The secret to conquering Gen Z students of “Mother Hanh knows it all”

Secrets to conquering Gen Z students

Nguyen Kha Trac Cultural Retraining Center, directed by Ms. Tran Thi Tu Hanh, is considered very cool with students who want to study in a specialized school.

The Center has had remarkable achievements such as the rate of students passing into the schools for Foreign Languages, Pedagogy, Hanoi Amsterdam, and Nguyen Hue Schools… always reaching more than 80% continuously for 10 years or more. come here. In 2021 alone, there were 288 turns of students entering specialized schools. In particular, there are many students who score 8 in IELTS.

Ms. Hanh affirmed that it was her pride but also the pressure of herself and the teachers at the center.

The secret, according to Ms. Hanh, is to have good teachers and diligent students. Teachers and students make every effort to help students improve day by day.

Teacher Tran Thi Tu Hanh

“A student’s school day schedule usually has 5 periods with 3-4 subjects overlapping each other.

Thus, at the end of the lesson, the children will lose about 30% of important knowledge, at this time fostering more knowledge is no different from vitamins and supplements to help them understand the lesson more thoroughly and accurately.

For example, in Math, if you can’t solve an exercise, that means you don’t understand the theory and don’t know how to think and apply the formula to solve the problem. Or like English, if you don’t know the vocabulary, don’t follow the rules of grammar, you can’t complete the exercise…” – Ms. Hanh said.

In order to “solve” the boredom of students, the teachers created the dry theories full of fun and attractiveness.

“For example, in English consisting of 5 vowels U, E, O, A, I, which are immediately read as ‘LOVE’. Each teacher uses their own teaching experience to create their own charm.

Teachers also always focus on building students’ thinking. Suppose, facing a difficult exercise, teachers will encourage students to find their own way to the destination. You can detour a little bit, that’s okay, as long as you get to the destination by yourself.

I always remind my children: “Going to school is about acquiring knowledge, then thinking and developing, not just passively copying. Because when I entered the exam room, she was not around to explain to me, I had to use my own strength to complete the test.”

In addition, Ms. Hanh said that the teachers also compiled new textbooks to update new knowledge and new ways of thinking for the next generation of Gen Z students.

“We don’t wait until we have a problem to find a solution, because then it’s too late. the teachers at the center always have to improve their lectures, stick to the content but make it more interesting and new, not wait until affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, students have to learn online, The new teachers ran after the children.

This generation of Gen Z students demands more from teachers than our previous generation. For example, in English Math, the important thing is how to guide your child’s math thinking in English, not translate back and forth English – Vietnamese – Vietnamese – English.

Moreover, nowadays, the requirements of the exam questions require a huge amount of general knowledge compared to the time of the previous parents. Therefore, the class should not be boring. Teachers must encourage and instill passion in students. Teachers are the ones who inspire students.

There are young teachers who are international students from the US and Australia, who have a “very western” way of imparting knowledge, close to the young generation, in a new style of each age, while still ensuring a good amount of knowledge. “.

For Ms. Hanh, “the recognition of parents and students is invaluable for teachers, but it is a pressure, a challenge and also a motivation for us to do well. more than his work”.

The teacher has the nickname “Mother Hanh knows everything”

Talking about the nickname that students often call her – “Mother Hanh knows everything”, Ms. Hanh shared “I am a parent myself. I always think, if I want my child to study well, I have to accompany, understand and share with my child.

In the past, I have invested in my son to learn foreign languages. I achieved quite high results, received a scholarship and went to study in the US. But in the first year, he shared, he went to school in the lecture hall, only listening, understanding and absorbing 60%. Therefore, when building this center, I try to learn from my experience and correct all that my children have problems with to apply, change for the better students studying here.

For the Center, I also always believe that teachers should be the ones who give fire to the children, not only imparting knowledge, but also as a friend so that the children can easily share.

“Mother Hanh knows everything” and students

For example, when children study well and do well, parents as well as teachers reward and encourage them in a timely manner. Parents as well as teachers must always recognize and evaluate the process of their children’s efforts, efforts and progress to encourage them. On the contrary, if the results are not as expected, please comfort your child without being discouraged, have to analyze to see if he has tried, and at the same time, the teaching assistant will give him extra support to keep up with you. . The children now have to learn very hard but not easy, both “Teach” and “Cool”.

There are students in the midterm exam with bad grades, sad, do not dare to tell their mother, texting Ms. Hanh to help.

There are students in other places who are “top” in English, but when I study here, I am not really good, because I can only do grammar well but the speaking part is still confusing. Parents scolded me, and I felt self-deprecating. I have to explain to both and my child to understand that, in order to learn a language well, he must practice all 4 skills “Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing”. The teachers review and supplement the presentation part. Since then, I have confidently expressed my feelings and thoughts through essays.”

With only a few months left until the entrance exam to specialized schools and selected classes in Hanoi, Ms. Tran Thi Tu Hanh said what she wants to tell the students is that it is never too late to study.

“If you have a dream, a desire to get into school A, school B, right now, you should try your best. Learn when you can, study anytime, anywhere and in any situation. As long as we have passion, dare to dream and have enough perseverance, we will succeed.”

As for parents, Ms. Hanh advises not to put too much pressure on the children, must be equal to the exam to get into that school or that school.

“Let your children choose subjects and schools that are right for their strengths and abilities. The important thing is that the child likes and is suitable for the child, not the parents like, suitable for the parents. Albert Einstein once said: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Parents should always accompany and be friends with their children, surely, they will help them realize their dreams.”

Thu Thao