Recently, a video of four visually impaired girls singing a chorus has sparked heated discussions among netizens. In the video, four girls sang the song "The Most Beautiful Moments" with clear voices. The video introduction shows that the singers are all visually impaired and are students of , a special education school in , Hengyang City, Hunan Province. The singing of
4 girls touched many netizens. Some netizens commented: "Their voices carry hope and light." Some netizens commented: "They have the sun in their hearts." Zhang Xuemei, the photographer of the
video and a teacher at Hengyang Special Education School, told Beijing Youth Daily reporter that among the 4 girls in the video, 3 were completely blind, and the other was amblyopia . Two of them were in junior high school, and the other two were in elementary school.
Zhang Xuemei said that the four children come from three blind classes in the school, each class is about 10 people, and the total number is not large. Children who have the ability to sing and are interested are even more limited.
Zhang Xuemei is engaged in mathematics and music teaching in some classes in the school. She said that in fact, the music teaching of special education is similar to that of ordinary schools. She will teach students 1 or 2 times a week, and will also hold vocal interest groups for interested children on weekends. "The four children who sing in the video are all interested in vocal music and are willing to learn."
Zhang Xuemei said that in addition to the songs recommended by the teacher, many times children will also come up with their own ideas and the children will decide which song to sing. Zeng Xiaomeng, one of the four singing girls in the video, said that when she hears good songs on the road or in the mall, she will teach herself or recommend them to the teacher and ask the teacher to teach everyone.
In addition, Zeng Xiaomeng's mother also told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that the child will listen to music online and browse short video platforms such as , Douyin, , etc. Although she cannot see the picture, she will concentrate on listening to the music in it, and use the screen reading software to listen to the subtitles in the video to feel the happiness brought by the music. Zhang Xuemei said that the children sometimes find out the songs they hear online and ask her to teach them.
However, Zhang Xuemei admitted that for children with visual impairment, singing requires overcoming difficulties that ordinary people cannot imagine. When learning a new song, Zhang Xuemei usually plays the accompaniment first to let students familiarize themselves with the melody and rhythm of the music. Then, while explaining the meaning and connotation of the lyrics, students can record the lyrics with Braille . If you encounter lyrics that you cannot understand, the teacher needs to explain them repeatedly. "For blind children, the most difficult thing to learn to sing is to remember lyrics. Generally, it takes 2 or 3 weeks to learn a song. The song "The Most Beautiful Moment" is difficult because of the lyrics and melody. It took children a month to achieve the current effect." Zhang Xuemei said, "Blind children mainly rely on listening to learn songs. They cannot see unified conductors like ordinary children, but their listening will be more sensitive, and they basically rely entirely on listening to learn vocals and rhythms."
For Zeng Xiaomeng, who was praised by many netizens in the video, Zhang Xuemei said that her talent in singing and learning is very high. Others need to spend a week learning a song, and she only needs to learn 2 or 3 days. In addition, Zeng Xiaomeng had a very good listening experience. "Our school is next to the train station. Once when her mother picked her up after school, she walked near the railway tracks. Xiaomeng said to her mother: 'Don't leave first, there will be a train coming later'. Her mother felt very confused. She looked around and didn't see the train, but the train drove over after a while."
Zeng Xiaomeng's mother told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that Zeng Xiaomeng has been interested in singing since she was a child and can also learn singing and playing the piano in special education schools. About three years ago, Zeng Xiaomeng performed a chorus with several other students and was discovered by the teachers in the Youth Palace, so he started to go to the Youth Palace to learn vocal music for free with the teacher on weekends.
"At present, I don't think about Xiaomeng's future specific plans. As long as the child feels happy now, she is obviously more cheerful after learning to sing and is encouraged. She was a little introverted and inferior before. She now has a Douyin account, and she can see the replies from netizens through the accessibility software, so she feels happier." Zeng Xiaomeng's mother said.
Zeng Xiaomeng said that her current favorite singer is Huang Xiaoyun , and she likes her " Star Sea " the most. Regarding the encouragement and feedback from netizens in the video comments, "I feel that there are many people in the world who are good to me, and I will continue to work hard when I see everyone's concern."
With the recommendation of Zhang Xuemei, Zeng Xiaomeng opened his own self-media account, which received many likes from netizens. Zhang Xuemei said that she hopes that students and special education will receive more attention from the society. "Zeng Xiaomeng originally had some problems with protruding and irregular teeth. Teachers, classmates and parents kept advising her to do orthodontics, but she just didn't want to. Later, she had her own self-media account, and she started wearing braces under the encouragement and influence of netizens. In fact, the children are very willing to be paid attention and recognition from the society, and they are rushing to let me put their works online, and I am very happy to see the encouragement and praise from netizens."
intern Yang Xiaochen
text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Qu Chang
editor/Zhu Wei
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