大学生国际志愿者在杭州

时间:2022-05-14 07:23:42

大学生国际志愿者在杭州

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这个夏天,在中国杭州、在位于主城区的天水街道里,三名大学生国际志愿者与社区居民展开了一次为期四周、别开生面的互动。

互动:交流从陌生到融洽

“Welcome to the English corner! Our topic today is Traveling the world.(欢迎来到英语角,我们今天的主题是环游世界。)”在灯芯巷社区,波兰小伙子卢卡斯(Lukasz Dwulit)用这样的开场白开始了“英语角”活动。

这是三名大学生国际志愿者第一天的交流活动。当时,十多名社区大伯大妈将波兰小伙卢卡斯团团围住,好奇地追问外国的生活和他的学习经历;而在另一个房间里,十多位小朋友和两名女志愿者艾世丽和安(Ashley Bennet、Ruth Ann Jamieson)围坐成一圈,做着英文接龙的游戏。

这三名国际志愿者都是年轻热情且喜欢中国文化的大学生。年龄最大的艾世丽来自墨西哥锡那罗亚州自治大学,有三年学习中文的经历。安来自美国亚利桑那州立大学,中英混血,妈妈是香港人。年龄最小的卢卡斯则来自英国东英吉利大学,多才多艺的他会说中、英、波、德四种语言,特别是中文“很溜”。

天水街道的工作人员告诉我,这些外国大学生是来杭州参加社会实践的,他们都是AIESEC(国际经济学商学学生联合会)浙江大学分会的志愿者。这是一个由高校或更高学术机构在校学生和新近毕业生运营的全球性、非政治性、独立、非营利性组织,是全球最大的学生组织。

从5月20日开始的四周时间里,这三名大学生国际志愿者在天水街道的7个社区零距离体验中国文化。而他们自行设计的“Global Village”“Animal Kingdom”“Let’s tell story”“Body Party”“Easter”“Travel the world”等十项英语角教学活动课程,就是献给社区小朋友和老人的最好礼物。

但交流总不会一帆风顺。安告诉我,她的中文不太流利:“所以一开始和小朋友们还是有些障碍。”不过随着课程的推进,安和小朋友渐渐熟起来,最早是安打开自己的笔记本电脑,向小朋友们展示她生活的城市,国外的绮丽风光引得小朋友们纷纷好奇地提问。卢卡斯则更加用心,他用一部8分钟的自制小影片把波兰1000多年的历史活灵活现地展示给大家,小朋友们看得津津有味。不知不觉间,大家的距离已经拉近。

随后的几周里,大学生国际志愿者们通过ppt介绍、热身运动、英语游戏、英语歌曲等形式,对社区小朋友和老人进行了别开生面的英语角教学,一时间课堂爆棚,收到了意想不到的欢迎。

学习:文化从差异到共性

采访中,安曾经对我说了这样一句话:“我来中国参加社会实践就是希望多了解点中国,多学习点中国的传统文化。”

而这,正反映了大学生国际志愿者来到中国除了教授英语、传播友谊种子之外的另一目的。几周时间里,他们分别走进国画书画社、“好来武”舞龙队、葫芦丝班、金桥京剧社、鲍大妈聊天室等天水街道著名的文化社团组织,充分体验中华文化的博大精深。

5月20日上午,三名大学生国际志愿者来到环北新村艺苑书画社,和社区的爷爷奶奶们一起学习国画。那天书画社的课程主讲荷花的画法和技巧,从荷叶、荷花到鱼儿、虾米。俞老师一边讲解一边示范,还时不时走到他们身边,逐个手把手教授用笔和技巧。他们也很仔细地听,很认真地看,很耐心地学习。经过努力,到活动结束时,三名大学生国际志愿者个个都能有模有样地展示自己的作品,其中,安的荷花画得惟妙惟肖,得到了大家的一致好评。

在活动中,艾世丽印象最深的是参加“鲍大妈聊天室”活动。“老太太很棒,80岁了吧,不仅会开车、还会电脑,特别能聊,并能用简单的英语和我们交谈。我觉得如果我到了这个年纪能像她一样就很满足了。”艾世丽说,她是第一次来中国,但博大精深的中华文化以及汉字很早就吸引了她,所以她曾在美国请了一位老师专门教她中文。“你不知道我在美国吃饭的时候用的都是筷子。”她还对鲍大妈说,中国的筷子用起来很特别,就像文化一样奥妙无穷,还有很多可以深入了解的。“我想我以后还会来中国,因为我特别想在中国工作,当一名老师。”

6月6日,三名大学生国际志愿者在仓桥社区参加侨眷活动日手工活动。卢卡斯拿着线和珠子,一边与社区的侨眷们交流,一边做手工活。“做这样的东西太有意思了,刚开始还以为做出来会是飞碟呢,我准备把自己亲手做的杯垫带回波兰送给妈妈。”那天,社区侨眷张阿姨还拿着自己串的中国结送给了这些大学生国际志愿者。张阿姨说:“希望这个中国结能给你们带去好运,也希望你们能常来中国走走看看。”

整个活动行程临结束的时候,安这样对我说:“中国的社区就像一个大家庭,老人们有着各种丰富多彩的活动,老年生活太有意思了,估计这里的老年人寿命也会长很多。”

