The number of people who go abroad to study and go directly to middle school has increased greatly.

20 12 September, Social Science Literature Publishing House published Blue Book of International Talents: Report on the Development of Studying Abroad in China. According to the report, the number of students studying abroad in China has accounted for 14% of the global total, ranking first in the world. The trend of "younger age" in studying abroad is also increasingly obvious, and the number of people who go abroad directly to study in middle schools has also increased significantly.

Go to Singapore to attend high school

20 12 10, Yang Juan (a pseudonym), the daughter of Ms. Liu Li (a pseudonym), lives in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province and has been studying in Singapore for one year.

"Domestic high school education is becoming more and more exam-oriented, and it is difficult for children to learn real things. How can such a development ensure that children will be competitive in society in the future? " Liuli told reporters.

One year has passed, and when talking about her daughter's changes this year, Liu Li told reporters, "She is growing up slowly, and now she calls less. When she first passed, she basically made a phone call every day, saying big things and small things. "

Liu Li's daughter participated in the "SM 1" publicly funded study abroad program between the Singaporean government and China. "I heard that children with friends around me went, and the effect was good. In addition, the children's English scores have been very good, and there are public sponsorship. We respect children's opinions and choose to study abroad. " Liuli said.

When her daughter first went abroad, Liu Li's worries involved all aspects of her children's life and study, whether she could integrate into the cultural environment of the new country and whether she could accept the new curriculum teaching model. "Students in the same batch 10 will take care of each other. I didn't send them to Singapore, so several children went together. "

"Children are still young, and everything needs to be handled by themselves, involving all aspects of life. Even going to the supermarket to buy a box of milk has to adapt to the new environment." Mothers are inevitably worried about their underage daughters going abroad.

Liu Li told reporters that after her daughters arrived in Singapore, the school arranged them in the corresponding dormitory and provided them with guardians, which was equivalent to the role of the domestic class teacher. These guardians are not only responsible for their children's learning, but also for their lives.

I have solved my worries about life, but for a "little international student" like Yang Juan, my study is more difficult.

Liu Li said that children are taught in English after they arrive in Singapore, and the evaluation mechanism is not as harsh as the "100 score system" required in China. My daughter Yang Juan, like her classmates studying in Singapore, has time to choose the activity groups she is interested in and participate in the study through off-campus activities.

Liu Li said that half of my friend's children went to European and American universities after graduating from high school in Singapore, and many of them stayed in Singapore to study.

"Most of these children are working abroad, and one of them is studying chemistry. However, after returning to China, I can only do English translation because I can't find a suitable job. Now they still want to go out to work, probably because they are used to the working and learning atmosphere abroad. " Liu Li said that friends' children rarely come back after going out.

Liu Li introduced that among the parents of foreign students in Singapore, everyone is scrambling to circulate a blog of a girl named "Beibei in the Lion City". The author Beibei studied in Singapore for six years, from junior high school to university.

In her blog, she recorded in detail her experience and feelings of studying abroad in the past six years. "In four years, we have grown from an ignorant cardamom to a young teenager, from a chicken protected by our parents' wings to a young eagle flying freely. Having gone abroad, our horizons have gradually broadened. The stage of our struggle is no longer the senior high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination. Harvard and Yale have replaced Tsinghua and Peking University. "

This was written by Beibei at the Four-year Study Abroad Festival. At the beginning of the article, she wrote, "In five days, it will be the fourth anniversary of the 07 SM 1 class, which also means that our study abroad in Singapore is coming to an end. Waiting for us may be a renewal, which may be a brand new study tour in Europe and America. "

"The child's future still respects the child's opinions, and eventually she should enjoy a higher level of education." Liuli said.

20 12 September, Social Science Literature Publishing House published Blue Book of International Talents: Report on the Development of Studying Abroad in China. According to the report, the number of students studying abroad in China has accounted for 14% of the global total, ranking first in the world. The trend of "younger age" in studying abroad is also increasingly obvious, and the number of people who go abroad directly to study in middle schools has also increased significantly.

Go to Singapore to attend high school

20 12 10, Yang Juan (a pseudonym), the daughter of Ms. Liu Li (a pseudonym), lives in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province and has been studying in Singapore for one year.

"Domestic high school education is becoming more and more exam-oriented, and it is difficult for children to learn real things. How can such a development ensure that children will be competitive in society in the future? " Liuli told reporters.

