News from the IGS

DSD I Oral Exams

Posted on01 Apr 2021
This week the German Department started with the annual, exciting, full-day event of the DSD I oral exams (A2/B1 CEFR). For the fourth year in a row, students who qualified for the 2021 official language diploma of the German Education Authorities and the Foreign Office (Germany) showed the certified examiners that their speaking skills are a B1 level or...
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fashion show

Posted on27 Mar 2021
To round off our current fashion design project students were challenged to create a ‘high concept’ fashion piece inspired by the winning 2019 Miss Universe costume designed by Hoàng Thùy. Students were asked to create a quick costume that would represent an aspect of Vietnamese culture – made entirely of paper! We were impressed by a catwalk full of...
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Visiting a Chocolate Factory

Posted on27 Mar 2021
On reading Roald Dahl’s novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, students are usually taken to a chocolate factory to experience how chocolate is made. There is a growing trend to create artisanal chocolate in Vietnam at the moment and the factory, Belvie Chocolate, is a particularly good example. It is run by the charismatic Marc Vanborren, a Belgian chocolatier....
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Clowns

Posted on27 Mar 2021
Clowning Around As part of the IGS Circus project, the group of clowns got to experience an actual clown at work. A local Saigon clown called Nam visited the group and taught them how to make balloon animals and other shapes. The clowns learned a thing or two (with many a burst balloon during the process) and had a...
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IB Jobalike for Language Acquisition Teachers

Posted on20 Mar 2021
On Friday, March 19 2021, IGS invited Diploma Programme language acquisition teachers of the regional IB network Vietnam/Laos/Myanmar/Cambodia (VLMC) to participate in a “jobalike” event. Jobalikes give teachers of the same subject group the opportunity to connect and share expertise to enhance the quality of teaching and learning, improve moderation of student work, and exchange resources. Language B and...
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