I volunteered for the Beijing College Entrance Examination, and I want to test a small language. Do I have to pass the school interview to fill in the advance approval?

Measures for enrollment of minority languages

When it comes to minority language enrollment, there are generally three ways:

The first is to enroll students separately in advance. Most colleges and universities enroll small languages separately in advance, organize their own propositions and exams, and enroll students before the national college entrance examination. The exam includes a written test and an interview. The written test generally assesses Chinese, mathematics and English. Interview to assess the English proficiency test and phonetic imitation of the reported small language, the admitted candidates will no longer take the college entrance examination. However, last year, the Ministry of Education confirmed that 20 1 1 canceled this enrollment method and enrolled undergraduate students in batches in advance among the national unified examination students.

The second is a separate interview, which requires taking the college entrance examination and early batch admission (commonly known as "zero batch"). At present, only some minor language majors in Beijing Foreign Studies University, beijing language and culture university and beijing international studies university have adopted this enrollment method to enroll students in Beijing. Candidates normally participate in the college entrance examination, and the results of the college entrance examination and interview should be considered comprehensively when the school is admitted. Complete the admission and filing before the undergraduate batch is advanced. It should be noted that this enrollment method does not affect the choice of a group of undergraduates in advance and a group of volunteers, and students can fill in the college entrance examination volunteers normally.

The third is to participate in the college entrance examination normally. Some schools put some minority language majors in the early batch or the first batch, or even enroll students in the second and third batches. This kind of enrollment is no different from ordinary college entrance examination, and schools generally only enroll students according to the results of college entrance examination.

Rational thinking on the application of minority languages

Compared with English majors, small languages are really easier to find a job, and things are scarce, especially the successful hosting of the Beijing Olympic Games and the Shanghai World Expo, which has enhanced everyone's attention to small languages. The one-time employment rate of minority language majors in some colleges and universities even reached 100%.

However, with the continuous expansion of minority language colleges, the employment advantages of minority languages are weakening day by day. It is understood that the destinations of minority language graduates are mainly: government foreign affairs departments, universities, news media organizations, foreign enterprises and Sino-foreign joint ventures, foreign affairs offices of provinces and cities, foreign trade companies, tourism companies, overseas study and training institutions, and cultural communication institutions. However, judging from the recruitment positions announced by the Liaison Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce and other ministries in recent years, the demand for minority language professionals is very limited. Except for a few widely used languages, most small languages only recruit 1 ~ 2 people.

As for enterprises' demand for small languages, it is also very limited. Because there is no distinction between high and low languages, what kind of small languages enterprises need depends not only on the local economic development and local cultural atmosphere, but also on the target countries of local investment, especially the relationship between China and small language countries, including geographical and political relations.

The market economy is unpredictable and international relations are complex and changeable. No one can guarantee that any language will continue to be popular. Moreover, according to the development law of the objective world, when a thing is hot enough, it is often when it begins to cool down. The "smallness" of minority languages itself illustrates the limitations of their development, so I hope candidates and parents will remain more rational and calm.

Quality requirements for learning small languages

Some students think that since the content of the small language test is mainly English, students with good English scores are definitely suitable for learning small languages. Actually, this is not necessarily the case. Small languages have many different names, and some languages have special pronunciations. If you learn English well, you may not learn it well. Because you learn English from primary school, the college entrance examination mainly depends on the written test results, while small languages are learned only when you enter the university, and oral English accounts for a large proportion in the learning course. By this time, you have passed the best period of learning a foreign language. Therefore, learning small languages requires certain talents, such as clear speech, strong imitation ability and sensitive response to language. It is always difficult to learn a foreign language by memorizing phonetic symbols and letters.

There is a saying among college students who study small languages: "Three minutes in Korean, three hours in English, three days in French, three months in Japanese, three years in German and three hundred years in Arabic." This statement may not be scientific, but it reflects the difficulty of learning small languages to some extent.

In short, to learn small languages, we must first have a strong interest in small languages. Don't apply blindly because small language majors are popular or have a good job. Learning a small language requires not only memorizing words, learning grammar and listening to tapes, but also understanding the cultural and social development of this country. Without strong interest and persistent persistence, learning will be very painful. Secondly, candidates have a strong ability to understand and use the language. Language is used for communication and application. Some candidates have a good writing style, but they are introverted and poor in oral expression, which is not suitable for minor language majors.