One year has passed, and when talking about her daughter's changes this year, Liu Li told reporters, "She is growing up slowly, and now she calls less. When she first passed, she basically made a phone call every day, saying big things and small things. "

Liu Li's daughter participated in the "SM 1" publicly funded study abroad program between the Singaporean government and China. "I heard that children with friends around me went, and the effect was good. In addition, the children's English scores have been very good, and there are public sponsorship. We respect children's opinions and choose to study abroad. " Liuli said.

When her daughter first went abroad, Liu Li's worries involved all aspects of her children's life and study, whether she could integrate into the cultural environment of the new country and whether she could accept the new curriculum teaching model. "Students in the same batch 10 will take care of each other. I didn't send them to Singapore, so several children went together. "

"Children are still young, and everything needs to be handled by themselves, involving all aspects of life. Even going to the supermarket to buy a box of milk has to adapt to the new environment." Mothers are inevitably worried about their underage daughters going abroad.

Liu Li told reporters that after her daughters arrived in Singapore, the school arranged them in the corresponding dormitory and provided them with guardians, which was equivalent to the role of the domestic class teacher. These guardians are not only responsible for their children's learning, but also for their lives.

I have solved my worries about life, but for a "little international student" like Yang Juan, my study is more difficult.

Liu Li said that children are taught in English after they arrive in Singapore, and the evaluation mechanism is not as harsh as the "100 score system" required in China. My daughter Yang Juan, like her classmates studying in Singapore, has time to choose the activity groups she is interested in and participate in the study through off-campus activities.

Liu Li said that half of my friend's children went to European and American universities after graduating from high school in Singapore, and many of them stayed in Singapore to study.

"Most of these children are working abroad, and one of them is studying chemistry. However, after returning to China, I can only do English translation because I can't find a suitable job. Now they still want to go out to work, probably because they are used to the working and learning atmosphere abroad. " Liu Li said that friends' children rarely come back after going out.

Liu Li introduced that among the parents of foreign students in Singapore, everyone is scrambling to circulate a blog of a girl named "Beibei in the Lion City". The author Beibei studied in Singapore for six years, from junior high school to university.

In her blog, she recorded in detail her experience and feelings of studying abroad in the past six years. "In four years, we have grown from an ignorant cardamom to a young teenager, from a chicken protected by our parents' wings to a young eagle flying freely. Having gone abroad, our horizons have gradually broadened. The stage of our struggle is no longer the senior high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination. Harvard and Yale have replaced Tsinghua and Peking University. "

This was written by Beibei at the Four-year Study Abroad Festival. At the beginning of the article, she wrote, "In five days, it will be the fourth anniversary of the 07 SM 1 class, which also means that our study abroad in Singapore is coming to an end. Waiting for us may be a renewal, which may be a brand new study tour in Europe and America. "

"The child's future still respects the child's opinions, and eventually she should enjoy a higher level of education." Liuli said.

Language is the key.

According to the statistics of the US Department of Homeland Security, in the 2005-2006 school year, only 65 middle school students from China came to the United States with private passports to attend middle schools; By the 20 10 to 20 1 1 school year, 6,725 people from China had gone to the United States to study in middle schools. In five years, the number of people going out to attend middle schools has increased by 100 times. At present, although undergraduate students apply for studying abroad in China, the proportion of high school students is increasing.

In addition to the United States, many foreign students from China poured into Canadian, European and Australian secondary schools.

The first thing that needs to be solved when going abroad to study in high school or undergraduate course is the language problem. In this regard, Zhu Li, senior high school students' study abroad program manager of the Foreign North American Examination Department of Beijing New Oriental School, suggested that parents still need to be rational. "It is indeed a trend to study abroad at a younger age in recent years, but first of all, we must solve the domestic language problem, let the children adapt to the study and life abroad smoothly, join various school associations more quickly, and establish their own social circle." Teacher Julie said.

Teacher Julie has been engaged in supporting the teaching of foreign North American examinations for nearly 10 years. In practice, she divides young students studying abroad into different types.

One is a student with a good foundation in all aspects, good English foundation, cheerful personality and considerable self-management ability; The other is that children themselves have some special interests. These children may not be particularly outstanding in school, but they are outstanding in music, sports and art. Parents of such children will take the initiative to ask their children to go out to study when they see the difference in foreign education. The last kind of students may not be outstanding in cultural achievements or other specialties, but they have enough financial support at home, so they go abroad with the idea of trying to find hope to train their children.

