The SFL Successfully Hosts the Internal Selection Round for 13th Jiangsu Province Basic Teaching Skills Competition for Normal Students

To further enhance the teaching and educational skills of English normal students and select outstanding candidates for the Jiangsu Province Basic Teaching Skills Competition for Normal Students, the School of Foreign Languages successfully held the internal selection round of the 13th Jiangsu Province Basic Teaching Skills Competition for Normal Students on the afternoon of June 13 in Room 4404, Jingjiang Building. The judging panel included provincial competition mentors Li Xia, Wang Xiang, Ge Huarong, and Yuan Qionghua, alongside Sima Lingyun, Head of the English Department at Zhenjiang No. 1 High School.

During the simulated teaching segment, contestants showcased their skills with natural and confident teaching manners and lesson designs closely aligned with curriculum standards, reflecting the solid teaching fundamentals of English normal students at the school. After the competition, Wang Xiang and Sima Lingyun provided feedback and suggestions. Wang Xiang emphasized the importance of student-centered approaches, urging participants to consider students’ learning contexts and their zones of proximal development when designing classroom transitions and teaching activities. Sima Lingyun advised normal students to continue practicing penmanship and chalk writing and to focus on cultivating students’ cognitive skills in their lesson designs. The competition combined contestants’ National Teacher Qualification Exam scores, penmanship and chalk writing scores, and simulated teaching performance to determine the winners: one Grand Prize, three First Prizes, five Second Prizes, and ten Third Prizes. The Grand Prize winner will be recommended to participate in the Jiangsu Province Basic Teaching Skills Competition for Normal Students.

This competition provided a valuable platform for English normal students to showcase and enhance their skills, highlighting the importance of integrating theoretical learning with teaching practice in normal students’ education. The school plans to further strengthen collaboration with primary and secondary schools to advance the quality of normal students’ training.