w88 casino News Network (Draft by the w88 casino League Committee)《21ST CENTURY》2009Year4month15日Made a front-page report on w88 casino’s youth forum. The reporter of this newspaper interviewed Xu Song, secretary of the Youth League Committee of w88 casino, about the Youth Forum activities, and also interviewed the founder, organizer, keynote speaker and loyal audience of the Youth Forum.
w88 casino’s youth forum was founded in2007Year4month9日, In the past two years, a total of 18 students have taken to the stage of the Youth Forum, attracting more than a thousand students from the whole w88 casino. The content covers music, Peking opera, film, literature, art, politics, culture and other fields, bringing a unique and wonderful lecture to Huiyuan students.2009Year4month23日The Youth Forum Organizing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the organizing committee) was established. The organizing committee is co-founded by the Organization Department of the Youth League Committee and the Voluntary Service Center of the w88 casino of Insurance, and invites relevant student organizations across the w88 casino to join as member units. The establishment of the organizing committee will surely lead the Youth Forum to a new height, enrich the cultural life of campus, and build the Youth Forum into the "100 Forums" on campus!
Part of the report is reproduced below:
In one classroom, the students are trying hard to keep their eyes from wandering during an endless lecture. In the next room, students go from debating with the “lecturer” about the significance of the Qing Dynasty to applauding.
Both classes were held at theUniversityofInternational Businessand Economics (UIBE). The former was a fairly standard, formal lecture. In the latter, a student had assumed the role of a lecturer as part of “Youth Lecture” series organized by students to let them cover particular cultural or historical topics they especially like. It’s open to the public.
According to Zhao Ruifang, a Shandong Institute of Business and Technology professor, less than 17 percent of students question the teacher’s authority. But if the person up there on the dais is one of them- that’s a different story altogether.
“It’s really different from a lecture given by professors,” said Liu Chao, an economics major. “You dare to question and express your own ideas.”
Zhao concluded that students do have a sense of innovation, but lack initiative and confidence. Wu Qingfeng, a junior English major atShanghai International Studies University, sees it another way: “It’s not always students who are to blame for this. When a teacher starts reading from a book, with no change in tone for hours, students lose interest.”
Some “Youth Lecture” audience members say the series gives them both knowledge and encouragement: “I do think critically about a topic during the lecture and develop my own views,” said Li Wenwei, a senior. “I also have a chance to express myself and learn from others’ perspectives.”
Liu Teng, who has lectured for the series, thinks he also benefit from it. “I have to prepare my topic and materials well for the lecture, and I gain better understanding up there,” Liu said.
“Youth Lecture” is an experiment to get students more actively involved in their studies, according to Xu Song, the chief secretary of the UIBE Youth League. Yet there is no denying that many teachers are trying to make their classes more interesting and interactive.
《21Century English Newspaper》“Hey you, over there, wake up!”Original link to the front page articlehttp://www.21stcentury.com.cn/story/50889.html
