Shanghai International Studies University Litai College Frequently Asked Questions Inventory

2017 Shanghai International Studies University Litai College Frequently Asked Questions Inventory

Shanghai International Studies University Litai College has perfect teaching facilities, strong faculty, excellent teaching quality, has won the trust of the majority of students and social praise. The following is a list of frequently asked questions about Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) Litai College, which I hope you will read carefully!

Q1 How much English do I have to achieve to be admitted, and is it possible for foreign students to get in?

A: There is no restriction on household registration, as long as you can pass the entrance examination.

Q2 How does the school help with study abroad planning?

A: In order for students to better connect their high school studies with their study abroad and career planning, the school has introduced guidance and provided resources to help students clarify their study abroad and career planning as early as possible.

Q3 What are the prospects for students?

A: It is common for students to choose to study abroad after graduation. According to statistics, over 80% of International Baccalaureate graduates are accepted to the top 100 schools in the world.

Conclusion: The destination countries for studying abroad are mostly the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Parents and students who choose international high school, once you have made a choice, it is best to stick to the path of international education to study abroad.

Q4 Are the school's teachers mainly lay teachers?

A: The school's faculty usually consists of three parts: foreign teachers, Chinese teachers, and returnees. Foreign teachers are used to teach international curriculum programs and improve students' speaking skills. Chinese teachers are responsible for reinforcing the students' Chinese curriculum. Returnees are able to achieve bilingual teaching and also understand the admission standards of foreign colleges and universities, which is conducive to guiding students to study abroad.

Q5 Is the school's student management strict?

A: The school's curriculum is relatively compact, with a fixed study time every day, boarding students, and strict rules for weekend vacations, with temporary vacations requiring remedial classes. It allows students to form habitual learning methods, and the basics will be played more firmly.

Q6 What is your admission score line?

A: All students are required to take the entrance examination organized by the school and are admitted on the basis of merit.

Q7 Is it possible for a student with poor English to follow your program?

A: Our center offers a special EDP (English Development Programme) course, which is designed to adapt to the English learning atmosphere in an all-foreign teaching environment, enhance students' English proficiency in all aspects, cultivate a sense of language, and lay the foundation of English.

Q8 How much is the tuition fee for three years of high school?

A: The annual tuition fee is 98,000/year, and the tuition fee for 3 years of high school is 98,000*3=294,000 yuan

Q9 Has the school started enrolling students for spring classes?

A: The school's 2014-2015 spring enrollment has officially begun, the spring class briefing is in progress, you can directly consult the enrollment phone.

Q10 Is it too late for my child to transfer to your school?

A: It is recommended to take the school's test, and the teacher will take into account the child's basic situation to make a detailed plan for the child's enrollment.

Q11 Do I need to have a Shanghai hukou to enter the school, and what tests do I need to take in order to attend our high school?

A: There is no restriction on household registration for the A Level program at Shanghai Litai, and the school mainly admits junior, senior and senior students, who need to take a written test and an interview, with the subjects of Mathematics, Physics and English, and the interview is mainly in English.

Q12 Does the school help students apply for visas?

A: The school provides follow-up services such as group visas and overseas pickup for a fee.

Q13 Does the tuition fee go up every year?

A: No, the tuition fee is fixed for each term. The tuition fee is 98000 per year

Q14 Is the entrance exam paper in full English?

A: No, the general aptitude test is a Chinese paper with an interview with a foreign teacher.

Q15 What is the teacher's teaching style?

A: The main courses are taught in English by foreign teachers and the classes are small.

Q16 Does the school provide accommodation? What are the accommodation conditions?

A: The school has a special dormitory area with a beautiful environment, good conditions, air-conditioning, and living teachers to help manage.

Q17 Our child is now in junior high school and wants to study abroad, how many years is the duration of your school for junior high school students?

A: Our school offers a three-year A-Level program directly for junior students. In the first year of the program, students mainly learn the knowledge of the A Level course and the overlap of the domestic first and second year of high school and the A-Level course, so as to further consolidate the students' foundation and improve their English language proficiency, the learning focus is prominent.

