The Chinese language class at the LKA has opened

On November 17, 2022 Riga time, the Chinese language class at the LKA, a teaching site under the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia, was officially opened. This is the first time in two years that Chinese classes are conducted in an offline mode, and the Chinese teacher is volunteer Shen Sishun.

The course at the LKA is divided into two classes, a university elective and an adult interest class, both of which are taught in an integrated format. The main task of the first class was to learn about China and the Chinese language. The students were very curious about the natural landscape of China and told Mr. Shen after the video that they would like to travel to China sometime. Immediately afterwards, the teacher and the students had a mutual introduction session, which not only allowed the students to get to know the teacher, but also allowed the teacher to understand why the students wanted to learn Chinese. Afterwards, Mr Shen introduced the composition of Chinese syllables and the main strokes of the Chinese characters so that they could feel the differences between the languages and invited the students to write the Chinese words “一, 十 and 大” on the blackboard so that they could grasp the mystery of the composition of Chinese characters. At the end of the class, the teacher gave each student a small gift that he or she had prepared and the students were very happy.

Both classes of the School of Culture have now officially started.

当地时间2022年11月17日，拉脱维亚大学孔子学院下设教学点文化学院的中文课正式开课。这是两年以来第一次以线下的模式开展的汉语课，汉语老师为志愿者沈思顺。

文化学院的课程分为两个班，分别为大学选修课和成人兴趣班，都以综合课的形式进行讲授。第一节课的主要任务是了解中国、了解汉语。沈老师先是放了航拍中国的节选片段，学生们都对中国的自然景观十分好奇，并在视频结束后对沈老师说有机会他们想去中国旅行。紧接着，老师和同学进行了互相介绍的环节，不仅让学生了解了老师，也让老师能了解到学生为什么想要学习汉语。之后沈老师分别了介绍了汉语音节的组成和汉语的主要笔画，在讲授的过程中让他们能够感受到语言之间的差异，并邀请同学们上黑板书写了汉字“一、十、大”等词，让学生掌握汉字构成的奥秘。最后，老师在下课后，给每位同学送出了自己准备的小礼物，同学们都十分开心。

目前，文化学院的两个班级的课程都已正式开始授课。