The 2024 National Excellent Student Exam takes place today (December 25). The language exam is attracting attention because many teachers are expecting a breakthrough in the 2018 General Education Program exam applied at high school level for the past 3 years.
The content of the 2024 national excellent student exam in literature is as follows:
Question 1. Social commentary (8.0 points)
"The Earth seemed to be a living thing: not as the ancients saw her - a Goddess of feeling, of purpose and vision - but as a tree. A tree that existed silently, never moving except by swaying in the wind, but always in constant conversation with the sun and the soil. It used the sun, the water, the mineral nutrients to grow and change. Yet all these changes were so quiet that, to me, the old oak in the yard looked just as I had seen it when I was a child" (James Lovelock).
From the above text, write an essay on the topic: Listening to silence.
Question 2. Literary essay (12.0 points)
In his speech at the closing ceremony of the Nobel Prize ceremonies on December 10, 1957 in Stockholm, A. Camus said: "The artist forges himself in a constant relationship with others, on the path between the indispensable beauty and the inseparable community."
Using literary experience, please discuss the above opinion.
Similar to the literature exams of the past 20 years
Some teachers have expressed regret over the content, requirements and structure of this year's national literature exam for gifted students. One teacher commented: "The exam is too familiar, we should have said goodbye to this way of writing the exam along with the 2006 General Education Program."
Teacher Do Duc Anh, Bui Thi Xuan High School (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City), frankly commented that the structure of the exam for gifted students is not compatible with the current general education program. The exam is similar to the exams of the past 20 years, not feeling new. Meanwhile, the candidates participating in this exam have all studied the 2018 general education program at high school level. Therefore, both teachers and students expect a breakthrough, something new, breaking out of the old rut.
In addition, teachers at Bui Thi Xuan High School also raised concerns that the structure of the national exam for gifted students could easily cause gifted students to focus too much on exam preparation. If they pass, they may achieve high results but not develop their creativity...
Teacher Duc Anh also said that if put in the position of candidates taking this exam in literature, they would feel confused about the content of the translation in question number 2.
Ho Chi Minh City students participate in the 2024 national excellent student exam
The text is quite confusing in terms of words and not clear.
Mr. Phan Quan Thong, head of the literature group at Hung Vuong High School (District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) has specific comments on this year's exam.
In question 1, the exam quoted a speech about the earth by British scientist James Lovelock, mentioning a rather interesting issue: "Listening to the silence". Because to "listen" to that silence, people cannot use their usual senses, but need to have empathy, starting from the silence of the soul, returning to the core values of humanity, retreating from the hustle and bustle of life.
For this question, candidates need to combine social essay writing skills and their own profound life experiences to do well.
In question 2, the test quoted a speech by writer Albert Camus about the "training" journey of the artist, the relationship between the artist and life and their responsibility to the community and the times in the journey of artistic creation. The statement is quite abstract, students need to be explicit in the words to clarify the argumentative issue combined with their literary experience to clarify the issue.
In general, this is a test with a familiar structure, high differentiation, referring to issues of social and artistic significance, consistent with the nature of the national excellent student exam in literature. However, the two selected texts are quite confusing in terms of words, unclear in terms of semantics, which will be a big challenge for students taking the exam. In addition, the test also lacks breakthroughs and innovations in the spirit of the current literature program.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/de-thi-hoc-sinh-gioi-quoc-gia-mon-ngu-van-thieu-su-dot-pha-185241225192615151.htm
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