China News Service, May 19, according to the "European Times" Spanish version of the WeChat public account "Xiwen" news, the Spanish Ministry of Education statistics show that in recent years, the number of Chinese students has increased tremendously. As of the 2017-2018 school year, Spanish Chinese students The number has grown to 10588 people. Many international students choose to return home early in the early stages of the epidemic, and many international students stay in Spain for various reasons. How do Chinese students studying in West China do their homework during this special period? How to solve the learning difficulties? "European Times" interviewed Xiao Xia (pseudonym) of Chinese students left in Spain and Kaka (pseudonym) of Chinese students who had left the country in the early stage of the Spanish outbreak, and asked them to talk about the things they learned during the outbreak.
The nationwide suspension of classes starts the "distance learning" mode
Xiao Xia is 22 years old and has been in Spain for 3 years. She is now studying in the Journalism Department of King Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Spain. When the epidemic broke out in Spain, he did not return to China because of the uncertainty of his travel safety and economic considerations. Instead, he chose to stay in Madrid and continue his "distance learning" semester.
In response to the epidemic in Madrid in early March, the Madrid Autonomous Region ordered schools at all levels to temporarily close, and Xiao Xia also quickly received an email from his university informing him that the campus would be temporarily closed. In the following days, the teachers in each of his courses also made arrangements according to his actual situation, and notified the students through the school's website or email.
Xiao Xia said that the arrangement of the courses by different teachers is not the same. For example, video online courses, not all teachers have converted all of the lessons into online courses, and some of them are to distribute teaching materials. Students self-study and supplement with questions and answers.
Xiao Xia said frankly, in fact, all students are most concerned about being unable to go to school now, and many semester evaluation standards established before the start of school cannot be implemented, such as attendance, classroom performance, and classroom tests. As a result, most courses need to change the evaluation criteria for the final score accordingly. So to speak straightforwardly, how students can get scores through this course has become one of the most concerned issues for everyone.
In response to this, Xiaoxia said that the arrangement of each course is also different. For example, some classes directly change the scores of the final written exams arranged before to the weekday homework. There are more assignments to balance the test scores. The advantage of this is that students do not need to return to school exams in June on the premise of potential health and safety risks. However, some courses still require a final written test. Some of the courses have been scheduled for examination time, but a large part of the time is still pending.
In view of the current situation of the Madrid epidemic and the current problem of being unable to downgrade and unblock, many examination arrangements are also confusing, and I do not know whether it can be carried out in the end. Xiao Xia also expressed such concerns to reporters.
Returning to China may be less stressful than staying in the West
However, the test arrangements for each school and major are different. For example, Kaka (a pseudonym), a Chinese freshman who studied freshman at the Department of Tourism of the Autonomous University of Madrid, said that the examinations for his major this semester have been arranged clearly and do not require a written test.
Kaka chose to return to China in mid-March, when Spain had not yet entered the state of alert. She said: "Actually, I am now in China, which is no different from the students who are staying in Spain, because they all take classes at home."
Kaka said: "We started online lessons in mid-March, using Teams video conferencing software. Three of the five courses opened online courses, and the other two courses were mainly homework and courseware uploaded by self-study teachers. In fact, many classes are not completed, so it is how many exams to take. For example, there are 10 units in the geography class, but we only took 4 units, then we only took 4 units at the end of the semester. "
Talking about the exam, Kaka said: "We have a total of four courses this semester to take online exams, the exam period is from May 18 to 28, and some subjects also need to open cameras. Sociology does not need an exam, but it needs to Complete large assignments and essays, according to these final scores. In fact, we have now finished the class. Since last week, we have begun to do mock exams on the system, familiar with the software operation and process of online exams. Each section has regulations Time for students to enter the mock exam system collectively, and they will also get results after the exam. "" Our law teacher also requires the exam to open a camera. He suspects that some people are cheating or copying and pasting Google. Then he is in the score. Write on the slip: 'If you still do this next time, you will meet me face-to-face during the make-up exam'. "She said.
In the end, she also lamented: "During the epidemic, everyone still mainly looked at the courseware for self-study, with the teacher's online class as a supplement. But some Chinese students have told me that they feel that they pay 4 times the tuition fee (non-EU tuition price is 4 times the number of EU students), but online courses, but also exams, it is very uncomfortable. If this is the case next semester, if face-to-face classes can not be faced, you may consider suspending school. Everyone is guessing, combined with various factors, next year There may be fewer students coming to study in Spain. "