Just this past weekend, TAL Education Group welcomed a special group of guests – 25 student journalists from Guangzhou, who made TAL Education Group a key stop in their coverage of major events in China.

During the day's itinerary, the young journalists visited Xueersi Duoteacher classrooms and Xueersi Online School to experience the magic of TAL's online education.

TAL Education Group's co-founder and chief operating officer, Liu Yachao, received the adorable young journalists. After many years, Teacher Yachao returned to the classroom to give the children a lively "life class" and discuss hot topics in the field of education together.

Young journalists took a group photo with Liu Yachao, co-founder and chief operating officer of TAL Education Group (fifth from the left in the third row)

Duoteacher Classroom Makes Learning More Effective
 

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the young journalists appeared on time at the Xueersi Duoteacher headquarters classroom, which was the first stop of their "TAL Education Group Tour."

The "Great Sage Teacher" on the screen instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the young journalists, and the offline tutoring teachers happily interacted with the children. The children experienced a math lesson called "The Caterpillar's Socks," and the interactive session and quiz made the young journalists laugh continuously.

Young journalists experienced the Xueersi Duoteacher Classroom

After the experience, the young journalists expressed that the Duoteacher teaching model is very novel. Although the teacher on the big screen is not physically present, they have very good real-time interaction with the students. Along with the guidance and answering from the offline tutoring teachers, the collaboration of the two teachers makes the class fun and efficient.

Furthermore, some young journalists expressed that through the Duoteacher model, a teacher can teach in many cities and many classrooms simultaneously. Children in rural areas can now have access to excellent teachers. The young journalists' enthusiastic response in class also reflects that this teaching model is gradually maturing. With the help of technology and the internet, high-quality educational resources will be transmitted even further and more profoundly. This is also the original intention of the establishment of the Duoteacher Classroom by Xueersi.

Young journalists were actively involved in the Xueersi Duoteacher Classroom

Educational Technology Makes Learning More Interesting In a recent trip by the British Prime Minister Theresa May to China, the remarkable performance of students from Xueersi Online School, a subsidiary of TAL Education Group, has attracted attention. As soon as the young journalists arrived at Xueersi Online School, they couldn't wait to experience the "black technology" here.

First, the young journalists came to the machine and started reciting poetry, which showed the charm of the Xueersi Online School's voice evaluation technology! One of the young journalists excitedly exclaimed, "Through this technology, we can remember ancient poetry more accurately! Artificial intelligence is truly amazing!"

Young journalists experienced the Xueersi Online School's voice evaluation technology

Subsequently, the young journalists were attracted by the cool "emotion recognition" technology. It can analyze the students' learning status through the camera, such as excitement, focus, and distraction, and provide personalized data reports.

Young journalists experienced the Xueersi Online School's emotion recognition technology

But the feature that ignited the young journalists' enthusiasm the most was the VR laboratory! Co-developed by Xueersi Online School and the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, the young journalists all gave it a thumbs up. TAL's high-tech products make children's learning experience better, not only increasing their interest in learning, but also promoting their learning level and practical abilities.

Young journalists experienced the Xueersi Online School's VR laboratory

Highlight: Teacher Yachao Talks About "Three Levels of Teachers"
 

The highlight of this trip was the conversation between these young journalists and Teacher Yachao! Despite feeling a little nervous at first when returning to the classroom after many years, Teacher Yachao showed the characteristic of "bearing the connotation of TAL" and, through his own experience, taught the children a lively "life course."

Young journalists in dialogue with Teacher Yachao

Talking about Balanced Education: The Internet Brings Two Major Changes
 

"Can teaching via the internet change the unbalanced education resources in rural areas?" When faced with the young journalists' question, Teacher Yachao used the familiar example of e-commerce to explain the two revolutionary changes that the internet and technology have brought to education. "Education and e-commerce are similar in this respect; by removing the hierarchical middleman, costs will be lower, and quality will be higher."

First, the internet has reduced the cost of accessing excellent educational resources. Online courses can be much lower in cost than offline courses, allowing more people to have the opportunity to receive better education. TAL's "Hope on the Internet" provides free courses to many schools;

Second, in the transmission of high-quality educational resources, the internet can reach more students in second- and third-tier cities, and even more remote areas. The internet and technology are "leveling" a new world.

Talking about Nurturing a Spirit of Technological Innovation: Begins with Interest

When asked, "How to cultivate young people's spirit of technological innovation," Teacher Yachao first threw out a question to the young journalists: Why do we need to study well?

Teacher Yachao summed up the reasons for the enthusiasm for technology by Apple's founder, Steve Jobs, and Tesla's founder, Elon Musk. "When you come into contact with something magical, it brings you interest and feelings, and this is the first step towards the world of technology."

And in the process of "studying well," the first step is to "be interested in learning," and the second step is to "dare to practice, get affirmation, and discover talents." Being recognized will make learning better and better.

Teacher Yachao answering questions from young journalists


Talking about the Highest Level of Teachers: Giving Students a Sense of Achievement
 

Continuing on the topic of "how to study well," Teacher Yachao mentioned the important role of teachers. He believes that teachers can be categorized into three levels:

The first level of teachers can explain the questions clearly;

The second level of teachers can explore the reasons behind the questions, also known as enabling students to understand "one plus one equals two and not three," or "under certain conditions, it may not equal two;”

The third and highest level of teachers is to give students a sense of achievement, making students treat learning as a habit.

TAL has always hoped to help children "foster interest, cultivate habits, and shape character," which is also the strict requirement TAL has for all its teachers.

With the exciting discussions in the "life course," this "TAL Education Group" tour for the young journalists came to a perfect conclusion.

As Zhang Bangxin, founder and CEO of TAL Education Group, said, TAL has always hoped to use technology to advance the alleviation of education in the new era, and hopes "Xueersi" will become synonymous with "ability cultivation" and "teaching quality." TAL also hopes to use advanced educational technology to help students learn more scientifically and bring better, happier, and easier education to Chinese children.