Cardross Primary School’s Chinese language lessons were brought to life on Wednesday as students spent the day cooking traditional food, trying on traditional clothing and learning about the country’s rich history.
Since the start of the year, Prep to Year 2 students have spent one lesson a week engaged in language lessons, delivered via video link by teachers at Bendigo Senior Secondary College. Cardross Primary School teacher Simon Trembath said it has been a great addition to the curriculum. “It’s really important to expose our kids to another language, but given our location, it’s quite challenging finding teachers based in the area,” Mr Trembath said. “So this is a fantastic opportunity to have high quality teachers delivering those lessons to our students.” On Wednesday, students had the chance to meet their Chinese language teachers away from the video screen, when they paid a visit to the school and hosted a cultural activity day. “We had four teachers who take our language lessons and an assistant principal travel up from Bendigo to run the series of sessions for the whole school, which was a great extension to the program,” Mr Trembath said. During the activity sessions students dressed in traditional costumes, made dumplings, learned about the history of Beijing Opera and received a few pointers about using chopsticks. 2016年4月20日,对卡德罗斯小学的孩子们来说,是个特别的日子。他们终于见到了平时只能在屏幕上才能见到的中国老师。孩子们兴奋地说:“我们见到真的老师了!” 2016年初,本迪戈高中孔子课堂就开始通过“保利通”远程设备给卡德罗斯小学的孩子们进行每周一次的远程虚拟汉语课堂授课。4月19日,本迪戈高中孔子课堂的四位汉语老师在副校长琳达·莱恩斯女士的带领下,驱车近5小时,来到了离本迪戈市400公里的小镇卡德罗斯,准备第二天给卡德罗斯小学的孩子们进行一天的中华文化活动。 4月20日一早,副校长和老师们就来到了卡德罗斯小学,开始带领全校学生进行丰富的活动:了解中国基本概况,写汉字,唱汉语歌,穿中国传统服装,了解京剧,画京剧脸谱,学习使用筷子,包饺子。孩子们带着激动的心情,积极参与每一个活动,沉浸在欢乐中。一天的活动结束时,孩子们还给老师和家长们展示了一天的成果,自豪地把刚学会的汉语歌唱给爸爸妈妈和老师们听。 该校老师西蒙·特雷巴斯先生说:“我们学校早就想为孩子们开展汉语课程教学了,但由于我们所处偏僻,很难找到合适的汉语老师。今天本迪戈高中副校长和孔子课堂的老师们能专程来我们学校为孩子们开展汉语活动,真是太棒了,这对孩子来说真是难得的机会和体验!” |
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