The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training requires assessment based on competency and thinking level criteria for the 10th grade high school entrance exam in Literature, Mathematics, and English. Specifically, as follows:
Literature
Reading comprehension:
Source: Non-textbook materials.
Text type: Literary text, and one of two types: argumentative text or informational text.
Length: The total length of the texts in the exam should not exceed 1,300 words.
Writing: Write a paragraph (approximately 200 words). One of the following two requirements should be met: Write a paragraph expressing your feelings about a poem or a stanza of a poem. Write a paragraph analyzing the theme, distinctive artistic features, and aesthetic effect of the work.
Write an essay. One of the following two requirements must be met: Write an argumentative essay on a social issue, clearly presenting the issue and the writer's opinion (agreement or disagreement) on that issue; provide convincing reasoning and evidence.
Write an argumentative essay on a problem that needs solving; present feasible and persuasive solutions.
The assessment criteria for the Literature subject are the required reading comprehension and writing skills outlined in the 2018 General Education Program - Literature subject at the lower secondary level, primarily for grades 8 and 9.
Note: The exam is designed to integrate the assessment of reading comprehension and writing skills; the content in the writing section is related to the text in the reading comprehension section.
There is a question about Vietnamese in the literary reading comprehension section. Some key Vietnamese language concepts to note include: Figurative language devices such as metaphor, metonymy, hyperbole, understatement, euphemism, inversion, rhetorical questions, alliteration, and rhyme: characteristics and effects. Onomatopoeia and descriptive words: characteristics and effects. Independent sentence components: characteristics and functions. Explicit and implicit meanings of sentences. Imperative sentences, exclamatory sentences, shortened sentences, and special sentences: characteristics and functions. The difference between direct and indirect quotation; the use of punctuation marks in direct and indirect quotation.
Mathematics:
Assessment orientation: Students should be able to apply learned knowledge to solve real-world problems. Encouragement should focus on self-learning and creativity, avoiding rote memorization and memorization.
The assessment content aims to help students identify some of the necessary knowledge and skills for entering high school.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has officially announced the structure and sample exam questions for the 2026 10th grade entrance exam.
English subject:
Assessment orientation: Assessing language proficiency should not be based solely on students' rote memorization of grammar and vocabulary; it requires evaluating their ability to understand and apply language knowledge in appropriate contexts, especially in real-life situations.
The assessment methods should be synchronized with the use of appropriate teaching materials, shifting the way English is taught and learned from primarily traditional methods to a combination of communicative, student-centered approaches and the application of language in real-world situations.
Focus the assessment on specific language skills, setting specific goals for each knowledge area.
Scope of evaluation:
Phonetics: How to pronounce basic vowels and consonants. How to place stress correctly in words. Vocabulary and grammar.
Diverse vocabulary types and word meanings according to the curriculum framework. Grammar points according to the curriculum framework. Communication and application to real-life situations. Ability to understand and respond to simple situations in real-life language.
Writing: Write words in the correct form to complete meaningful sentences. Write simple sentences based on given information. Write sentences using grammatical structure and word combination skills.
Reading Comprehension: Read a text of 180-200 words and find the information. Read and fill in the blanks in a text of 80-100 words.
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