
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Candidates at the exam site of High School 1-5 (Nghia Dan). Photo: Minh Thai |
After 120 minutes of taking the test, many candidates walked out of the exam room with happy, excited faces. Most of them assessed that the Literature exam was not too difficult. In particular, the writing section had a 5-point question, asking candidates to analyze the poem "Fishing Boats" by author Huy Can. Many candidates thought that this question was easy to score, because they had also reviewed thoroughly.
Nguyen Minh Duc, 9th grade student, Hong Minh Secondary School (Nghia Dan), registered for the entrance exam to Co Do High School and shared: “I found the Literature exam not too difficult for my academic ability. I also tried to do all the questions. However, if you do not study hard, it will be difficult to get a high score in the reading comprehension section. After finishing the exam, I was satisfied with my work.”
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Candidates from Nghia Dan district exchange papers after the first exam. Photo: Minh Thai |
The Literature exam is assessed by teachers as easy, without any difficult or tricky questions, but mainly to comprehensively assess students' skills.
Commenting on the Literature exam, Ms. Dinh Hien, a Literature teacher at Nghia Hoi Secondary School, Nghia Dan, said: “The Literature exam is suitable for students with average or higher academic ability. The exam has a clear score chart for each question, helping students determine the role of each part and allocate time to do the test reasonably and effectively. However, the reading comprehension section is a social argumentative essay, requiring students to have life experience and understanding to answer correctly. Overall, the exam is within students' ability, testing relatively comprehensive knowledge and skills. With this exam, most students will complete the test with a score range of 6 - 7 points" - Ms. Dinh Hien said.
In the districtDo LuongOn the morning of June 5, 2,359 candidates in the district took the first exam in cooler weather than the previous days, because in the afternoon and evening of June 4, there were showers in the area.
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Exam scores of Do Luong 1 High School. Photo: Ngoc Phuong |
After 120 minutes of taking the test, when leaving the exam room, candidate Nguyen Trong Hung - Kim Dong Secondary School said: "I did quite well on the Literature test this morning, I got 75% of the test, the difficult questions were literary essay questions, and the easy questions were reading comprehension questions."
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Candidates from Do Luong district discuss their answers after the first exam. Photo: Ngoc Phuong |
Dinh Cong Tuan Tu - Xuan Son Secondary School (Do Luong), was taking the opportunity to check the test results with his friends. He smiled and said: "This year's test was very suitable for me. I did 80% of the test, but the literature essay question was a bit difficult. I expect to get 7.5 points."
This year, the entire Do Luong district organized 4 examination councils including: Do Luong I High School, Do Luong II High School, Do Luong III High School and Do Luong IV High School.
With the first exam subject, Literature, the first exam in the districtCon Cuongtake place safely.
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Teachers and students of Tra Lan Con Cuong Secondary School discuss the literature exam. Photo: Ba Hau |
Nguyen Thi Ha Thuy, a student at Tra Lan Secondary School, a student who registered to take the exam at Con Cuong High School - was one of the first candidates to leave the exam room. She said that this year's Literature exam was not too difficult because the knowledge was in the curriculum and had been thoroughly taught by the teachers. She said that her exam score was 7-8 points.
Vi Thi Thuy Dung from Chau Cam Secondary School said: “I did relatively well on the test because I think we have learned and reviewed this knowledge thoroughly. However, I did not do well on question 3 in the literature essay section, analyzing the poem because I did not review it correctly. However, for Literature, I only hope to get 7 points. I hope I will do better in the next subjects.”
At the high school exam siteQuy Chau, after 120 minutes of taking the test, the students completed the test. According to the reporter, the first day of the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2023-2024 school year took place safely, seriously, and in accordance with regulations.
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Candidates in Quy Chau district were satisfied after the first exam. Photo: Ke Kien |
As one of the first candidates to leave the exam room early at Quy Chau High School, candidate Ho Mai Linh (Chau Binh Secondary School) shared: This year's exam was within my ability, I completed the exam well with 3 exam papers and I am confident that I will get a score of 8.5.
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Candidates of Quy Chau district. Photo: Ke Kien |
Sharing the same happy mood, candidate Vi Duc Chuyen (Hoi Nga Boarding Ethnic Secondary School) happily said: "I found this year's Literature exam very suitable for me, because I had prepared carefully."
Talking about this year's Literature exam, many students in the districtQuy HopThe assessment is suitable for students but still has high classification. Many students also admit that they only got about 5-6 points, some students confidently got 7 or 8 points.
Out of High School Exam SiteQuy HopIn an excited mood, candidate Do Dinh Hieu (student of Quy Hop town secondary school) said, “This year’s Literature exam was quite suitable for me. I did well in the reading comprehension and social argumentation questions, but I did not do well in the literature argumentation. I expect to get around 6.5 - 7 points.”
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Youth volunteers support candidates of Quy Hop district after the Literature exam. Photo: Phan Giang |
As for a particularly disadvantaged school, candidate Ho Xuan Dan from Chau Dinh Secondary School said: "In my opinion, the Literature exam is difficult in the social discussion section about personal values. I got about 5-6 points on this exam."
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Candidates taking the exam at Quy Hop 2 High School. Photo: Phan Giang |
Teacher Vo Thi Phuong - Chau Dinh Secondary School (Quy Hop) commented: "The Literature exam is suitable for students' ability, ensuring assessment of students' qualities and abilities while also providing differentiation. In the social argumentation question, it has aroused each person's awareness of their own value."
In the districtHung Nguyen,Candidates at Le Hong Phong High School were all excited because they had done well on the test. According to the reporter, after finishing the Literature exam this morning, the candidates left the exam room in a happy mood because they had done quite well on the test.
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Candidates at the exam site of Le Hong Phong High School. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
Student Cao Thi Huong Giang, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Secondary School said that this year's Literature test was not difficult, we had reviewed it carefully so we did the test easily.
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The Literature exam was not too difficult for many students in Hung Nguyen district. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
I did the reading comprehension part first, then the literary essay part, and finally the social essay part. Of the 3 parts, I found the literary essay part a bit difficult and long.
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A student at Vinh Tan Secondary School takes the exam at Le Hong Phong High School (Hung Nguyen). Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
So, the candidates have completed the first exam. This afternoon, they will take the second exam, which is Foreign Language (English or French).
According to a quick report from the Department of Education and Training, after the first subject (Literature), the entrance exam for grade 10 of high school in the 2023-2024 school year, the total number of candidates registered for the exam: 38,948. The number of candidates absent without reason: 85. There was 01 candidate who violated the exam regulations at the Examination Council of Quynh Luu 1 High School (bringing a phone into the exam room). There were no other unusual incidents. The exam took place normally, safely, and in accordance with regulations.