“To Learn Chinese, Do Come to China.”Resource:CHINA-ASEAN EDUCATION INFORMATION NETWORK
Time:2009-03-06 22:49:29
Students learning Chinese in Myanmar.
A Burmese student says: “To Learn Chinese, Do Come to China.”
In the Youth Arts Festival of the China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week held in Guiyang, people’s eyes are arrested by such a Burmese girl, who has yellow skin, black hair and black eyes, but speaks Chinese very fluently.
The Burmese girl’s name is Su Juntian (sound translation), who is currently a postgraduate student in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences & College of Teachers’ Training, Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU). She says: “if you want to learn Chinese, do come to China to learn it. I have been to China for a year, and I have witnessed that China is changing every day. The upcoming Beijing Olympics makes China a country of special charm.”
Before coming to China, Su had studied Chinese language in Myanmar for almost ten years, in which she was a student and then a teacher of Chinese language. The culture of Myanmar and the culture of China are very similar, “a lot of people in Myanmar can speak Chinese, and it is very popular to study Chinese in Myanmar.” With the strengthening of the relationship between China and Myanmar, Burmese teachers are sent to China to study Chinese by their government, who hopes that they can teach more students Chinese language and culture when they return home.
 Burmese students learning Chinese in China.
“I have made rapid progress in Chinese in the past year in China because both of the language environment and the warm-heartedness of the Chinese people. They are always ready to help us improve our speaking and listening abilities.” She says frankly that the Chinese culture is great and profound, and she was also hindered in the bottleneck period in language learning. She almost gave up, but later she overcome the difficulties and finally made great progresses.
Su tells us that she likes Chinese red. And if she is asked to find out something to stand for China, she would prefer Chinese red, because Chinese red represents happiness and joy in traditional Chinese culture.
 Burmese students learning Chinese painting in China.
As an international student studying Chinese in China, Su offers her suggestions to those foreign students who are planning to learn Chinese, “to study Chinese, do come to China. Both the culture and language environments are indispensable to us learners. Everyday communication with Chinese people makes language learning much simpler.” Furthermore, China has rich Chinese teaching resources, and the teachers can teach language vividly. Chinese universities have advanced teaching equipments and multimedia approach in language teaching and learning is very helpful.
Su is going back to her homeland after graduation. She wants to bring the advanced Chinese teaching concept home to improve the Chinese teaching level in Myanmar.
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