西班牙考试制度来看中西教育差异

 　西班牙考试制度来看中西教育差异

　　众所周知，教育是每个时期的一个重点。在全球化的浪潮下，西方有一些优秀的教育理念已经广泛地进入中国。而中国的教育也逐渐地导向了国际标准。中国教育是出了名的严苛，压力大，和“残酷”。考试更是家常便饭，而中国高考则是每一个国人的必经之路。

　　我们的项目计划主要包括了中国教育和西班牙教育。我们和一位西班牙友人讨论了双方教育的许多不同的方面。这位是我们的外国朋友，来自诺丁汉的博士，一位西班牙美人.

　　It is generally known that educations issue is one of the focuses of any ages. Within the trend of globalization, some of occidental excellent education concepts have been spread into China and China’s education has been, gradually, geared to international standards. about China’s education, it is famous for sternness, tenseness and “cruelness” and quizzes and tests are as a daily necessity. Especially, China’s College Entrance Examination is the only way which must be passed.

　　Our project covers majority of China’s and Spain’s education, and we chatted with a Spanish friend and compared with education differences in various parts. This is our friend, a great Spanish beauty, a doctor in The University of Nottingham Ningbo China.

　　准备工作：

　　1. 网上搜索关于大学英语六级的试题

　　2. 收集需要展示给外国友人的图片

　　3. 简单了解西班牙的教育体制

　　Preparations:

　　1. Search the Internet for examination questions about CET62. Collect pictures will be showed to the foreign friend3. Learn Spanish education system simply

　　第一部分

　　首先，我们准备了一份由六级试题组成的试卷，让Bea来做一下，先来体验一下中国学校的考试。

　　试卷构成：10道单选题+1篇听力(5题)+1篇完型(15选10)在她做完试卷之后，我们采访了她，她告诉了我们关于做这些题目的感想，每题都不一样，有的很新颖，有的很可怕。

　　(1) Bea觉得单选题难度不一。有些选项很相似，有些选项并不是唯一的，所以有些题目让她不解。

　　(2)她认为完形很能锻炼英语能力，可以有效提高英语水平，所以她很喜欢完型。

　　(3)她认为听力难度大，应该事先把听力问题列出来。

　　Part 1

　　Firstly, we prepared a paper which was composed of some CET6 questions for Bea. We wanted her to experience the Chinese school test.

　　The content of test paper: 10 multiple choices + 1 listening comprehension + 1 cloze We had an interview with her after she finished the paper. She said that some questions were fresh and some were too difficult.

　　(1) Bea thought the item difficulty was different. Some options were similar and some questions were not unique, which made her confused.

　　(2) She liked cloze very much. She thought it can practice and improve students’ English abilities effectively.

　　(3) She thought listening comprehension was truly difficult and the questions should be listed in advance.

　　第二部分

　　首先，我们向Bea介绍一些关于中国高考的信息，如考试日期和考试的重要性。然后我们还向她展示了一些关于中国高考的图片，我们谈论了中国的高考。她觉得中国学生承受很大的高考压力，他们的父母和老师对他们施加压力。她还认为中国学生面对高考比西班牙的学生要辛苦得多Part2

　　At first, we introduced some information about Chinese college entrance examination to Bea, like the date of exam and the importance of the exam. Then we also showed some pictures about the examination to her and we talked about this a lot. She thought that Chinese students were under constant pressure, their parents and teachers put too much pressure on them. She believed that Chinese students were facing much more pressure than Spanish before college entrance examination.

　　第三部分

　　我们问Bea关于西班牙语考试的问题，如考试频率和考试科目。她说西班牙学生每学期只有两门考试，他们的考试科目主要是英语，西班牙语历史，数学。这三门是必考的，另外你还需要选修三门，如社会科学，拉丁语,音乐等。

　　Part3

　　We asked Bea some questions about Spanish exams, such as the frequency and subjects of Spanish exams. She said Spanish students only have two exams each semester and her test subjects were mainly English, Spanish history and mathematics for that she chose humanity. These three were compulsory, andshe also needed to elect other three subjects, such as social science, Latin，music and so on.

　　第四部分

　　我们向她展示了一些中国课堂的照片，并介绍了中国的教育体制。我们的外国友人表示了惊讶，认为非常辛苦。当我们询问她关于中国教育的看法时，她说在巨大的压力之下人们工作会非常有效率，并举了西班牙学生的例子。在西班牙，高校学生在12月，3月和6月里，都有三个星期要非常努力学习，因为这个时候压力很大。她认为没有压力的话，人们很难有动力。但她也认为太大的压力会适得其反，年轻人也需要享受生活。

　　Part4

　　We showed some pictures about Chinese class to her and told her how the Chinese education is. Our foreign friend expressed her surprise and thought it was so hard. Then when we asked her views about Chinese education, she said people work very effectively under the great pressure and took Spanish students for example. In Spain, high school students have three weeks to work hard in December, March and June because they are stressful. She thought that if people do not have pressure, it is difficult to keep motivation. But she considered too much pressure might have the opposite effect. Young people need some times to enjoy life.

　　最后我们在学校食堂共进午餐。

　　Then we had lunch together in our school’s dining hall.

　　通过这次跨文化活动，我们了解了西班牙教育系统，也看到了中西教育的差异。没有对比就没有伤害。中国学生在学生时代的生活确实很辛苦。但这并不能成为我们在大学里放纵享乐的借口。

　　Through this cross-cultural activity, we learned something about Spanish educational system and we also saw the differences between Chinese and Spanish education. There is no harm without contrast for that Chinese students really get through a hard during our schooldays. But that's not an excuse for us to indulge in college.

　　同时，我们也学到了很多东西。在整个活动过程中，我们和Bea的交流全程基本无障碍，十分地顺畅。这极大地提高了我们对自身英语口语的自信。

　　At the same time, we also learned a lot. During the whole process, we communicated with Bea frequently without obstacles, which greatly improved our confidence on English speaking.