Hi readers!
Today's post will be a little bit different from our previous posts. Today, we will be posting a podcast where the content will be from one of our previous post and will be in Chinese version. If you want to know what is happening on Malaysia education, you may want to read or listen to the news. The title of the news is "800 laptops for year 6 teachers".
Well, this podcast is about the planning on giving out 800 free laptops for to year 6 teachers starting from February, which is this month.
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podcast
Duration: 2 minutes and 2 seconds
English Translation Script
Hi everyone, I am Avelyn. Today, I will share with you all on a news about free laptops for teachers in Malaysian schools. Starting from this month, state government will give out 800 free laptops to teachers who are teaching Year 6 students.
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What is the main reason for giving out 800 free laptops to the teachers?
(0.27-0.30)
Well, Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said that the state government wanted to boost up the students' academic performance in the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) with the use of e-learning as a teaching and learning tool. In our opinion, instead of using textbooks which will just harm the trees again, why not using e-books? Hey, we could save thousands of trees and feel good about saving the earth right?
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Not only that, teachers should set a good example by start using e-books to teach but how are they going to start using it? To go for training? Yes, teachers would undergo training courses to upgrade themselves on how to use the e-learning tools in class.
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Besides, there was a discussion going on between the state government and Intel Corporation Malaysia regarding about the project. The state government wanted all the teachers' laptops to install a software program which will enable the teachers to monitor their students' laptops. Why? So, students could not open the e-textbook of another subject while the teacher is teaching English.
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The cost will be very high as Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said that it would reach up millions of ringgit. The state government has seen the programme as a very important aspect to improve the learning by e-book project.
(1.26-1.40)
Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said again that his vision is for the future generation in the state to be IT-savvy. So, do you think we should all work together for one mission and one vision which is to help our future generation to be IT-savvy.
(1.41-1.58)
Thank you.
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Music ends: (2.01-2.02)
Glossary
1.Laptops=笔记本电脑
2.E-book=电子图书
3.Intel Corporation=英特尔公司
4.State Government=州政府
5.Mission=任务
6.Vision=目标
7.IT Savvy=科技精明
If you want to read on the article of the news, you can click [here].
