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The scene of the "Open Day" event of the International Science High School in Ucellis, Italy. *Ca' Foscari University of Venice Confucius Institute WeChat***
Students in the Chinese class at Dobo István Middle School at the ELTE Confucius Institute at ELTE University in Hungary display their paintings.
International Chinese teachers from the Confucius Institute at University College Cork in Ireland teach students Chinese character notes.
How to make Chinese classroom interesting and rich is the focus of international Chinese teachers, and it is one of the directions they explore and put into practice to set up Chinese courses with unique characteristics and novel teaching models.
Fun introductory lessons.
At University College Cork in Ireland, a language exchange event was held, and nearly 160 students experienced 7 languages, including Chinese. The event aims to provide a platform for students to broaden their horizons, expand their interests in the subject and experience the charm of different languages.
During the Chinese exchange event, the International Chinese faculty of the Confucius Institute at University College Cork gave students an engaging introductory lesson on Chinese. From the composition of Chinese characters, to the meaning of Chinese characters, to the stories behind Chinese characters, they take students on a journey through the interesting world of Chinese characters. These interesting stories have stimulated students' interest in learning Chinese and laid the foundation for some students to continue learning Chinese in the future. Teachers said that the goal of classroom teaching is to let students experience different languages and cultures.
Through this activity, local students were not only attracted by this unique Chinese class, but also felt the joy of learning a new language. They said that the Chinese experience class not only made them interested in Chinese and Chinese culture, but also allowed them to have a deeper understanding of multiculturalism and be open to unknown areas. "I hope to participate in more activities like this to further learn and understand Chinese culture. The students said.
The students became "little teachers".
In Italy, in order to meet the needs of local young people interested in learning Chinese, the Confucius Classroom at the Confucius Institute at Ca' Foscari University of Venice held the "Chinese Classroom into Junior High School" and "Open Day" activities.
In the "Chinese Classroom into Junior High School" activity, several international Chinese teachers came to three public junior high schools and brought three open Chinese classes to nearly 100 junior high school students. In the class, the teachers guide students to learn Chinese for the first time, so that everyone can feel the fun of learning Chinese, and guide students to overcome various challenges that may be encountered in future learning. In the 20-minute lesson, the students learned how to introduce themselves with Chinese, learned to Chinese "number songs", and successfully found Chinese characters in ** landscape paintings drawn from oracle bone inscriptions.
In addition to international Chinese teachers, the senior students of the International Chinese Department of Ucellis International Science High School also became "little teachers" and gave interesting Chinese character culture classes to the students of the junior high school. In the class, the "little teachers" introduced the special courses and rich cultural activities of the Chinese department, and introduced themselves in Chinese. At the same time, it also led everyone into the interesting world of Chinese characters through the form of ** and **. Watching the students draw pictures of Chinese characters in their eyes with their brushes, the "little teachers" were amazed by their unique and diverse creative thinking.
At the "Open Day" event held by the school, the students of the high school were volunteers to explain the booth as Chinese booths, dressed in traditional Chinese costumes, and were responsible for introducing the booth and telling the knowledge of Chinese culture they had learned in the Chinese class. In the "Chinese Board Games and Picture Book Zone" and the "Chinese Character Experience and Calligraphy Appreciation Zone", students of different grades explained the game of Go and backgammon to visiting students and parents, and led everyone to experience Chinese calligraphy. Interesting explanations and rich activities attract many local people.
Unique cultural lessons.
Language is both the carrier and the embodiment of culture. In the eyes of international Chinese teachers, language teaching and cultural teaching in Chinese teaching are mutually reinforcing. For overseas Chinese learners, learning Chinese language is also understanding the Chinese culture carried by Chinese.
Sun Yi, a Chinese teacher at the Confucius Institute at the University of Malta, planned and organized cultural teaching activities such as traditional Chinese medicine, Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Confucius Institute Open Day in combination with professional characteristics and traditional culture in the teaching process, "The response was very good, and some of the participants entered the Chinese world."
Under the Confucius Institute at ELTE University in Hungary, there is a Chinese classroom at Dobo István Middle School, and cultural classes are also one of the teaching priorities of international Chinese teachers. For example, they brought a series of traditional Chinese painting classes to more than 100 students and their parents from different grades inside and outside the school, patiently taught students painting skills and essentials, and shared the history, culture and related background of traditional Chinese painting to help students better understand the story behind it.
The theme of the painting class is pandas and bamboo. According to the teachers, pandas were chosen as one of the course themes because pandas are a symbol of hope and friendship. Through a series of painting lessons, students gained an in-depth understanding of pandas' habits, conservation status, and their connection to Chinese culture. Many students said that they particularly liked the cute image of the panda, "In the painting class, it was fun and challenging to try to draw a panda, and it was fun and enjoyable."
Many students said that the unique Chinese class not only gave them a different experience of Chinese culture, but also stimulated their interest in learning Chinese, and deepened their understanding of Chinese culture, "I hope to participate in more colorful Chinese cultural activities in the future, and learn more about China through learning Chinese."
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