In October 2020, the world's first online Chinese classroom was settled at the University of Aegean in Greece. Using Internet technology to carry out teaching in the form of remote "live broadcast + tutoring", the network Chinese classroom to create a new Chinese teaching mode. Over the past year or so, what have the teachers and students gained from participating in the online Chinese classroom? Let's listen to their voices together
Student impressions
Learning efficiency exceeds expectations
Students who participated in the online Chinese class said that the most obvious change during this time was the progress in Chinese. From the beginning of the half-understanding, now can have some simple communication, they feel the joy of Chinese learning, but also harvested a full sense of achievement.
Elli Ioanna Gounari, a fifth-year student at a Greek university, has just finished the first two phases of the web Chinese class and is working on the third session.
Student Tang Mist
"I love learning in the online Chinese classroom, which not only gives me the opportunity to meet excellent Chinese teachers and people from different parts of Greece, but also improves my Chinese learning efficiency." Tang said that since she began studying in the online Chinese classroom, she has become more diligent and studious, "After this period of study, I can use Chinese to have basic conversations and recognize a lot of Chinese characters." During this period, I also explored a set of methods of using cards to recognize and memorize Chinese characters, which improved my own Chinese level significantly, in addition, careful review after class, and serious homework are also very effective learning methods. ”
Students believe that learning in the classroom in the online Chinese exceeds expectations. Eleftheria Christodoulopoulou, a student, said: "When I first registered, I was worried that online teaching would not be able to achieve the effect of offline teaching. But after the class, I found these worries superfluous, the instructors and teaching assistants helped us a lot, and each lesson was very interesting and would not be unable to keep up. ”
Teacher sharing
A new teaching experience
It is not only students but also teachers who benefit from this new model of teaching. The online Chinese classroom brings together senior international Chinese teachers from Dalian University of Foreign Chinese, Jilin University, Shandong University, Macau University of Science and Technology and other universities. Before the lesson, the teachers have to prepare the lessons collectively and make the courseware, which is a good opportunity for the teachers to communicate and learn from each other.
"In the past, we stood on the three-foot podium and Chinese. Today, we bring the charm of Chinese to the world through small screens. Although we are thousands of miles apart, we can't stop the enthusiasm of students from all over the world for Chinese, which for me is both a new experience and a challenge. Teacher Wang Shuang said that the online Chinese classroom not only provides a platform for international Chinese teachers to show themselves, but also builds a bridge of communication for Chinese learners in Greece.
"The two online Chinese classes lasted 26 weeks, and more than 100 hours of online teaching practice brought me a new teaching experience and unexpected gains." Teacher Liu Xinxin said, "This is my first contact with Greek students, the students' enthusiasm and enthusiasm for learning are very high, and their desire to speak and express is also very strong. One of the students, despite his age, was the most popular student in our class. There is also a student who cannot turn on the camera and microphone due to learning equipment and learning environment, but he will also actively send the answers to the message board during the interactive link, communicate and interact with everyone, and form a good classroom atmosphere.
In addition, at the end of each semester, I will also receive email praise from the students, and every sentence of the students' 'Thank you, Teacher Liu', 'You are really an excellent Chinese teacher', 'I want to continue to learn from you Chinese', is a great relief and encouragement for me!
During this period of growth, I not only gained the experience and skills of international Chinese online teaching, but also gained the invaluable friendship between teachers and students across mountains and seas! ”
Liu Xinxin is giving lessons to students
Teacher Wang Na said that in the collective lesson preparation, teachers can share resources, learn from each other, and open up teaching ideas. Teacher Shi Wen also believes that this kind of exchange and exchange provides a lot of reference for his teaching, and the harvest is very fruitful.
Expert opinion
Network expansion Chinese influence
Chryssi Vitsilaki, President of the University of the Aegean in Greece, is an active facilitator of the Aegean University's network Chinese classrooms. She believes that the opening of online Chinese classrooms is a historic attempt at Greek-Chinese relations and educational cooperation. "The online Chinese classroom provides students with a new Chinese learning experience with advanced technology and teaching methods, and we look forward to continuing to expand this collaboration to benefit members of the local community and members of the rest of Greece."
Konstantina (Nina) Malamatina, Special Assistant to the President of the University of Aegean in Greece, said: "In order to cope with the serious challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning has become a must. As a result, the online Chinese classroom projects were launched in a timely manner. Over the course of more than a year, we have seen the project break down the time and space constraints of traditional teaching and provide students with a whole new way of learning online. ”
Zhang Wei, dean of the School of International Education of Shenyang Normal University, pointed out that online Chinese courses not only provide a more convenient way for Chinese learners to learn, but also can cross spatial boundaries and promote the cross-border sharing of educational resources.
Some experts believe that the objective and realistic value of the network Chinese classroom is reflected in the full use of the network to provide convenience for students and teachers to help them overcome the difficulties encountered in the learning and teaching process more effectively, and the extended value lies in deepening and expanding the influence of Chinese.
Source: Center for Language Convergence