Text | Mi Li's mother
Saturday when the bricks are moved, are you all okay?
We Chinese have turned April and May into various single holidays based on our strength.
5 days is short, 6 days is long. But for the old mother, the scary thing is not that the rest of the 5 is on the 6, but that the end of the semester does not seem to be far away, and it is time to study seriously
During this time, the parent group has been discussing two things, one is the revision of English textbooks in September, and the other is that the era of "mathematics is king" is back.
There are many rice noodles who ask me privately, under the education reform, what should I do with my child's learning plan? It's a bit directionless...
Raising a baby for more than ten years, but also immersed in the education circle for so long, will indeed have more experience than everyone, a little more sensitivity, before I wrote a lot of articles on educational analysis, I always feel that no matter whether we are "chicken" or "Buddha", first of all, the general direction can not be wrong, so as to get twice the result with half the effort.
Therefore, today I will give you a beating and talk about a few major events in the education circle recently.
Revised English textbooks
In 2022, the new curriculum standard has been released, and newer and more difficult requirements have been put forward for English learning, and it is only a matter of time before the textbook is revised, otherwise how to implement the new curriculum standard?
Before Mi Li's mother, she had a detailed analysis of "The Ministry of Education's new curriculum standards have been released, and how many major subjects have changed?" 》
The number of English class hours has decreased, but the vocabulary has increased, and the number of words in the third year of junior high school has increased to 2,000.
The English reading requirements are also very amazing, and the amount of extracurricular reading in junior high school needs to reach more than 150,000 words.
Grammar is not "no longer learned, not tested", but a return to the "application" of language.
In terms of pragmatics, there is an emphasis on allowing students to express their emotions, attitudes, and opinions.
Recently, a new version of the textbook has been leaked on the Internet, and Mi Li's mother took the English textbook of the first year of junior high school (first) to make a comparison for everyone.
First of all, there's more content.
The previous unit was 6 pages long, with half illustrations
(Drag up and down to see the content of a unit of the old textbook)
The new edition has 8 pages of content in one unit, and the illustrations have been reduced, so there is much more content than before
(Drag up and down to see the content of a unit of the new version of the textbook)
The content of the new version of the textbook is more reinforced, that is, the concept of phonics, which is also closer to the learning rules of the original version.
The grammar part at the end of each unit is still retained, but the new version is more application-oriented, including the use in sentences and paragraphs
The grammar part of the old English textbook emphasizes explanations and examples, and prefers practice and application
In addition, in the new version of the textbook, project and project learning have been added after each unit.
This is also more in line with the original learning methods and ideas.
Another difference is that the new edition of the textbook adds additional reading to each unit at the end.
But this amount of reading, frankly speaking, is far from enough, so English really can't rely only on in-class textbooks.
This is a change in the new version of the textbook for the first year of junior high school on the Internet, and Mi Li's mother has analyzed it, and everyone should be able to clearly see the trend of English learning in the future.
It's originalization. Let the language return to application, not discipline.
Therefore, since childhood, children who have read a lot of original English books, systematically studied original English textbooks, listened to English every day, and passed KET, PET and even FCE in primary school, do not need to adapt to textbook revisions and examination reforms.
Because the direction is exactly right. Children who have taken the original route since childhood will always be in front of the education reform. Mi Li's mother is really glad that over the years, she has repeatedly shared with you English enlightenment, English learning dry goods, paths and methods, all of which are painless original routes.
It's not that I'm unpredictable, but it's in line with the laws of language learning.
(My first book, "Parent-Child English Books That Affect a Child's Life")
Now the situation faced by the children is very grim, parents must be fully prepared, the original textbooks, the original version of the high school entrance examination, so Mi Li's mother is still the old saying, we must pull the English level to the ceiling in the primary school stage.
In our community, there are many children who follow Mi Li's mother to do English enlightenment early, and there are many people who have passed KET and PET in the middle grade of primary school, so that junior high school can really save a lot of time to learn Chinese and mathematics.
If you want to say that you will learn junior high school mathematics and physics in the first and second grades of primary school, this is unrealistic, after all, children's cognition is limited, but English does not look at IQ, it is a kind of language ability.
Let's look at the new version of the English textbook that has been leaked on the Internet, this is the first year of junior high school, but the topic is close to five or six-year-old children, and the language difficulty is at the level of less sword.
So how exactly do you learn English?
- First of all, you don't have to worry about the revision of the textbook, just follow the school teachers, this is not something we can control. It is more difficult for teachers, who need to change their previous teaching methods and adapt to the new direction of originalization.
- Then, we must put aside the in-class English and re-develop a set of original English learning routes for the child, choose a set of original textbooks (such as the Wonders series), in addition to the textbooks, it is best to have supporting courses and workbooks, so that the learning is more systematic (listening, speaking, reading and writing), the direction and method are correct, and perseverance will be very rewarding.
(WonderSkills is the top textbook with the same root as the Wonders system, and Wonders is used in more than 40 states in the United States, which is equivalent to our "people's education version" language book)
(The core of the WonderSkills set is to teach children to "learn to read", first learn words, then analyze reading, and finally deepen understanding, and gradually develop reading skills in the long run.) ）
- There is also the original reading, to read English as if reading Chinese, how many Chinese books you read, how many original English readings should be read, but also pay attention to non-fiction can not be less.
