China News Agency, Hefei, January 14th, title: Voice of expatriate Chinese teachers: "Be prepared to welcome the spring together"
Author Chu Weiwei
"A Filipino-Chinese high school student who once mentored has now become an intern Chinese teacher in a local Chinese school. This is the best gift for the Year of the Rabbit." He Li, a Chinese teacher sent abroad, said in an exclusive interview with China News Agency a few days ago. The Chinese New Year is approaching. , I receive holiday wishes from overseas students every day.
He Li is a Chinese teacher at the No. 12 Primary School in Suzhou City, Anhui Province, with more than 30 years of teaching experience.
From 2018 to 2020, she went to Misamisi Guanghua Middle School and Chenguang Middle School in the Philippines respectively. In addition to her daily teaching work, she also guided and trained local Chinese teachers.
"I am very moved by the respect of overseas Chinese and the love of Chinese people for Chinese culture." He Li said that she has participated in the teaching lectures of the Chinese Language Education Seminar for two consecutive years.
At that moment, she was determined to be a "cultural messenger".
He Li believes that overseas Chinese education should start with interest.
During her stay in the Philippines, she taught Chinese songs and organized Chinese song competitions for students with no foundation in Chinese. She practiced brush calligraphy and paper-cut literacy; she sang ballads while skipping long ropes and recited Tang poems, etc., to stimulate their interest in learning Chinese.
On Family Day, He Li took the students to make dumplings and scallion pancakes, and introduced cultural customs from all over China.
Since returning to China for three years, He Li has been keeping in touch with the students online, and her teaching and guidance work has never stopped.
"After the epidemic, I believe that the prospects for overseas Chinese education are bright, and I look forward to meeting the students offline as soon as possible."
Liu Minglong from Suzhou University is a professional martial arts teacher.
In 2019, he undertook the teaching task of Chinese martial arts in the "Chinese Education · Famous Teacher Tour" (Malaysia) activity hosted by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Anhui Province.
For the first time in the class, Liu Minglong taught the students martial arts clapping ceremony, and explained its connotation, which was deeply loved by the students, and ran through every link in and out of class.
"When students see their teacher, the first thing they do is do a clasping salute and say hello to the teacher." Liu Minglong said, this is the embodiment of Chinese martial arts virtues, and they also feel their admiration for Chinese martial arts.
In the practical teaching, Liu Minglong grouped the teaching according to the age of the students and the basis of martial arts, from easy to difficult step by step. At the same time, interspersed with the explanation of martial arts theoretical knowledge, so that students can have a deeper understanding of Chinese culture.
"They are very diligent in learning every movement, and they have a strong thirst for knowledge about items such as swordsmanship and long boxing that they have not touched before."
In the 2022 Online Workshop for Overseas Chinese Language Teachers (Anhui), Liu Minglong served as the main teacher of martial arts, and taught 233 overseas Chinese language teachers from 18 countries including the Philippines, Indonesia, and Myanmar about the origin of Chinese martial arts, the teaching of martial arts routines, and the teaching of martial arts. International communication and practice, etc.
"Whether it is a teacher or a student, they all have a high enthusiasm for Chinese martial arts. I am very confident in the spread of martial arts overseas." Liu Minglong said that overseas teaching experience is also a process of self-learning and improvement, which provides enrichment for Chinese culture to go overseas. Experience, will continue to carry forward and inherit good Chinese martial arts.
Under the epidemic, the challenge of online teaching has become a major dilemma for overseas Chinese education.
Today, "Get ready to welcome the spring together" is the common aspiration of expatriate Chinese teachers.
Ding Yong, an expatriate Chinese language teacher at the No. 11 Primary School in Suzhou City, believes that after the optimization of epidemic prevention measures, Chinese language education will also usher in spring again.
In the future, in addition to sending excellent teachers overseas, we can also organize visit groups of teachers and students to communicate with each other, so that Chinese education bases and overseas Chinese schools can form friendship units, and continue to do a good job in Chinese education through the form of "going out and inviting in".
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