中美教育比较Education America vs China.doc

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1、EducationSystemHello,everyone!TodayI’dliketocomparetheeducationofChinaandAmerica.Thecomparisonconcernsabout2parts:educationsystemandcollegelife.Now,let’sgotothefirstpart—educationsystem.Americanchildrenstartschoolattheageoffive.Thefirstyearatschooliscalledkindergarten.AllAmericanchildrenarerequi

2、redtoenrollinthissystem.Thesecondyearatschoolisconsideredthefirstyearofprimaryschool.Itiscalledthefirstgrade.Primaryschoolconsistsoffiveyearsofeducation.Havingcompletedthefifthgradeinprimaryschool,Americanchildrenadvancetosecondaryschool.Itusuallyconsistsofsevenyears,fromsixththroughtwelfthgrade

3、s.Theninththroughtwelfthgradesarereferredtoashighschool.Whentheycompletethetwelfthgrade,studentsareawardedacertificatecalledthehighschooldiploma.IntheAmericaneducationsystem,studentsmusthaveobtainedahighschooldiplomabeforetheyareadmittedintocollegeoruniversity.Then,thosewhohavecompletedhighschoo

4、landwouldliketoattenduniversitymustapplyanundergraduateschool.Undergraduateschoolsoffereitheratwo-yeardegree(calledanassociatedegree)orafour-yeardegree(calledabachelorsdegree)inaspecificcourseofstudy.Thatcourseofstudyiscalledthemajor.Mostschoolsthatofferafour-yeardegreewilladmitstudentswhohaveno

5、tyetchosenamajor,becauseallstudentsarerequiredtoselectonebytheirsecondyearatschool.Studentswhocompleteanassociatedegreecancontinuetheireducationatafour-yearschoolandeventuallycompleteabachelordegree.Nowlet’sswitchtotheeducationsystemofChina.It’sinterestingtonotethatthereisnobigdifferencebetweenC

6、hinaandAmericaintheclassificationofeducationstage.Bothofthetwocountrieshaveprimaryeducation,secondaryeducationandtertiaryeducation.TheslightdifferenceofthesetwosystemsisthatUnitedStateshascommunitycollegeswhileChinadoesn’t.However,whenwelookdeepintothetwosystems,it’seasytoseethedifference.Firsti

7、sthedifferentuniversityadmissionrequirementbetweenChinaandAmerica.EveryonesittinginthisclassroommusthavetakenthecollegeentranceexaminationandIbelievethatmostofusregardthepreparationperiodasatoughtimeinourlife.Wehavetoputallo