2018年6月21日下午, 伦敦商务孔子学院下属德威公学孔子课堂举办了一场别开生面的“汉语讲座体验课”活动——此次活动主要面向德威公学汉语课堂的学生不同年级的家长。德威公学是伦敦地区较早开设GCSE汉语课的中学之一，德威对汉语有兴趣的学生可以从九年级开始一直到十二年级完成GCSE汉语的学习。此外，为了让更多的学生接触汉语，德威还为七年级的学生开设了初级汉语必修课。负责德威公学孔子课堂孔院教师廖盾老师策划此次活动并担任主讲人。
德威的学生往往同时学习多门外语，与其它欧洲语言相比汉语有自身的特点和挑战，此次活动既有汉语学习体验又有讲座介绍汉语学习理论和经验，旨在帮助学生家长理解汉语学习的特点以及如何指导和鼓励自己的孩子学好汉语。为了方便家长安排时间，此次活动时间设在下午和傍晚，并分为前后两场。共有15位家长出席，他们的孩子来自不同的年级，最小的四年级，最大的九、十年级。
在汉语体验环节中，廖盾老师带领学生家长学习了部分拼音声调、简单的对话及汉语字词，活动氛围愉快轻松。家长们充满热情地参与了练习和游戏。随后，廖老师为家长介绍学校的汉语教学情况和英国中学生学习汉语常常碰到的挑战以及建议，并对各位家长提出的问题进行了耐心、详细的回答与解释。而且，讲座中还向家长介绍了孔子学院奖学金、伦敦商务孔院的各类课程和活动等孔子学院为学生及家长提供的各种学习机会。
活动后，家长们表示一个半小时虽短但收获很大，还有在金融行业工作的家长兴奋地说自己多年没有学习外语了，但这次的体验课让他感到汉语学习非常有意思，希望能进一步了解商务孔院针对职业人士的汉语课程。
此次体验活动不仅让学生家长近距离地接触汉语、感受汉语，更是为家长提供机会深入了解德威公学的汉语课堂的教学情况和学生的学习情况，促进了家长、教师与学校的沟通与交流，为学生的汉语学习提供有力支持。德威的汉语教学近两年又取得了新的突破，2018年有四名汉语成绩优秀的学生申请了孔子学院奖学金，有望年内赴华学习。
On June 21, 2018, Confucius Institute for Business London organised a Mandarin taster & workshop in Dulwich. This event is mainly for students’ parents of different levels in Dulwich College Chinese Class. Dulwich College is one of the early secondary schools in the London area to offer GCSE. Students who are interested in Chinese in Dulwich can complete GCSE from the 9th grade to the 12th grade. In addition, in order to allow more students to learn Chinese, Dulwich also offers a compulsory course for beginners in the seventh grade. Liao Dun, the teacher of the Confucius Institute, organised the event and served as the main speaker.
This activity has both Chinese learning experience and lectures on Chinese learning theory. It aims to help parents understand Chinese and learn how to guide and encourage their child to learn Chinese well. In order to facilitate the parents’ schedule, the event was divided into two sessions. There were15 parents attended, whose children came from different grades——the 9th grade to the 10th grade.
In the mandarin taster session, Mr. Liao led the parents to learn some pinyin tones, simple dialogues and Chinese words. The atmosphere was pleasant and relaxing. Parents participated in the exercises and games with enthusiasm. Then, Mr. Liao introduced the Chinese teaching situation of the school as well as the linguistic challenges, and gave advice on students’ Chinese learning. What’s more, Mr. Liao also gave patient and detailed explanations to the questions raised by parents. In addition, the lecture also introduced the Confucius Institute Scholarship, the various courses and activities of the London Confucius Institute, and various learning opportunities for students and parents.
After the event, the parents said that although the one-and-a-half-hour was short but the harvest was great. A parent working in the financial industry said that he had not studied foreign languages for many years, but this activity made him feel that Chinese learning is very interesting. He also wanted to learn more about the Chinese language courses for professionals.
The workshop not only provides parents with close contact with Chinese, but also provides opportunities for parents to learn more about the teaching situation of the in Dulwich College. What’s more, the workshop will beneficial to promoting the communication between parents and teachers. In the past two years, Dulwich’s
Chinese teaching has made new breakthroughs——in 2018, four students with excellent Chinese proficiency applied for the Confucius Institute Scholarship and are expected to study in China in the same year.
撰稿人：廖盾 朱晨溪
Author: Liao Dun Zhu Chenxi