Q18 Our children want to go abroad to study at university, but we parents are not confident that our children will go abroad to study right away, and we want our children to go abroad to study at university directly after completing high school in China, but there are a lot of courses for studying abroad now, and we don't know what course is better, so what are the advantages of the A-level course compared to other courses?

A: The A-Level program has a wider scope as long as the grades are qualified to enroll in universities in many countries such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and France. All British universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, only require three to four A-Levels. Compared to Western students, Chinese students have a solid foundation in mathematics and science. At the same time, Mathematics and Science require less English proficiency than other subjects. Therefore, when choosing subjects, Chinese students can maximize their strengths and avoid their weaknesses by choosing subjects that reflect their strengths.

Q19 Is it true that every A-level student can be admitted to a foreign university?

A: A-Levels are graded A*, A, B, C, D, E, and an ungraded grade U. Admission to universities in the UK is based on A-Level grades, and at present only three A Level grades are required. As long as students get three D grades, they can enter the university to read a degree program; if they get three B subjects, they can enter the world's comprehensive ranking more than Peking University and Tsinghua University; if they get three or four A subjects, they will be basically qualified to enter the world's most famous schools such as Cambridge and Oxford.

Q20 What is the difference between studying A-Levels at home and studying abroad?

A: The foreign environment, cultural atmosphere and other aspects are very different from the domestic, teenage children are not necessarily able to grasp themselves well because their minds are not fully mature. The problem is that the foreigners are not able to make a good understanding of the language, so it is easy for the students to get tired of studying, and the serious ones may even be autistic and not communicate with the outside world. In the case of A-Levels in China, on the one hand, the environment is similar everywhere in the country, so students can adapt to the learning and living environment very quickly, and at the same time, the children can go through a gradual transition phase when they leave home and live alone; on the other hand, the expenses of A-Levels in China are lower than those in foreign countries.

Q21 How to choose A-Level courses?

A: There are 76 international A-Level courses*** from Edexcel National Vocational Qualifications and Academic Examinations (NVQA) in the UK, including Mathematics, Science, Art, Design, Languages, Law, Business and so on. Chinese students still have greater difficulties in the practical application of English, whereas they have a better foundation in mathematics and science. Moreover, studying mathematics, science and chemistry requires less English language skills than other subjects, and the more descriptive the subject, the greater the vocabulary. Therefore, at this stage, the most suitable A-Level courses for Chinese students are: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Accounting; which are set up in the A-Level Center of Shanghai International Studies University. And these are all academic courses with universal applicability to 70%-80% of foreign universities and majors, such as engineering, economics, business administration, commerce, accounting, economics, and so on.

Q22 Which UK colleges and universities accept A-Level Chinese for which majors?

A: Many prestigious colleges and universities in the UK accept A-Level Chinese as a separate subject, especially for certain fixed majors. Let's take a look at some of the colleges that accept Chinese.

Accounting and Finance: Durham University, University of Manchester, University of Portsmouth, University of Sunderland, Coventry University

Chemical Engineering: University of Manchester, University of Birmingham

Computer Science: University of Manchester, Loughborough University

Actuarial Science: University of Kent, University of Leeds

Financial Mathematics. Specialization: University of Leicester, University of Kent, Keele University, Kingston University

It is important to note that when submitting an application, it is best not to apply purely in Chinese as one of the three subjects, which will not be conducive to the success of the student to get the pre-recorded admission, because it will, to a certain extent, reduce their own competitive advantage with others. It is recommended that students fill in an additional Chinese subject after applying for the three subjects, read the pre-admission requirements carefully after getting the pre-admission, and for those schools that do not specify what subjects must be taken, they can choose to use the Chinese language score to replace one of the 'whole subjects', which is the wisest and most effective way to do so.

Q23 Can I apply to US universities with my A-Levels?

A: A-Level is an internationally renowned education system, and A-Level results are recognized by universities in more than 160 countries around the world. Famous universities in the US, such as Harvard, Princeton, and MIT, use A-Level results as a criterion for admitting students. Some of the top universities in the United States may require our students to provide TOEFL scores (equivalent to IELTS scores required by UK universities) when applying for admission, including scholarships.