Facing the situation and needs of different types of young students, Teacher Julie believes that although each student has a different starting point, they all have the same opportunity to study abroad, with the aim of expecting better development in the future. If you want to go abroad to study in high school, you must first make your own wishes, then you need to take time out for language training, develop the habit of self-management and active learning, learn to do simple housework, understand some common sense and cultural knowledge of American society, and finally be mentally prepared.

Secondly, Teacher Julie analyzed that the biggest problem faced by junior students in training language test is too little reading and insufficient vocabulary. To give the simplest example, "Chinese-speaking children can use' outdated' and' refrigerator' to express the correct things at the age of four or five, but if we use the same English words to describe them, it is estimated that our high school students or undergraduates can express them in correct English. This is the language gap between our domestic middle school students and American students. It is not easy for us to reach the same language level of American students in one or two years' spare time, so students who are interested in going to high school in the United States must add more words, listen more and read more as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to learn in the future and will not adapt. "

Teacher Zhu Li analyzed that if children with poor language skills study abroad, they can't keep up with their studies and can't communicate with their classmates and teachers; In this case, if there is no help or help from parents or relatives around them in learning, the child's self-confidence will be greatly hit and eventually he may give up. This is not uncommon among international students.

Education departments and parents should think coldly.

Dr. Wang, director of center for china and globalization of Harvard University and a senior researcher at Kennedy College, pointed out that the younger age of studying abroad in China since the 20th century is mainly reflected in three aspects: the number of high school students who go abroad directly to study for undergraduate courses, the number who go abroad to study for middle schools and the number who give up the college entrance examination.

According to the statistics of the American Institute of International Education in 2009, the number of undergraduates from China to the United States has remained at around 9,000 per year for many years. In 2009, 26,000 students from China went to the United States to study undergraduate courses, twice as much as in 2008. Since 20 10, the number of people who choose to study abroad in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and other cities has increased by about 20% every year, and the growth trend of high school graduates directly studying in foreign universities has accelerated, reflecting the "younger age" of studying abroad in China.

According to a survey, the study destinations of senior high school students are mainly concentrated in the United States, Canada, Australia, Britain and other four countries, and senior high school students studying in these four countries account for more than 85% of the surveyed senior high school students.

Among these high school students, receiving better education, enhancing their comprehensive professional competitiveness, and wanting to go abroad for employment and long-term residence are the main reasons for studying abroad, followed by escaping the domestic study pressure, following the suggestions and arrangements of their families and being influenced by their classmates.

Ren Ren, head of the marketing department of Global IELTS Study Abroad Service Center, told the reporter that the main reason for the expansion of young students studying abroad is the economic development in China, which makes more and more families have the economic foundation to send their children abroad to study. In high school in the United States, the tuition and living expenses for three years are between 800- 1 10,000 yuan, while the cost for four years of undergraduate course is about10.2 million yuan. The bosses of middle and high-level enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and some freelancers aged 40-45 are the main force of high school students' investment in studying abroad. To study abroad, it is fundamental to improve competitiveness, and it is really necessary to consider the economic strength of the family. The main source of funds for high school students to study abroad is the support of parents and relatives, accounting for 88%.

On the other hand, with the continuous development of the study abroad market and the popularity of domestic parents' awareness of studying abroad, some families are not limited to finding ways for their children to study in China, but choose schools suitable for their children all over the world. Especially for college entrance examination students, overseas universities are increasingly becoming the second way out for China students.

In addition, favorable international education policies and visa policies at home and abroad also make it possible to increase the number of young students studying abroad. In order to alleviate the domestic economic crisis, some countries invest in China as an industrial development, which is also one of the factors for them to expand enrollment for China. At the same time, some middle-income families have also considered sending their children out first to realize the desire of immigration. These factors also promote the formation of the trend of younger students studying abroad.

In this regard, Tong Liya, deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Bureau of Statistics and deputy director of the National People's Congress, suggested that parents considering sending their children abroad should be rational, respect their children's wishes, and at the same time, consider the family's affordability and not blindly follow the trend, so as to ensure that their children can receive better education in regular universities in safe countries.

2 1 Yang Dongping, chairman and dean of the Century Institute of Education and a professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, believes that in the new upsurge of studying abroad and the upsurge of studying abroad at a young age, more and more parents are dissatisfied with the exam-oriented education in China, but they lack selectivity at home, so they have to send their children abroad.