Chinese Corner Activities held in Confucius Classroom at Riga Culture Secondary school
当地时间2018年5月15日和19日，汉语教师董芳与汉语教师志愿者吴甜田在拉脱维亚大学下属里加文化中学孔子课堂厨房为汉语学分班的学生们举办了主题为“中国烹饪”的汉语角文化体验活动，参加本次活动的师生共30余人，内容主要包括火锅与饺子两部分。
里加文化中学汉语学分班共有三个班级，十年级、十一年级与十二年级，学生分别学习了一年、两年及三年汉语。其中十一年级与十二年级的学生已经体验过包饺子活动，所以这次汉语教师为他们准备了火锅，而为十年级的新生们准备了饺子。5月15日，在十一年级和十二年级的汉语课上，学生们在教师的带领下，清洗准备相应食材，体验了一回中国鸳鸯火锅的风味。5月19日，十年级的学生们跟着老师一起和面、擀皮、包饺子、煮饺、煎饺，在动手中感受中国饺子的魅力。两位汉语教师还别出心裁，准备了用于和面的各色蔬菜汁，彩色饺子受到了学生们的一致好评。
“火锅”和“饺子”是极具代表性的中华美食。本次活动让学生们在实践中，在美味中，在欢乐中，对中国“吃文化”有了更加深切的体会。学生们表示很喜欢这样实践性的课堂，并期待下一次的实践活动。
Local time 15th May,2018 and 19th May，Chinese teacher Dong Fang and Wu Tiantian held a theme of “Chinese cuisine” Chinese corner culture experience activities in Confucius Classroom at Riga Culture Secondary school, more than 30 students participated in these activities, which included hotpot and dumpling.
There are three Chinese credit classes in Confucius Classroom at Riga Culture Secondary school, grade 10,grade 11 and grade 12, who have been studying Chinese for one year, two years and three years respectively. Students from grade 11 and grade 10 have experienced dumpling-making activities, so Chinese teachers prepared hotpot for them, and prepared dumpling-making activity for grade 10 who haven’t experience any Chinese cuisine activity. On 15th May, on grade 11 and grade 12’s Chinese lessons,teachers and students prepared Chinese Yuan Yang Hotpot and enjoyed eating together. On 19th May, students from grade 10 followed teachers to mix, knead, roll, wrap and cook dumplings. Two Chinese teachers have prepared various kinds of vegetable juice for the dough, and the colorful dumplings have been well received by the students.
“Hotpot” and “dumpling” are the most representative Chinese cuisine. This activity enables students to have a deeper understanding of Chinese cuisine in practice, in delicacy and in joy. The students expressed their interest in such practical lesson and are looking forward to the next practical activity.
