The 4th Student Council of ACS (International) decided that, as an act of service to the greater global community and a step forward within ACS (International)’s student group efforts, we would embark on a service-based trip to Yun Nan, China. Our main purpose for this trip was to visit a village and school far inland Yun Nan, to educate students aged 7 to 12 and help in the construction of a new basketball court. Specifically, we wished to address issues pertaining to personal hygiene such as dental care, and we wished to further teach the English language, both within and beyond the syllabus.
In order to achieve the above successfully, we had to conduct several training sessions as a student council. This was done under the supervision of our council teacher – Mr. Ronald Lim. Firstly; we had to ensure that we covered all logistic issues such as teaching materials, toothbrushes, toothpaste and telematch equipment. Most of these items were purchased in Yun Nan herself as we had a tight budget to keep to. Secondly, during our training sessions we would prepare lesson plans for English classes of different level groups. This involved discussions amongst us; for instance how advanced to we set our lesson plan and how much material we would require such as colour pencils. Lastly, we had to ensure that we could converse easily in mandarin so as to reduce any communication barriers. This involved us learning common terms which would prove useful during lessons.
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