A Kazakhstan girl who dreams to be Chinese language teacher
Attending classes, taking examinations, practicing Latin dances, preparing debating; Gaisha has been busy but rich these days. The beautiful girl from Kazakhstan has been in China for 2 years, she is bachelor of Teaching Chinese Language as Foreign Language student at Beijing Language and Culture University. From knowing nothing about Chinese when coming to China to debating with influent Chinese now, Gaisha sacrificed much.
“My dream is to become a Chinese language teacher, so I must learn Chinese well.” said Gaisha. She chose to learn Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language in Beijing Language and Culture University, there she studies with Chinese students.“I felt much pressure because some theory is very hard to understand and my Chinese is not good.” In this case, Latin dance became best way for Gaisha to relax.
Debating in Chinese sounds a very headache thing for some overseas students, instead, Gaisha has been expecting it for so long. Beijing Language and Culture University in which Gaisha studies successfully entered the third traffic security debate Haidian district overseas students competition finals, Gaisha and her teammates are busy preparing for it, every day they spend long time discussing and practicing. Gaisha felt it difficult to debate in Chinese language for the first time. “I paid a lot, but leant a lot also. I leant a lot Chinese vocabularies from the competition, preparing competition materials everyday also intensified my Chinese. What’s more, debate trained speed of speaking, as well as it makes my reaction faster because I have to express my opinions quickly.
Traditional Chinese Culture is also attractive to Gaisha, she bought lots of books about Chinese history and culture so as to enrich her knowledge. “to be a teacher one should be rich in knowledge. I like peking Opera becasuse nowhere but China has; I like bigh drum because Ilove dancing I guess, also,I like Chinese cusine, I like it when I came to China, and I want to learn cooking; I lke calligraphy and Tai Chi as well, I must learn all these I am interested in some days in the future.”Gaisha said with smile.