万双网讯  汉语课是万双外籍教师独享的福利，由杨帆校长亲自授课，已经坚持了一年。9月27日上午，新学期第一堂汉语课正赶上举国庆祝新中国成立七十周年华诞，杨校长上了一堂趣味盎然的中国传统文化课：一笔一划写“中国”。杨校长希望通过这节课让外教通过中国书法从另一个侧面学习中国文化。

VBS News Net: Chinese class is an exclusive benefit for international teachers at VBS, and has been taught personally by Principal Ms Cara Yang over a year. The first Chinese class was held in the morning of 27th September, in light of the upcoming 70th National Day of China, Principal Yang held a fascinating session on Chinese traditional culture - A single stroke of China. Principal Yang hoped to teach international teachers Chinese culture from the other perspective this time - calligraphy.

杨校长从古代中国人的书写工具——毛笔谈起，介绍了中国文房四宝：笔、墨、纸、砚，现场展示了书法家杨发荣老师书写的《心经》等作品，并教老师们正确的握笔姿势和书写技巧。外籍教师们对中国书法充满了好奇和学习的热情，兴趣盎然，纷纷提笔练习。

Principal Yang started with the tool which ancient Chinese used to write - writing brush , and went on to introduce the four treasures in the Chinese study : writing brush, ink stick, ink slab and paper. She taught teachers the right way to hold the and writing skills. International teachers were thrilled to learn calligraphy and picked up to practise.

外籍教师们在杨校长和张兰老师的悉心指导下，现场用毛笔书写“中国”二字。经过多次练习，一笔一划写“中国”，老师们写得越来越好，并在充满中国风情的书签上写上自己的名字或“中国”二字，作为礼物送给自己。马克老师在朋友圈写道：“第一次学写中国字，十分激动。”老师们纷纷表示，这节课很有趣，他们喜欢练习毛笔字。

With the meticulous guidance helped by Principal Yang and Ms Victoria Zhang, international teachers wrote China using the writing brush. With multiple times of practice, international teachers were getting better and better, they marked their names or China on the Chinese bookmark as gifts to themselves. Mr Mark posted a moment on his wechat, "Today I learned to write my first Chinese word and the word is China. I'm so excited.' International teachers found the class fascinating and would like to practise writing with brush pens.

在教育全球化的大背景下，万科双语学校致力于打造一所国际化的新型学校，10余名来自世界各地的外籍教师在这里传道授业，带来他们各自国家特有的文化，同时也学习中国文化。不论是谁，来了就是万双人，让每位教师都获得成长，是万科双语学校的办学理念。外籍教师们努力学习中国语言和文化，中外文化在这里交融、共生，中外教师共同努力，为VBS学生成长奠基。

In light of the globalised education, VBS to build an innovative internationalised school, ten international teachers from all over the globe brought their own culture to teach while learning the Chinese culture. Whoever walks through the VBS door, is a VBSer regardless of his or her origins.  Enabling every teacher to acquire growth is part of the school philosophy. International teachers put in effort to learn Chinese language and culture, making the combination and co-existence of the Chinese culture and the international one at VBS possible, together with local teachers, make the foundation for students' development.  

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Translated by DC Lai