The Asian Studies Department of the University of Latvia successfully held a seminar for Chinese experts and Chinese teachers

At 4 pm on May 28th, local time, with the funding of the Chinese Embassy in Latvia, the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Latvia successfully held a seminar for Chinese experts and Chinese teachers on the theme of “Pros and Cons of Chinese Teaching”. The seminar was hosted by Ms. Agita Baltgalve, Head of Chinese programme at University of Latvia. And Ms. Karina Jermaka, President of the Chinese Alumni Association in Latvia, Professor Peteris Pildegovics, Director of Latvian side of Confucius Institute at University of Latvia. Professor Shang Quanyu, Director of Chinese side of Confucius Institute at University of Latvia. Local chinese teachers and volunteer Chinese teachers participated in this seminar. In addition, many Chinese learning enthusiasts also attended the meeting.

Sinology experts and Chinese teachers introduced themselves and shared their educational and teaching backgrounds. According to her own experience in primary Chinese teaching, Ms. Karina Jermaka summarized the difficulties and mistake-prone of Latvian and Russian background students in Chinese learning. Other experts and teachers also shared some interesting things and problems they encountered in the teaching process, as well as their own new ideas for Chinese teaching. For example, Teacher Teng Fei shared a variety of practical teaching websites in the network distance teaching environment, which can add some fun to the boring online teaching and shorten the distance between students and teachers.

This seminar provides a platform for Chinese teachers in Latvia to express their opinions and learn from each other, hoping to provide some new ideas for Chinese teaching in the future, so as to better promote the development of Chinese teaching in Latvia.

当地时间5月28日下午4点，在中国驻拉脱维亚大使馆的资助下，拉脱维亚大学亚洲学系成功举办了以“汉语教学的优点和难点”为主题的汉语专家与汉语教师论坛会。该论坛会由拉大亚洲学系鲍葛薇副教授、卡琳娜老师主办，拉脱维亚大学孔子学院外方院长贝德高教授、中方院长尚劝余教授，以及部分任教于拉脱维亚大学孔子学院的公派教师及汉语教师志愿者参加了此次论坛。此外，众多汉语学习爱好者也纷纷到会聆听。

各位汉学专家以及各位汉语教师进行了自我介绍，分享了自己的教育教学背景，其中卡琳娜老师根据自身的初级汉语教学经历，分别总结出了拉脱维亚拉语及俄语背景的学生在汉语学习中的难点和易错点。其他各位专家及老师也分享了自己在教学过程中遇到的一些趣事和问题，以及自己对于汉语教学的新思路。比如滕飞老师分享了多种在网络远程教学环境下的一些实用的教学网站，这些网站可以给枯燥的线上教学增添一些乐趣，并拉近学生与老师之间的距离。

本次论坛会为各位拉脱维亚汉语教师提供了一个交流的平台，汉语教师们各抒己见，互相学习，希望能够为今后的汉语教学提供了一些新思路，从而更好地促进拉脱维亚汉语教学事业的发展。