在这次活动中,我们看到了社区居民与大学生国际志愿者良好的互动,看到了黄皮肤和蓝眼睛对望的真挚笑容,看到了两种不同文化的碰撞火花,也看到了中外交流过程里一种全新的充满活力与希望的面貌。

机会:眼界从一国到世界

其实,这次大学生国际志愿者进社区,只是近几年AIESEC活动的一小部分。成立于1948年的AIESEC,目前其成员国—遍布全球100多个国家的1100多所高等学府,每年提供5500个海外实习项目和近350场国际会议。虽然,AIESEC在2002年才进入中国高校,但十年中,它不仅吸引了大批国外大学生前来感受中国文化,也让更多的中国大学生看到了世界。

比如2009年,宁波诺丁汉大学学生金恺昉就借助AIESEC的平台,前往印度尼西亚。“到印尼,我在当地农村呆上了5周,和团队一起帮助村民完成所设计的项目,还对当地农民宣传了农业知识。”金恺昉说。

这几年,不少来自省内高校的AIESEC会员大学生成功申请了海外实习单位,他们从事艾滋病宣传、文化交流、环境保护以及农业发展等方面的工作。这些经历,除了为学生提供丰富的、多元化的职场机会外,也向外播撒了友谊的种子。

就在结束此稿采写的前夕,我又收到了有关AIESEC国际志愿者们的两则消息:一是又有一批来自捷克的大学生国际志愿者,近些日子正在北京参加名为“印象中国”的主题考察,零距离接触中国的现代新貌和非物质文化遗产;二是第5届AIESEC青年影响力论坛日前在台北召开,吸引了世界各地大学的国际志愿者代表参加,海基会前董事长江丙坤和台湾地区前副领导人萧万长都到场祝贺。这一活动,正在受到越来越多的国际关注,担当越来越重要的国际力量,正如萧万长在论坛上所说:“AIESEC有促进经济发展、让社会进步的理想,你们将真正成为世界和平的维护者。”

(除署名外,本文照片由李忠拍摄)

International College Students Engaged in Community Activities in Hangzhou

By Hai Xiaoyang

Three international students started their four-week-long volunteer work at Tianshui Community in downtown Hangzhou on May 20.

Lukasz Dwulit, a Polish student from East Anglia of Great Britain, Ashley Bennet from Sinaloa State University of Mexico and Ruth Ann Jamieson from Arizona State University are members of Zhejiang University branch of AIESEC, a French acronym of an international organization for college students of economics and business. This is the largest non-political, independent, and not-for-profit student body in the world. The three were in the community in a global internship. They designed more than 10 programs such as global village, animal kingdom, let’s tell a story, body party, Easter, and travel around the world in the English Corner that exists in the communities.

They had learned some Chinese before they came. Ashley Bennet had learned Chinese back home for three years. Ann’s mother is from Hong Kong. Lukasz Dwulit spoke Chinese fluently. As there was no serious language barrier, they were able to communicate well with children and old people. On the first day, Lukasz told stories of his life and education to more than ten curious old women. Ashley and Ruth Ann played computer games with kids.

Well prepared for the English language classes, they played games and warm-up exercises, puzzles and songs. Lukasz played an eight-minute film on the Polish history. Their efforts paid off. Their classes were popular with local residents.

The three interacted with local residents by taking part in community study programs. On the morning of May 20, they studied art with retirees at a community center. The art class offered essential tips in painting lotus flowers. At the end of the class, the three volunteers were able to paint lotus flowers. Ruth Ann’s drawing received good reception.

Ashley was deeply impressed by a Granny surnamed Bao who runs a community chat room. In her 80s, Granny Bao drives a car, uses a computer at home. She is an excellent conversationalist. She speaks English well enough to communicate with foreigners. The chat room in the community offers local residents an opportunity to talk about their concerns and problems.

On June 6, the three international students participated in a handicraft workshop, which is a regular program specially organized for local residents whose family members live overseas. The local residents were willing to mix with the international students. They exchanged gifts.

At the end of their internship at Tianshui Community, Ruth Ann made the following observation: “The Chinese community looks like a big family; engaged in a variety of colorful programs and events, they lead a meaningful life. Thanks to these programs, they will probably enjoy a longer life.”

Opportunities for Chinese Students

in Overseas Internships

Founded in 1948, AIESEC has members in 1,100 universities and colleges in more than 100 countries and regions across the world. The organization offers 5,500 vacancies for global internships and nearly 350 international conferences a year. These internships and conferences give students opportunities to enrich their knowledge, push back their horizons, and help them become future leaders.

AIESEC came to China in 2002. Over the past decade, international students have visited China through a series of global internships and Chinese students have had opportunities to engage in global internships overseas.

In 2009, Jiang Kaifang, a student with the University of Nottingham Ningbo, engaged himself in a global internship in Indonesia for five weeks. The AIESEC platform gave him an opportunity to join a team and help local villagers to finish designing a program. The team also gave farming tips to villagers.

Over the past few years, many students in colleges and universities across Zhejiang have signed up with AIESEC and have succeeded in their applications for global internships. They have been engaged in overseas programs for AIDS publicity, cultural exchanges, environmental protection and agricultural growth. These internships have provided students in Zhejiang with better and diversified job opportunities. The AIESEC experiences also give students of Zhejiang to promote friendship in foreign countries and regions.

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