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Know yourself and your enemy, win every battle, know everything about the O-Level exam!
The O-Level exam, the full name of the General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level, is an exam that all Singaporean middle school students must take after completing their 4-year middle school studies . The exam results are recognized by the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. The exam time is from June to November every year, the oral Chinese test is from June to August, and the results are announced in February of the following year. If you are not satisfied with the results, you can apply for a re-examination. The exam includes compulsory subjects and optional subjects. Chinese is 4 One of the compulsory subjects in the university, the Chinese language test is divided into: Advanced Chinese, General Chinese, Chinese B, Chinese Special Course, and Chinese Literature. O-Level adopts the cumulative score system, the higher the score, the smaller the score, for example, 75 points and above are A1 grades, and 1 point is recorded. As a compulsory subject, the importance of Chinese is self-evident. Today, teacher ihantok brought you a detailed analysis of the different categories in the O-Level Chinese exam for your reference.
★ O-Level Advanced Chinese Test
The Advanced Chinese subject paper is for candidates taking the Secondary Diploma and Ordinary Courses.
□Assessment objective: to cultivate certain listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and at the same time be able to appreciate Chinese literature
△ Paper 1: Writing
Test paper score: 80 points
Examination items: Practical essays or essays, practical essays include emails, blog posts, forum posts, etc.
Choose one of the two essays of more than 220 words, including narrative essays, argumentative essays and explanatory essays
Choose one of the three essays of more than 500 words
△Examination Paper 2: Chinese Application and Reading Comprehension
Test paper score: 80 points
Test items: fill in the blanks in short essays, correct wrong sentences, reading comprehension
△Paper 3: Oral test
Test paper score: 40 points
Examination items: oral presentation and discussion
O-Level Advanced Chinese test questions are rich in types and cover a wide range of subjects. It requires extensive knowledge reserves and comprehensive preparation to achieve good results.
★ O-Level General Chinese Examination
The general Chinese subject paper is for candidates who are taking the Secondary Express Course and the General Academic Course (candidates for the General Course need to be approved by the school).
□Assessment objective: to cultivate the ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing at an appropriate level, and at the same time be able to carry out simple literary creation.
△ Paper 1: Writing
Test paper score: 60 points
Examination items: practical essay and composition, practical essay is email
Choose one of the two essays of more than 150 words, including narrative essays, argumentative essays and explanatory essays
Choose one of the three essays of more than 300 words
△Examination Paper 2: Chinese Application and Reading Comprehension
Test paper score: 70 points
Test items: Comprehensive fill-in-the-blank and reading comprehension
Among them, comprehensive filling in the blanks, reading comprehension one is multiple choice, and reading comprehension two is open-ended answering
△Paper 3: Oral Test and Listening Comprehension
Test paper score: 70 points
Test items: reading aloud, conversation and listening comprehension
The session needs to watch a video about 1 minute long and talk to the examiner
- The scores of the three parts of the general Chinese test paper are even, and comprehensive preparation is required. The corpus is closely integrated with real life, and attention should be paid to daily accumulation.
★ O-Level Chinese B Exam
Candidates who are taking the Chinese B course take the exam.
□Assessment objective: to develop basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and at the same time have the ability to appreciate simple literature
△ Paper 1: Writing
Test paper score: 20 points
Examination items: E-mail and picture-based composition, choose one composition of more than 150 words
△Examination Paper 2: Chinese Application and Reading Comprehension
Test paper score: 30 points
It is necessary to read the specified paragraph or corpus, and then complete the questions. The questions are all multiple choices. Both paper 1 and paper 2 are computer-based exams
△Paper 3: Oral and Listening
Test paper score: 50 points
The oral test is divided into reading passages and conversations, and the listening test is to listen to the recording and answer questions
Compared with the advanced Chinese test, the Chinese B test is slightly less difficult, with more emphasis on speaking and listening. The test questions are close to life and need to be combined with daily life accumulation for test preparation.
★ O-Level Chinese Special Course Examination
The Special Courses Undergraduate Examination Paper is for candidates taking the Secondary Diploma and General Academic courses.
□Test objective: have daily listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and be able to understand daily language materials
△ Paper 1: Writing
Test paper score: 20 points
Examination items: Practical essays and essays, practical essays are emails and text messages
Choose one of the two essays with more than 60 words, and the essay should be a short narrative essay
Choose one of the three essays of more than 180 words, and the writing test allows the use of prescribed dictionaries
△Examination Paper 2: Chinese Application and Reading Comprehension
Test paper score: 30 points
Chinese application topics are multiple choices of sentences + corpus, such as narratives, news reports, dialogues, etc.
Reading comprehension one is multiple choice, 2 corpora: such as advertisements, leaflets, menus and other corpora
Reading Comprehension II is an open-ended response to short passages
△Paper 3: Oral Test and Listening Comprehension
Test paper score: 60 points
Test items: reading aloud, conversation and listening comprehension
There are 7 corpora for listening comprehension, such as advertisements, stories, news reports, etc.
- Level Chinese special course test questions are more focused on listening and speaking. A lot of daily training is very necessary. Watching Chinese TV programs is a good choice.
★ O-Level Chinese Literature Examination
The Puhua Chinese Literature undergraduate examination paper is for candidates taking the Express Secondary Course and the General Academic Course.
Test objective: to be able to understand the background, artistic features, connotation, thoughts and feelings of ancient and modern literary works
□Ability to test: the ability to appreciate art in literary works
△Examination Paper 1: Selected Readings of Novel
Test paper score: 50 points
Examination project: "Exile and Chase"
The examination method is question and answer, the first question must be answered, and the second question is optional.
△Examination Paper 2: Selected Readings of Poems and Modern and Contemporary Short Stories
Test paper score: 50 points
The test papers are divided into two groups, A and B, of which group B is extracurricular excerpts
Test items: short stories, mini-fiction, classical poetry, modern and contemporary poetry
Examination methods are two-choice question and answer
The O-Level Chinese Literature test questions focus on understanding the connotation of the works, requiring candidates to have the ability to appreciate and analyze the works. They usually read more literary classics, memorize more ancient poems and proses, and write reading notes after reading. This is the constant kingly way of preparing for the test.