Therefore, I would like to remind candidates that if you sing out of tune, can't hear all the tones clearly, slurred speech and have poor imitation ability, it is probably not suitable for learning small languages. Even if you are lucky enough to enter this major, it will not be conducive to your future development and further study, and you may even repeat a grade and drop out of school.

Recommend institutions with advantages in small languages.

There are many colleges and universities offering minority languages, but I still suggest that candidates give priority to those colleges and universities with their own characteristics and advantages in school-running philosophy and curriculum setting, with super teachers and minority languages ranking among the top in the country.

1. Beijing Foreign Studies University: Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Spanish

Beijing Foreign Studies University is a foreign language institution with the longest history, the most comprehensive level and the most languages in China. It is one of the first authorized units for master's and doctor's degrees in China, among which 18 is the only subject in China. There is now a postdoctoral mobile station for foreign languages and literature, with doctoral programs in Russian, German, Arabic, Japanese, Spanish, European languages and literature, foreign linguistics, foreign languages and literature, applied linguistics and so on. German major is a national key discipline, while Russian and Arabic major are key disciplines in Beijing.

2. Tongji University: German

Tongji University was founded by Germans in 1907, with close ties and frequent exchanges with Germany and Europe, and has been teaching in German until the 1950s. The German teaching in Tongji University can be described as the epitome of German teaching in China, which has four characteristics: long history, huge scale, complete types and emphasis on quality.

3. university of international business and economics: Spanish and Arabic

Spanish major in university of international business and economics was founded in 1954, which is one of the earliest Spanish majors in China. With the trade between Spain and Canada, the employment situation of foreign language majors has been very good. Arabic major was founded in 1954, which is one of the earliest departments in China. The teachers are strong and the level of scientific research is among the best in China. The employment level of students has remained at a high level.

4. Heilongjiang University: Russian

As a key comprehensive university in Heilongjiang Province, Heilongjiang University has made great efforts to develop Russian language and literature by virtue of its good geographical advantages bordering Russia. Russian is one of the oldest majors in Heilongjiang University and a national key discipline, with doctoral and master's programs and a Russian language and literature research center. With the increasingly close relationship between China and Russia, learning Russian will be promising.

5. Guangxi University for Nationalities: Vietnamese, Lao, Thai, Cambodian.

Guangxi University for Nationalities is a national foreign language non-general undergraduate talent training base. Relying on the advantages of neighboring Southeast Asia, ASEAN Expo and Nanning International Folk Song Festival, Guangxi University for Nationalities has created a "3+ 1" talent training model, and the employment rate of non-lingua franca graduates has remained at 100%. At present, thousands of students from Guangxi University for Nationalities have gone to Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and other countries to exchange teaching or translation.

6. Wuhan University: French

Wuhan has become the most intensive and intensive city of French investment in China. The economic cooperation between Wuhan and France is not limited to a single automobile field, but develops in many fields such as finance, commercial chain, high technology and petroleum products. Wuhan University has become the largest French training base in China. Wuhan University has signed cooperation and exchange agreements with more than 20 universities in France, which has become an important base and window for French education and scientific and technological cooperation and exchange in China. The French subject of Wuhan University ranks second in the country, with a complete training system from undergraduate-master-doctor, and the number of people studying in France continues to be the first in the country.

7. Dalian Foreign Studies University: Korean, Japanese

Dalian International Studies University is the cradle of foreign language talents and a bridge to the world. Taking advantage of facing South Korea and Japan across the sea, the college has jointly run schools with many famous schools such as Waseda University, Kyushu University and Nagano University in Japan. Japan is one of the countries that receive the most students from China, and Japan and South Korea are also important economic partners of China in Asia.

8. Guangdong University of Foreign Studies: Japanese, Indonesian Malay, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and French.

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies is a key foreign-related university in Guangdong Province. The school has a panoramic international trade simulation laboratory and simultaneous interpretation room with advanced equipment. As an international business metropolis, Guangzhou is close to Southeast Asian countries, with strong foreign language background and unique conditions, and its minor language majors stand out. Japanese major is one of the earliest master's majors offered by universities in Guangdong Province.