Under the epidemic, the difficulties in studying abroad are mostly in Europe, Chinese students insist on completing their studies

　　China News Service, September 23. According to the European Times, a number of Chinese students studying in Europe said that despite the difficulties, they would insist on finishing their studies.

“This year’s international students are really not easy. When I recall it later, I will feel that I am really amazing!” Speaking of the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the life of studying abroad, Shan Peng, a graduate student at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, said.

"Actually I don't like online classes"

　　Shan Peng has been staying in school since the German summer semester for more than half a year.

The winter semester will start on October 21. The class mode is the same as the summer semester, combining online and offline.

"There is basically no offline teaching, except for special cases such as experiments." Shan Peng said.

　　"I don't like online classes, there are two main reasons." Shan Peng said, one is that he cannot guarantee receiving accurate information and being unable to maintain concentration is his biggest concern.

For example, academic seminars and other online courses that require students to communicate with teachers, the language speed and vocabulary habits of native German speakers will become different from offline ones. Non-native speakers can easily be left behind if they can't keep up with a word.

"The other is that it is difficult to guarantee the efficiency of studying online at home. To be honest, the whole online course is easy to be distracted and quite helpless."

　　Shan Peng's classmate, Meng Zhe, who also studied at the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany, has been in Germany since the end of last year.

He told reporters that he hopes to start school as soon as possible, graduate as soon as possible, and return to China as soon as possible. "It is really difficult for students studying abroad this year, but they are all for the future."

Want to stay in France after the epidemic

　　Zhu Yangyang, who is studying art history at the University of Strasbourg in France, finished his language course last year. This is the first year of postgraduate courses.

She said in an interview with reporters that she had to come back.

"The visa will expire in early August. The French visa is difficult to obtain and cumbersome. I have to come back and renew my visa. I cannot give up my studies."

　　Zhu Yangyang said that many students around her chose to take a year off after seeing the rebound of the French epidemic, and she was unwilling to wait for this year.

At the beginning of school, there were many students in the "big class". The 100 seats were full. Many classmates did not like to wear masks. Zhu Yangyang sat in the corner by herself with an empty seat next to her. She was the only Chinese in the entire classroom. , "A week is like a month," she said.

　　Strasbourg is the largest border city in France. Zhu Yangyang said that the city is currently a "high-risk area." At first, the school plan adopted "partitioned teaching", that is, there are empty seats between several students, but it may be due to work. Large amount or insufficient number of classrooms will eventually be cancelled.

　　At present, Zhu Yangyang maintains a "school and dormitory" living condition of two points and one line. He occasionally goes to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities and cooks with a few Chinese classmates in the same dormitory.

Although most restaurants are already open, she will only go there during non-dining hours and when there are few people in the store.

　　Although the epidemic in France is relatively serious, Zhu Yangyang believes that this is a good life experience. She loves art and France.

"I hope the epidemic will end as soon as possible and I can graduate as soon as possible. I want to stay in this artistic country."

Return to England by charter flight

　　On September 21, a charter flight for resumption of school to the UK carrying 74 Chinese students took off from Chongqing and set off for Manchester. This was the first international resumption charter flight operated by a Chinese airline since the epidemic.

The flight is jointly organized by Hainan Airlines and 23 schools including Manchester University, Newcastle University, York University and Sheffield University. It aims to provide convenience for Chinese students from the above 23 British universities to return to school.

　　In the next two months, about 20,000 international students from all over China will take more than 90 Hainan Airlines flights from Chongqing to Manchester and Bristol in batches.

　　On September 25th, Chen Han will embark on a chartered flight to Swansea University in the United Kingdom. "It cost more than 13,000 (RMB) in total." Chen Han said that the ticket purchase process was relatively smooth and the price was acceptable.

　　Chen Han is full of expectations for the future life of studying abroad.

Compared with the epidemic, whether the language communication is smooth and whether he can keep up with the teaching progress is more of his concern.

As an exchange student, Chen Han has only studied in the UK for more than a year. He hopes to experience the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western cultures and successfully complete his studies in this short and extraordinary year.

(Chen Guanzhi)