Ms. Huynh Thi Thu Linh sets Vietnamese record

On May 20, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Record Holders Association coordinated with the Vietnam Record Organization - VietKings to organize the 52nd Vietnam Record Holders Reunion with the theme "Enough sunshine, flowers will bloom - Enough vision, opportunities will be seen".

On this occasion, the Vietnam Record Organization officially established a record for Ms. Huynh Thi Thu Linh as the first teacher in Vietnam to research, improve and successfully apply the multilingual math thinking program: Super Finger Math, Advanced Finger Math, Finger Math and Soroban to encode atomic numbers in the table of chemical elements, contributing to developing skills, orientation and establishing career maps, helping children develop skills; increasing the effectiveness of students' learning and teachers' teaching.

During the process of teaching her students and her two daughters (6 years old and 9 years old), Ms. Linh discovered that the children were afraid of learning math and lacked concentration. The children who learned Soroban were dependent on the Soroban, without the abacus they could not calculate.

"I came up with a way to help children get rid of abacus, paper and pen, and still give correct and quick answers. Children use both hands like a virtual abacus, memorize numbers to do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; can calculate numbers up to tens and hundreds; at one time, can memorize calculations longer than 10. Therefore, children can practice both hemispheres of the brain, listening and seeing. Just by looking at the numbers or listening to the teacher read, they can calculate the correct and quick answer. This is extremely effective for math problems using multiple choice test questions," Ms. Linh shared.

Ms. Huynh Thi Thu Linh (right) teaches her two children the new multilingual math thinking program in English.

This method can be applied at any time. When going to the market or supermarket, children can quickly calculate the amount of money to buy goods. The learning time for children from grade 3 is about 4 months, for children who cannot read or grade 1 can be more than 1 year.

To be recognized by the Vietnam Record Organization, Ms. Linh spent 2 years researching. Realizing that this method can be applied to many different languages, Ms. Linh translated from Vietnamese to English, Japanese and German to increase the ability of children to learn math and foreign languages at the same time. For children who solve math problems in English, the teacher will read or write the numbers in English.

Receiving the medal of honor and the record certificate for her achievement, Ms. Huynh Thi Thu Linh shared: “I hope to introduce this research project abroad. I am currently teaching and guiding two children to set Vietnamese records. In the near future, I hope to have more educational exhibitions to introduce this new method to more people.”

Article and photos: KIEU DIEM

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