China News Service, July 23. According to the Russian Satellite Network, the website of the Office of the Western Administrative District of Moscow stated that through the "Moscow Longevity" project, the elderly in Moscow can exercise their thinking by learning Chinese culture and language.
The "Moscow Longevity" project is a health, education and leisure project for the elderly in Moscow.
According to the website, learning a foreign language is one of the best trainings to exercise brain and thinking flexibility. Participants of the "Moscow Longevity" project not only learn popular English, but also French, German, Italian and Chinese.
According to sources, under the framework of the project, Chinese language teaching and educational practice activities of Chinese culture will be launched in May 2021.
Educational activities consist of lectures on Chinese culture, economy, politics, and social life, and have been held 7 times.
Courses in both directions are conducted online.
According to teachers, Chinese classes usually involve about 50 people.
On Saturday morning, the Chinese culture class has the largest number of people, about 120 people, with an average of 60-70 people.
Chinese teacher Alexander Tkachenko said: "In language classes, we learn phonetics, Chinese characters, vocabulary, and grammar. Our courses are very serious and the participants are very active. Generally, there are 10-12 people who can answer questions in class. Of course I don’t. Anyone will be forced to answer questions as they wish. If anyone is embarrassed, he will leave a message and ask questions in the chat room. I will definitely leave homework at the end of each class."