The college entrance examination is a topic of great concern to the majority of families, but for the college entrance examination, we may have an illusion that it is unique to our Chinese.
In fact, foreign students who are receiving higher education will also have assessments similar to the college entrance examination.
For example, the United States has an SAT test, which is an important channel for applying for prestigious schools and scholarships; the United Kingdom has an A-Level course, which is also a university entrance examination course, known as the "British College Entrance Examination"; although India does not implement the national examination, the universities themselves test, the difficulty is also quite high...
Recently, there is a country's college entrance examination that has received the attention of domestic netizens, that is, the Irish college entrance examination, why is this?
Ireland will include Chinese in the optional subjects of the college entrance examination, which will lead to discussion among netizens
It turned out that in 2022, Ireland for the first time included Chinese in the foreign language optional subjects of the college entrance examination.
About 100 people took the Chinese test, which took place from April 9 to 14, which means that a group of Irish students have already taken the Chinese speaking test.
In addition, they will also take the listening test and written test on June 20, which is also to adapt to the general trend of economic globalization and want to cultivate more international talents.
Of course, domestic netizens still expressed great sympathy for the Irish students who took the exam, because everyone knows very well that Chinese, a magic language, is far more difficult to learn than we learn English.
Foreigners used "terriers" to complain about the difficulty of Chinese, and netizens expressed sympathy
There have been many foreign friends who have created many "terrier diagrams" and complained about learning Chinese making themselves "happy enough to want to cry".
Here are two typical examples of how foreigners doubt their lives:
Case A: Almost fell, but fortunately I caught it!
In just one sentence, it contains two Chinese "language pits". The first is the child's pronunciation, no matter how hard foreigners try to adjust the tip of their tongues, it is difficult to produce an original Beijing-style sound.
The second is four different meanings of the word "put", which can be translated as "I grabbed the handlebar at once".
The role of a "put" word as a quantifier, preposition, verb, and noun has been read many times by foreigners, and it is difficult to clearly understand the relationship between them.
Case B: The little dragon girl said emotionally: "I also want to live the life I have lived." ”
Xiaolongnü said six "passes" in a row not because of stuttering, but because Chinese characters have different meanings.
The first group of "over" is the superposition of the verb "over", the second group of "over" is the love name for Yang Guo, the third group of "over" is the verb + the meaning of the past, I don't know if you understand it, anyway, foreigners have fallen countless times on this problem, stunned is not to understand why "over" is so mysterious.
Therefore, the foreigner created the following "meme" with tears:
"I" was a naïve and ignorant young man, with a beautiful dream of Chinese, walked into this magnificent homeland, and did not expect that what awaited me in front of me was difficult to write and difficult To read Chinese characters, tones that could never be discerned, and endless homonyms.
It is no wonder that this "terrier map" will be unanimously agreed by other foreigners.
The main reason why Chinese is difficult to learn is in several aspects
Yes, the main obstacle to foreigners' belief that Chinese difficult to learn is concentrated in these aspects:
1. Chinese characters.
The square characters we have long memorized are like mysterious symbols in the eyes of foreigners.
Getting used to writing crooked letters, now having them write strokes from left to right, top to bottom, and writing horizontally and vertically, is an impossible task, and it's no wonder they're so bitter.
2. Pronunciation.
Speaking of the pinyin of Chinese characters, don't look at the Hanyu Pinyin and English letters are a bit similar, but the pronunciation is basically two different things, and it is impossible for foreigners not to be confused.
What is even more frightening is that Chinese characters also have polysyllabic characters, and a "zhi" character has four pronunciations, and each pronunciation corresponds to a different meaning, how can it not make foreigners feel collapsed.
3. Syntax.
English grammar gives many Chinese students a headache, but when foreigners encounter Chinese grammar, they will know what is called "small witch to see big witch", just a "land" usage makes foreigners call "I can't do it".
When using quantifiers, foreigners often make jokes, not understanding why shoes are "one", cattle have to be "one", and people are "one".
Some foreigners really have no choice, so they have to use "one" as a quantifier, and as a result, there are jokes such as "a dog" and "a cat", which makes people laugh.
Of course, no matter how difficult it is to learn Chinese, there are still many foreign friends who have broken through the difficulties and spoken a fairly smooth Chinese. This is inseparable from their love for Chinese and Chinese culture, coupled with diligent study and hard work in ordinary times, in order to make progress.
Seeing them struggling to learn Chinese is also really moving. Learning a language is not an easy task, if we can also have such a serious attitude, willing to give time and energy, we will be able to learn a foreign language, you say right?
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