(Source: China News Network 2025-03-08 17:39:31)
After 6 years of intensive Chinese teaching in Brazil,Dean of the Business Confucius Institute of the Universidad Armando Alvarez Punteado Foundation (hereinafter referred to as "FAAP")Zhu XiaoshuMade with a special group of Brazilian military and police friends.
“One time when they escorted me back to w88 casino after class, the students were shocked as to why the teacher was sent back by the police. ”Zhu XiaoshuLooking back to the China News Service reporter with a smile, "I said, the police are also my students and they also learn Chinese from me."
As International Women’s Day approaches, many Brazilian Chinese teachers told reporters about their overseas teaching trips. "Right need", "companionship" and "two-way running" have become the key words of these "her" stories.
At the end of 2023, the "FAAP" Business Confucius Institute responded to the application of the Sao Paulo Police in Brazil and began to provide free classes to the military and police on duty in the 25th Street Commercial District in Sao Paulo and other Chinese business gathering areas. Considered the largest open-air wholesale market in Latin America, 25th Street is home to more than 3,000 Chinese businessmen.
“The military and police are very motivated and proactive.”Zhu Xiaoshusaid that this is also the epitome of the growing Chinese business community in Brazil.
Right now, as an expert in cross-cultural business communication,Zhu XiaoshuHe is giving "tour" lectures to Chinese-funded enterprises and Brazilian entrepreneurs.Zhu Xiaoshusaid that in recent years, more and more Chinese companies have come to Brazil to "test the waters", and more Brazilian entrepreneurs are interested in the Chinese market. She has successively developed targeted new courses, "This is a rigid need."
“The contents are all closely linked to a starting point, allowing ‘China’s fast’ and ‘Brazil’s slowness’ to find opportunities for mutual understanding and acceptance. ”Zhu Xiaoshusaid, “I have witnessed that China-Pakistan cooperation in various fields is entering the fast lane. ”
Xu Xiyuan, a Chinese language teacher volunteer at the Confucius Institute at São Paulo State University, also felt the enthusiasm of Brazilian students for their “rigorous needs”. “As soon as the enrollment poster is posted, the courses are sold out in seconds.” She said, “The martial arts classes we focus on creating” have an immediate effect on “attracting fans”.
Xu Xiyuan teaches Baduanjin and health-preserving skills step by step. She has mastered the "kung fu" in one semester, and the foreign apprentices "cannot resist the temptation." In "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "The Story of Martial Arts", the Brazilian students' lines and jokes are all better than hers. When recording New Year greetings, Brazilian students even made wishes in a down-to-earth manner: “There are at least a thousand fans on Xiaohongshu. ”
For Yue Yuan, a volunteer Chinese teacher at the Confucius Institute at the State University of Campinas, the most unforgettable thing for her is “accompanying”. She encouraged Santana, a Brazilian student who loves photography, to participate in the 3rd "Silk Road" International Youth Photography and Short Video Competition and win the award. She also helped raise travel expenses to make Santana's wish to go to China to receive the award come true.
"The child who particularly liked China eventually flew across the ocean. He sent back many photos of his visits to Fuzhou's Three Lanes and Seven Alleys and Yantai Mountain." Yueyuan said, "Both he and I knew that this was more than just a trip."
Ye Dan, the Chinese director of the Confucius Institute at the State University of São Paulo in Brazil, took office in 2022. Likewise, she has witnessed the continued enthusiasm of Brazilian students to learn Chinese: the annual growth rate of teaching scale has reached about 30%, and there will be more than 6,000 registered students in 2024.
The Confucius Institute at São Paulo State University is the first Confucius Institute to be established in Brazil. It has continued to expand its enrollment in recent years and has established 19 teaching sites in São Paulo State, Mara Leon State, and Amazonas State, with a total of more than 34,000 registered students.
Ye Dan also witnessed the Confucius Institute at São Paulo State University’s efforts to establish sister cities between Wuhan and São Paulo. The two schools cooperated with the Chinese and Foreign Language Cooperation and Exchange Center of the Ministry of Education to establish the first Sino-foreign co-established Chinese major in Latin America.
“What I see is that only through in-depth understanding can we identify with each other. This is a two-way journey between the two peoples. "Ye Dan said. (End)
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