The first Chinese class of Kraslava Secondary School started successfully

From November 8 to 10, 2022, Kraslava Secondary School started the new school year’s Chinese language course. The Chinese course is taught by Chinese volunteer teacher Zhu Baiqing. In the past two years, students could only meet Chinese teachers online. This time, students were pleasantly surprised to be able to communicate face-to-face with Chinese teacher. At the same time, they were also very happy to be able to successfully carry out the Chinese course.

Before the class, Ms. Zhu played the video “The Flowers of Chinese Language in Bloom” to the students, intending to introduce the relevant content about the volunteer teachers of international Chinese education to the students. Ms. Zhu also introduced the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia and the Chinese teaching sites opened in Latvia. Teacher Zhu said that it was not easy to come to Latvia as a Chinese volunteer teacher during Covid-19 epidemic, and at the same time, she felt very lucky to be able to meet with everyone offline and have face-to-face learning exchanges. The students curiously asked the teacher how she felt when she came here. Teacher Zhu expressed her love for Latvia and Kraslava. Teacher Zhu was very happy to know that two of the students are from last year’s online course class, and thanked the students for continuing to choose to learn Chinese, and said that she would do her best to promote Chinese culture and impart Chinese knowledge.

As the class bell rang, the students entered the classroom together. On the big screen appeared the self-introduction prepared by Teacher Zhu in advance. Teacher Zhu also took this opportunity to tell the students that Chinese names are different from those in Latvia, and that each region has its different way, so they should not be surprised.

Later, Teacher Zhu prepared a short video to introduce relevant Chinese culture and scenic spots. The students were very happy and surprised, showing great curiosity about Chinese culture. Teacher Zhu also introduced the food in her hometown. Because Teacher Zhu is from Sichuan, she specially prepared a video about Sichuan hot pot, hoping to arouse students’ interest in Sichuan cuisine. Teacher Zhu invited students to visit her residence in their spare time. Teacher Zhu will be happy to share Chinese food with them.

After finishing the content prepared by Ms. Zhu, the time was given to the students. The students introduced themselves one by one, and stood in front of the podium to share with everyone. Teacher Zhu prepared five questions in advance, and the students expressed their thoughts one after another, and expressed the hope that Teacher Zhu could share more about Chinese culture.

After Ms. Zhu and the students got to know each other, Ms. Zhu introduced the course arrangement of this semester and showed the students the textbook “Experience Chinese Basic Course” that will be used in this semester. The students are very curious about what they will learn this semester and read the textbook very seriously. Finally, as the bell rang for the end of the class, the students waved goodbye to the teacher and looked forward to seeing each other in the next class.

拉脱维亚时间2022年11月8日-10日，克拉斯拉瓦中学开始了新一年的汉语课程，由汉语志愿者教师朱柏清负责讲授。过去两年，学生只能通过线上网络的方式与汉语老师见面，这次能面对面交流，学生感到很惊喜，同时也很开心能够顺利进行接下来的汉语课程。

上课之前，朱老师播放了《翰语之花盛开》视频，意在向同学们介绍有关国际中文教育志愿者教师的相关内容，朱老师还介绍了拉脱维亚大学孔子学院以及目前在拉脱维亚开设的汉语教学点。朱老师表示，疫情期间作为汉语志愿者老师来到拉脱维亚十分不容易，与此同时也感到十分幸运，能够与大家在线下见面，面对面进行学习交流。学生好奇地问老师，来到这里有什么感受，朱老师表达了对于拉脱维亚、对于克拉斯拉瓦的喜爱之情。在此次学习汉语的同学中，有两位是来自去年线上课程的学生，朱老师感到非常开心，也感谢学生继续选择学习汉语，并表示尽自己所能传播中国文化，传授中文知识。

伴随上课铃响起，学生们结伴进入教室，此时，大屏幕上是朱老师提前准备的自我介绍，朱老师还趁此机会告诉学生中文的姓名与拉脱维亚的不同，并表示，每个地区有不同的使用习惯，因此他们不用感到惊讶。

随后，朱老师准备了一部短片，介绍中国的相关文化和景点，同学们都很开心，并且感到很惊讶，表现出对于中国文化的极大好奇心。朱老师还介绍了家乡的美食，因为朱老师来自四川，因此特地准备了关于四川火锅的视频，希望能够引起学生对于四川美食的兴趣，并随即发出邀请，课余时间可以到朱老师的家里做客，朱老师会很乐意与他们分享中国美食。

结束了朱老师准备的内容，时间交给学生，学生依次做了自我介绍，并很隆重地站到讲台前向大家分享。朱老师提前准备了五个问题，学生们纷纷表达了自己的想法，并且表示，希望朱老师可以分享更多有关中国文化的内容。

在朱老师与学生相互了解之后，朱老师介绍了本学期的课程安排，并且向同学们展示了本学期会用到的教材，朱老师提前准备了《体验汉语基础教程》，并向学生展示了本学期将要学到的内容，学生们十分好奇，很认真地在看课本。最后，随着下课铃声响起，学生与老师挥手告别，并期待下一次课的见面。