Today,Confucius Classroom at Riga Technical University ushered in the first offline Chinese class
At 4:30 pm on October 18, 2022, Latvia time, Riga Technical University finally ushered in the first offline Chinese class since the epidemic. A new group of zero-based Chinese learners entered the Confucius Classroom accompanied by pleasant Chinese music. This semester’s Chinese class will be taught by Tang Luyao, a volunteer Chinese teacher.
At the beginning of the Chinese class, Ms Tang read a poem aloud. She felt that it was a wonderful arrangement to meet everyone in the Chinese class. She was also very happy to experience the charm of Chinese with everyone. Subsequently, Ms Tang introduced the Chinese name culture through her own name. She also introduced her hometown, Shenzhen, the students could see the rapid development of China’s economy from it.Ms Tang took Cantonese, her own dialect,as an example, to briefly introduce Chinese dialect culture. Students thought actively and asked some questions.
Afterwards, the students also introduced themselves and had a preliminary understanding of each other.Ms Tang introduced the course schedule for this semester and encouraged students who may be interested to take the HSK1 test at the end of this year.
Although most of the students have never been to China, they all have a certain understanding of China. As students of Riga Technical University, they pay close attention to the remarkable achievements of China’s high-tech development. Huawei, Xiaomi,DJI, BYD, etc. are all Chinese technology brands they are familiar with.
When it comes to the reasons why they came to the Chinese class, the students expressed their opinions and discussed enthusiastically. Some students think that learning Chinese is very interesting, while others see the huge potential of China’s economic development. A student pointed out that China’s qigong culture, traditional Chinese medicine, and Chinese cuisine are all deeply attracted to her. One student said that learning Chinese has always been her dream, and now she finally has the opportunity.
Starting from “nǐ hǎo”, Ms Tang introduced the composition of Pinyin and Chinese characters. When introducing the tones, Ms Tang took out a flute from her bag and played do-re-mi-fa-so, making the students feel that the four tones of Chinese are as harmonious and beautiful as musical tones. Students said it was novel and fascinating.
By learning the greeting “nǐ hǎo，nín hǎo，nǐmen hǎo”, as well as the 7 finals and 7 initials in Chinese, the students read it together.
Some unfamiliar and peculiar pronunciations frequently made the students laugh, and the class atmosphere was very happy.
At last, Ms Tang encouraged the students that in Chinese, nouns have no gender changes, and there is almost no difference between singular and plural in nouns, and verbs have no inflections. As long as they keep learning, the more they learn Chinese, the more interesting it will be.
The first Chinese class of this semester in the Confucius Classroom at Riga Technical University came to an end amid the sound of the students reading.We all look forward to the flower of Chinese language flourishing at Riga Technical University.
拉脱维亚时间2022年10月18日下午四点半，里加工业大学终于迎来疫情以来第一次线下汉语课。新一批零基础汉语学习者们伴随着悦耳的中国音乐，走进了孔子课堂。本学期的汉语课将由汉语志愿者教师唐璐瑶进行授课。
汉语课伊始，唐老师朗读了一段诗歌，感慨道能在汉语课堂相聚是一种奇妙的缘分，很高兴能与大家一同感受汉语的魅力。随后，唐老师通过自己的名字，引入了中国的姓名文化。还介绍了自己的家乡深圳，让学生看到了中国经济发展之迅猛。唐老师还以自己方言广东话导入，简要介绍了中国的方言文化。学生积极地思考，进行了一系列的提问。
而后，学生们亦相互进行了自我介绍，彼此有了初步的了解。唐老师介绍了本学期的课程安排，鼓励有兴趣的学生参加今年年底的HSK1级汉语考试。
虽然学生们大多没有去过中国，但都对中国有一定的了解。作为里加工业大学的学子，他们密切关注着中国高科技发展的瞩目成果。华为、小米、大疆、比亚迪等，都是他们耳熟能详的中国科技品牌。
当谈到自己来汉语课堂的原因，学生们各抒己见，热烈地讨论着。有的学生认为学习汉语很有意思，有的则是看到了中国经济发展的巨大潜力。还有学生指出，中国的气功文化、中医、中华美食都深深地吸引着她。一名学生还动容道，学习汉语一直以来都是她的梦想，现在终于有了机会。
唐老师从“你好”出发，介绍了汉语里拼音、汉字的构成。介绍声调时，唐老师从包里拿出了一根竖笛，吹奏起了do-re-mi-fa-so，让学生感受到汉语的四声就像乐调一样和谐优美。学生纷纷表示又新奇又有趣，是一种美妙的听觉体验。
通过学习打招呼语“你好、您好、你们好”，以及汉语里的7个韵母、7个声母，学生们认真地齐读着。一些陌生奇特的发音，频频戳中学生们的笑点，课堂气氛十分欢乐。
最后，唐老师不忘鼓励学生们，汉语里，名词没有性别的变化，也几乎没有单数和复数的区别，动词没有词形变化，只要能坚持学习，汉语会越学越有意思。
在学生们朗朗的读书声中，里加工业大学孔子课堂本学期第一节汉语课落下帷幕，我们共同期待着汉语之花在里加工业大学茁壮盛放。