On 31 July 2021, the School of Foreign Languages concluded a successful two-week online Mandarin course designed for the students of Gyeongsang National University, Korea. The course, conducted by the students of the School of Foreign Languages (SFL) at Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU), China, is a significant part of the SFL students’ 2021 Summer Vocation Internship. When thelecture “Celebrities in China” marked the end of the course, the SZTU students and the Korean students cheered and gave positive comments on their teaching and learning experience.

Shenzhen Technology University has since its foundation sustained the vision of internationalization and valuing international exchange and collaboration. In the autumn of 2019, SZTU signed a collaboration agreement with the delegation from Gyeongsang National University, Korea, led by Deputy Dean and Professor Kim Duk Hwan. Since then, the two universities have maintained a firm friendship. On 18 July 2021, the 2021 China-Korea Online Mandarin Course was officially launched. It is a new course specifically designed by SFL following the 2020 Winter Camp on Cantonese Culture and Online Cantonese Program for the Korean students. These courses, along with other programs have greatly contributed to SZTU’s internationalization process and expanded the students’ global horizon as well.

The two-week course, delivered in the form of “one-to-one” or “one-to-two”, namely, one Chinese student interacts with one or two Korean students, was focused on six topics: “My Hobbies,” “My Hometown,” “Festivals in China,” “Chinese Customs,” “Chinese Cuisine,” and “Celebrities in China”. All these topics have attracted the Korean students’ participation and led both sides to deeper discussions. The classes incorporated elements such as lecturing, PowerPoint presentation, images and videos, and Q&A sections, which made the sessions vivid and life-like.

Upon the completion of the course, the Korean students commented positively on the student teachers of SZTU and the course itself. Cha Wook Ho (차욱호) said, “Chinese friends are enthusiastic about interacting with me.” Kim Ji Yeon (김지연) commented that “exchanging ideas with friends from Shenzhen Technology University is most impressive.” They also extended their heartfelt gratitude to the Chinese student teachers’ patience and hard work and looked forward to face-to-face interaction in the future. The SFL students of SZTU said that they had gained a lot from the teaching experience. You Siyan said, “I am very happy to make a Korean friend and gain some tutoring experience,” and Yu Lili remarked that “to teach is also to learn; this is a process of giving and gaining.”

（CHEN Xiaomin, ZHAO Yebin）

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Reviewer: ZHONG Ling

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