Q24 Is the A-Level system helping children design their lives?

A: Yes, imagine if a child is allowed to take a high school entrance exam in China's ? The A-Level system is a way to help your child design his or her life. The A-Level system is a way to help your child design their life. The first thing you need to do is to get your child to the top of the examination. In addition, many children in the college entrance examination to fill in the volunteer, in a very ignorant state, some although admitted to the university, but the profession is not suitable for themselves, therefore, in the university stage is a lack of interest and initiative, a waste of a lot of money and energy, but also does not help the country's talent cultivation.

Nowadays, education has become a globalized concept, and parents should not only give their children possessions, but also provide them with a broader space for development, and the A-level teaching system allows students to choose and design their own happy lives based on their own intellects and interests in a broader range of subjects.

Q25 What are the examination dates, venues and assessment methods for Edexcel A-Levels?

A: 1. Exam time: Edexcel's A-Level exams will be organized globally by the Examination Board in June and January of the following year, and the results will be announced in August and March of the following year.

2. Examination method: The examination method of the British high school courses is very flexible, students can choose to test in stages or apply for all the courses at once. Moreover, each course has several opportunities to take the test, and the final grade is calculated on the basis of the best one.

3. Exam location: Students take the exam at the test center where they study, and Shanghai International Studies University is one of the test centers.

4. Examination questions: A-Level examination questions are standardized by the examination boards to which they belong. The examination paper is in English and students are required to answer in English.

5. Marking of examination papers: Students' examination papers will be sent to the UK within a specified period of time by the school using strict confidentiality measures. The examination papers will also be marked locally in the UK by experts selected by the National Examinations Board (NEB) to which they belong.

6. Examination results: A-Level results are divided into six grades: A, B, C, D, E, U, with A being the best, E being a pass and U being a fail. If students are not satisfied with the results of a particular course, they can choose to re-take the exam, and the final grade will be based on the best one.

7. Grading standards: Unlike Chinese exams, A-Level pass grade E is equivalent to 40 points in the percentage system. Students can apply to foreign universities if they achieve a passing grade. The relationship between the specific grade and the grading system is shown below:

A-LEVEL grades ? Percentage system A ： 80-100 B ： 70-80 C ： 60-70 D ： 50-60 E ： 40-50 U ： below 40.

Q26 What are the benefits of having A-levels in China for mainland Chinese students?

A: The introduction of A-Level courses in China aims to provide Chinese students with an effective pathway to enter universities abroad, with the following specific objectives:

To prepare students with excellent results in junior and senior secondary schools in China for entry to the world's top universities

To prepare students with average results in junior and senior secondary schools in China for entry to the world's top universities

To prepare students with average results in junior and senior secondary schools in China for entry to the world's first-class universities

Q27 Why is taking A-Levels domestically the best way to study abroad?

A: The world's top universities, such as Harvard, Cambridge, Imperial College, and the University of London, do not have pre-university programs and only accept students with A-Levels.

We analyze the main ways for Chinese students to study abroad:

① IELTS, TOEFL scores to foreign universities to read a year of matriculation, the results of the qualified and then enter the University of formal study; Advantages: has been widely accepted, Disadvantages: can not apply for first-class schools (famous schools without matriculation)

② in some institutions in the country to read the matriculation program, the general duration of 1-2 years, pass the examination and then enter the foreign country to study. years, after passing the examination and then enter the foreign university formal study. Advantages: less than half the cost of studying abroad, disadvantages: can not apply for first-class schools (famous schools without matriculation)

③ Directly to the foreign A-Level program, the duration of two years. The advantage: you can apply to the first-class schools; disadvantage: spend a lot of money, in the United Kingdom to read A-Level program for two years need to spend 500,000 yuan.

④ Senior high school students use their spare time to study A-Level courses, the duration of 1-2 years. Advantages: Without affecting the domestic college entrance examination, it prepares you for applying to the world's top schools, Disadvantages: None

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