The online Chinese classes of Riga Daugavgriva Secondary School were launched successfully
On November 1, 2020 local time, Riga Daugavgriva Secondary School finally launched an online Chinese course. Affected by the epidemic, volunteers of Chinese teachers could not arrive in Latvia for the time being. In order to ensure the progress of students’ Chinese learning, the Riga Daugavgriva Secondary School actively discussed the curriculum arrangement with the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia, and finally decided to divide the online Chinese course into four different grade groups.
After the overall arrangement of Eļena Židkova, Chinese teacher of Riga Daugavgriva Secondary School, it was determined to use the ZOOM platform for online teaching. This is the first Chinese class in Riga Daugavgriva Secondary School since the end of the course last May. The teachers and students are very excited. Zhu Bofan, the Chinese teacher volunteer introduced themselves to each other. After gaining a certain understanding, they enjoyed the video of introducing China. Looking at the beautiful scenery in the video, many students expressed their hope to travel and study in China. After that, the teacher showed the students Chinese traditional talent works such as Chinese knot, paper-cut, Peking Opera facial makeup, etc. the students all liked it very much. What’s more, some students even took out their own Chinese knots. Zhu Bofan also showed the gourd silk to the students, and the students were imitating it. At the end of the class, the students also sang the Chinese song “Happy New Year” to the teacher. It was really lively!
2020 is destined to be an extraordinary year. No matter how hard the journey is, we cannot stop our enthusiasm for Chinese learning. The beginning of online teaching has aroused students’ desire for Chinese learning. Crossing the mountains and seas and working together, teachers and students are eager to meet in Latvia as soon as possible!
当地时间2020年11月1日，里加道加瓦河口中学终于开始了线上教学。受疫情影响，汉语教师志愿者暂不能抵达拉脱维亚。为保证学生的汉语学习进度，里加道加瓦河口中学校方与拉脱维亚大学孔子学院积极商讨课程安排，最终确定共分四个不同年级组进行线上授课。
经过里加道加瓦河口中学汉语教学负责老师叶莲娜的统筹安排，确定使用ZOOM平台进行在线授课。这是自去年五月份课程结束以来到目前为止道加瓦河口中学的第一节汉语课，老师和同学们都非常激动。汉语教师志愿者朱柏帆与同学们互相做了自我介绍，有了一定了解后，大家一同欣赏了介绍中国的视频，看着视频中的美景，有不少同学表示希望可以到中国旅游、学习。之后，老师向同学们展示了中国结、剪纸，京剧脸谱等中国传统才艺作品，同学们都非常喜欢，更令人惊喜的是，甚至有同学拿出了自己的中国结。汉语教师志愿者朱柏帆还向同学们展示了葫芦丝，同学们也在有模有样地模仿着。课堂的最后，同学们还给老师演唱了中国歌曲《美好新年》，真是好不热闹！
2020年注定是不平凡的一年，无论路途多么艰辛，都无法阻挡我们对中文学习的热情，线上授课的开始更是激起了学生们对汉语学习的渴望。跨越山海，携手同心，师生都迫切希望能够早日在拉脱维亚相见！
