Students of Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia Welcome the new Academic Year

From September 6^th to 10^th , 2021, the first academic week of the new semester of the University of Latvia, teachers and students of Faculty of Humanities welcomed their “first class” successively. The first class that Chinese teacher Bai Bingyu met was her graduate students. Among them were new faces, old friends, and even the students she taught at Daugavpils University two years ago. Meeting everyone again, Teacher Bai has a joy of “peach and plum harvest”(Chinese idiom, meaning teacher’s joy on seeing the students doing well in their field). Then, Teacher Bai met the sophomores and juniors who had been successfully upgraded. Thanks to a year of cooperation and interaction, everyone had a tacit understanding on each other. After a brief arrangement for the new semester, teachers and students immediately switched to lesson mode. Teacher Bai commented that the students of the Faculty of Humanities always give her a feeling of eagerness to study. In the online teaching environment, they can still complete their homework consciously and are active in various courses and activities organized by the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia and South China Normal University. This kind of lasting enthusiasm is very rare. As a teacher, she was also encouraged by her students and determined to improve her teaching methods continually, so that every student can truly learn something.

当地时间2021年9月6日至10日，拉脱维亚大学新学期第一周，人文学院汉学专业师生陆续迎来了他们的“第一堂课”。汉语教师白冰玉最先见到的是她的研究生班学生，其中有新面孔，也有老朋友，甚至有两位两年前她在道加瓦皮尔斯大学教过的学生。师生再会面，让白老师有种“桃李小丰收”的喜悦。接着，白老师见到了已经成功升级的大二和大三学生们，经过一年的合作与互动，大家已经比较默契。在简要的新学期安排之后，师生马上进入了上课状态。白老师评价道，人文学院的学生总是给她一种求学若渴的感觉。在网课环境下，他们依然能自觉完成作业，并活跃在拉脱维亚大学孔子学院和华南师范大学举办的各类课程与活动中。这种热情非常难得，作为老师，她也备受鼓舞，决心不断思考并改进自己的授课方式，让每位学生都学有所得。