(Wonders Graded Reading, an American elementary school classroom book, is the top collocation of Wonders textbooks, with a ratio of fiction and non-fiction approaching 1:1)
- Listen to familiar content first, and then listen to audio that is slightly more difficult than daily reading.
- As for speaking, if the economic conditions allow, the effect of taking more than two foreign teacher classes a week (choosing a European and American foreign teacher whose mother tongue is English) is more obvious, and choosing an AI class with a good reputation to practice speaking at other times.
- Finally, and it is also very important to have a phased goal for learning, otherwise you say that children should graduate from primary school to reach the level of the high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination? What is the measure? The goal is too far away and it is not easy to stick to it. Therefore, it is recommended that you plan your child from Jianshao, KET, and PET upwards and climb the ladder.
Is the era of "mathematics is king" back?
said that the era of "mathematics and physics is king" is back, most of them are watching this hot search
Mi Li's mother saw it for the first time, and then after checking the details, I felt that there was no need to write a separate article for analysis, but the group has been discussing, and I will briefly tell you about it today.
The content of this hot search is that many well-known universities in China have relaxed the shortlisting conditions in the strong foundation plan.
For example, the Beijing Institute of Technology requires a perfect score in a single subject of mathematics
Shandong University, Mathematics Single ≥ 148
Jilin University and Central South University require the first choice of mathematics and applied mathematics, and the single subject of mathematics in the college entrance examination ≥ 145
Sun Yat-sen University, 140 in Mathematics ≥ or 100 in Physics
The National University of Defense Technology has requirements for both mathematics and physics
Not to mention, these strong base plans are relaxed by "shortlisted" and "shortlisted", not directly admitted, 10,000 steps back, college entrance examination mathematics 145, 148, is what we ordinary parents dare to think?
Judging from the implementation of the strong foundation plan in the past few years, our country's selection and training of talents are more urgent in basic disciplines, and mathematics and physics are the easiest to "pinch the tip" through grades, so universities want to grab "high-scoring candidates", they will definitely look at science results, full scores and super high scores are not chickens, they are definitely talented.
Chinese relies on long-term accumulation, English relies on early start, these two subjects are most suitable for Puwa, mathematics, physics, Puwa relies on acquired efforts, you can get relatively satisfactory results, such as mathematics 120-130, but talent is not good, 140, 145 or more don't even think about it.
Mathematics 145 Physics 100 can be shortlisted for the Strong Foundation Program, although it has nothing to do with ordinary children, but we Puwa also have to take the college entrance examination (if you can get into high school)? To take the college entrance examination, you have to take mathematics and physics, right?
Our children are actually the children who are shortlisted for the test with others, but the last difficult and big questions, if they answer correctly, our children may not have time to see the last question.
But Puwa has Puwa's thinking, if the child is not particularly talented in science, let's pay close attention to the previous questions, grasp the previous questions, and finish the basic questions and slightly higher questions, 120-130 is no big problem.
The children of mathematics 145 in the college entrance examination are not on the same competitive route as our Puwa, each with its own chicken method and strategy. Just like Tian Ji horse racing, it is definitely not okay to die.
Many parents will say that math 120-130 is also difficult, okay?
Of course, who is the college entrance examination not difficult? We will give up decisively with super high scores, but we must do our best to win relatively high scores.
The reality is that the more ordinary children are, the more they have to start early, Niu Wa learns in advance, you can try out where the lower limit of talent is, you should go to the competition, and Puwa learns in advance, which is to ensure that junior high school mathematics and physics can roll a few more rounds.
Mathematics and physics are becoming more and more difficult, because the college entrance examination is essentially a selection, not a final exam, and it is difficult to select the seedlings that the country wants to cultivate.
But we Puwa parents really don't have to be anxious, we can learn how we should learn, and we still have to prepare when we should prepare.
For example, children in small and middle schools, you can't see whether there is a talent in mathematics and science, then let's try, at this stage, there is no pressure on children to learn in class, there is a lot of time, you can learn Olympiad, learn science, children are interested and learn well, you can participate in competitions, help go to school, even if it is confirmed in the end that we are still a Puwa, not in vain, still for the future mathematics, physics and chemistry, lay the foundation, wait until the sixth grade and then learn the content of junior high school textbooks in advance, and also count the knowledge points twice.
There is a signal that I don't know if you have noticed, in the new curriculum standards in 2022, the proportion of class time in science courses even exceeds that of English. The new curriculum standard is the vane of future exams, and if you don't understand it, you really have to pay for future science results
If your child goes to middle school, he finds science very difficult, especially physics. This is because the primary school years did not do a good job of scientific enlightenment (which has been emphasized in the new curriculum standards for primary schools); How important is scientific enlightenment, Mi Li's mother thinks that how much you value mathematics, how much you should pay attention to science.
It is a discipline that can be attacked and defended; You can participate in the whitelist, and you can help your child get science and learn physics and chemistry well. Mi Li's mother consulted Mr. Da Lu, the founder of Mr. Sai's science class, and he shared a few experiences, which I think will subvert the cognition of many parents:
First, don't think that the people who participate in the whitelist are all cow babies, and Puwa can do the same;
Second, parents have no background in science and technology and don't know anything about science, and their children also have the opportunity to win awards.
Third, even if you don't want to participate in the white list, learning science well in primary school can lay a solid foundation for learning physics and chemistry well;
The picture below is the schedule of Mr. Sai's science class, which is an L3 level course, and the benchmark is physics and electricity at junior high school.
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