VBS News Net: Teachers from VBS Junior Secondary Department won awards in 2020 micro-lesson contest in Longhua District organised by Education Science Institute of Longhua District, Shenzhen on 23rd October. Mr. Wei Sumin won First Prize in English category and his production would be selected to compete in the civic level. Ms. Shao Jing won Second Prize in Chinese, Mr. He Danning won Third Prize in Mathematics and Ms. Liu Jing won Third Prize for Ethics and Rule of Law. 

Mr. Wei Sumin presented teaching methodology in listening for Unit 6 - Travelling around Asia. He adopted three steps in listening context - discuss, general listening, specific listening and completion of forms. It was about introduction of Beijing, Tokyo and Bangkok. Students were asked to design the travel plan. The lesson had clear steps and key points to include teaching and practice when developing students' ability to retrieve, analyse and apply information so that their English ability could be improved overall. 

Ms. Shao Jing's lesson 'Appreciate the image in poetry' allowed students to understand and mater the definition of image in poetry by comparing the images selected by poets so that they could understand the poems indepedently in their studies. She chose the example 'Tianjingsha Qiusi' to demonstrate the studies of image. This lesson focused on subjective modifier and objective dissection to illustrate the analysis and appreciation.

Mr. He Danning used AR and 3D technology from GeoGebra to demonstrate the abstract process of expanding the cube. He used magnetic tiles and applied mathematical thinking to classify 11 patterns of cube expansion. His lesson clarified students' doubt and developed their spatial concepts further to increase understanding and visual experience.

In her lesson 'Root of Chinese culture', Ms. Liu Jing began with the 600th anniversary of Forbidden Palace to connect traditional culture to modern society by items produced by Palace of Museum for students to understand. Students were able to appreciate Chinese culture with the proper attitude and have the cultural confidence by understanding the culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. 

This session has demonstrated the solid foundation of VBS teachers. 

Author: Teachers from Junior Secondary Department

Editor: Linda 

Translated by DC Lai