From April 17th to 18th, the School of Foreign Languages held two consecutive open demonstration classes. Associate Professor Yang Jing from the European Languages Department presented a lecture on the theme of "Introducing Others" in "Second Foreign Language (German) I" in Room 2302 of No. 2 Jingjiang Building. Yao Weijie from the Japanese Department conducted a lecture on the "Japanese Finance" chapter in the course "Japanese Economy and Politics" in Room 3406 of No. 3 Jingjiang Building. Some teachers from the School of Foreign Languages were present to observe the teaching and participate in the discussions.
Prof. Yang Jing began her class with the German expressions she taught in the previous class about how to ask for the other person's name, origin, and place of residence, then taught the person conjugation of German regular verbs, to achieve the learning goal of introducing others. Yang designed a small card, one for each person. Students need to ask their partners for information before completing the card filling (practicing verb conjugation in first person singular and second person singular). The card is returned to the teacher's hand and then randomly distributed. At this point, students need to introduce the task information on the card in their hand (practicing third person singular verb conjugation). In the classroom practice session, the interaction between students and between teachers and students is good, presenting a classroom atmosphere of "intellectual tension and emotional relaxation".
Yang also led the students to learn German numerals, understand the differences in German numeral gestures, experience the cultural differences in gesture representation between China and Germany, and broaden their cultural horizons. Design a quick question and answer section for German numerals to help students quickly master German numerals and complete corresponding listening dialogues. Students show a strong interest in German sign language.
Yao Weijie first introduced the financial situation of Japan through a short video, arousing students' great interest in Japan's finances. Then, Yao introduced the basic structure of Japan's Ministry of Finance through a PPT, focusing on the operational status of Japan's finances. During the teaching process, Japanese financial data reports were cited to provide students with a detailed introduction to the crisis facing Japan's finances and the measures taken to address it. At the same time, Yao guided students to compare the financial situation in China and stimulated their sense of national self-improvement and pride.
Both demonstration classes integrated ideological and political education into the courses, with active student interaction and a lively classroom atmosphere. The teachers present affirmed the effectiveness of the two teachers' teaching. In this semester, the School of Foreign Languages has encouraged teachers to improve the quality of classroom teaching, strengthen course construction, and has opened multiple open classes, organized teacher observation, and promoted teaching exchanges and learning among teachers who are undertaking different types of teaching tasks in the School.
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