MC Online and MediaCorp host LuV Chinese Sharing Session

A prevalent challenge faced by many Chinese language teachers in Singapore is garnering their students’ interest in learning the language. To counter this problem, Marshall Cavendish Online (MC Online) and MediaCorp recently organized a sharing session for Chinese teachers on how the integration of Infocomm Technology (ICT) in Chinese lessons can effectuate more interesting and engaging lessons for students. MC Online and MediaCorp’s joint collaboration - LuV Chinese - an innovative multimedia curriculum that instills interest in learning Chinese was the highlight of the event.

The session took place on 21st September at The House of Tan Yeok Nee Conference Centre (Chicago Booth University) and was hosted by MediaCorp artiste, Guo Liang. Held for the third year running, this year’s session saw a turnout of 99 teachers from 35 secondary schools.

The session kicked off with guest speaker, Ms Wu Jing from Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL) who stressed the importance of new media literacy in classroom teaching and the methods of integrating multimedia in Chinese lessons to stimulate students’ interest.

Ms Wu Jing gave an illuminating presentation on using multimedia to improve classroom teaching of the Chinese language

This was followed by a sharing of experiences by 3 Chinese teachers on their usages of LuV Chinese in classrooms. Representing Catholic High School were Ms Leong Se Yean and Mr Ng Seng Hong who provided a comprehensive lesson review on LuV Chinese.

Mr Ng intrigued his audience with his insightful lesson review of LuV Chinese

Ms Chen Qiao of Hillgrove Secondary School next illustrated how LuV Chinese’s informative videos could improve students’ composition skills.

Ms Chen Qiao emphasized the benefits of LuV Chinese videos in improving writing skills

Rounding up the sharing session was Ms Lei Hong of Yishun Secondary School who explained how she used LuV Chinese to choose “The King of Chinese” amongst her students.

Ms Lei Hong closed the session with her engaging summary of LuV Chinese and its appeal to students

A joint development by MC Online and MediaCorp, LuV Chinese encapsulates a thrilling blend of discussion-based online activities and enthralling videos underscoring Civics and Moral Education themes. This exciting digital curriculum aims to spark students’ interest in learning Chinese and help them become more confident speakers.

After the sharing session, Mr Jasmond Ng, MC Online’s Assistant General Manager of Sales and Marketing took the stage to highlight the new contents available for LuV Chinese’s Secondary 3 and 4 syllabus.

The newest additions to our LuV Chinese contents are revealed

The event ended on a lighthearted note with a lively quiz, followed by a networking reception where participants were also treated to animated product demonstrations.

Teachers became children again as they vied amongst themselves to answer the quiz questions

The teachers enjoyed the LuV Chinese product demonstrations and were eager to try it out themselves

MC Online would like to thank MediaCorp and all participants for making the event a successful one.

For more information on LuV Chinese, please drop us a message at info@mconline.sg or visit http://www.mconline.sg

A big thank you to MediaCorp and our guest speakers