声明:这不是广告或推广。我与 CLI 没有任何关系,只是一名以前的学生。之前我在一条评论里向一位询问沉浸式学习的人推荐了 CLI,有人请我单独发帖分享经历,所以就有了这篇帖子。
我在桂林喜爱中文(CLI)的那段时光,美好得改变了我的人生。我 2019 年在那里待了大约三个月,如果可以重来一次,我唯一想改的就是多待一些时间,待上六个月(或更久!)。
CLI 的教学方式非常有创意。学校会给你安排三位老师:一位“主”课老师,一位读写老师,一位听说老师。每天有两节课,每节 2 小时。每天都有作业,需要完成,你还可以报名参加各种活动。
最关键的一点是:你的“课”其实是一对一辅导。上完之后,我确信这是学语言最有效的方式……我再也不想坐在教室后排了。这非常难,因为如果你没听懂某个知识点,根本无处可躲。一开始会让人发怵,但只要放下面子,效果好得惊人。我去的时候几乎是零基础,我觉得这样打语言基础非常非常有价值。我没有在中级水平时这样学过,所以没法评价,但我相信也会有很大的好处。
i also mentioned activities, but i'd like to dive a little deeper into that. some of the activities are as simple as playing sports or hiking the mountain near CLI, and some of them are more like weekend road trips. activities i participated in included: a calligraphy workshop, making 月饼 for 中秋节, visiting 阳朔 (including boating down the Li River), visiting the LongJi rice terraces, and more. if you go, i strongly recommend participating in activities: they're an excellent way to gain a deeper cultural insight to go along with your language learning.
老师们都很棒。虽然只有三位老师给你上课,但因为有各种活动(还有午饭时间,如果你选择在学校吃午饭的话。我强烈推荐!那里的饭菜太好吃了!),你基本上会和所有老师都有接触,只是程度不同。他们非常善良、聪明,也很关心学生。
住宿有多种选择。我选择住在 CLI 的宿舍。我觉得这是最“稳妥”的选择,尤其是你完全零基础的话。如果你想要多一点挑战,也可以住寄宿家庭,不过我觉得课程本身已经很有挑战性了,所以住宿舍可能更好。而且宿舍里有西式马桶,这在很多地方可不一定能保证。你还能和其他学生住在一起,既开心,又能形成一个小圈子。
my best piece of advice for you, if you decide to go, is to practice the language as much as you can. it's exhausting (literally, your brain will hurt), but it's so important. and if you can't say everything you're trying to say in chinese, even just little things can be very useful, like replacing "let's go" with "走吧" or being sure to use the appropriate greetings with people (e.g. 吃好了吗,去哪儿,etc). the way to begin getting natural with the language is to use it often, even if your usage is limited. don't be afraid to make mistakes. language is a sort of semantic negotiation: you can make mistakes, but if people can still understand your meaning, that's what matters. and you build from there.
最后还有一件事……我要稍微严厉一点,请原谅我,但这一点必须说。千万不要去了那里,就把这些人当成你的仆人,或者觉得自己比他们高人一等。这种情况不常见,但我见过一两个学生有这种极其冒犯人的态度,让我气得发疯。这些人都很了不起,他们打造了这个出色又有效的课程,你应该谦虚一点,用他们应得的尊重和感激对待他们。从文化上说,他们不适合针对这种态度为自己辩护,所以他们不会这么做。所以如果你在同学身上看到这种行为,请不要容忍。
欢迎在这里随便问我!:) 如果你决定去桂林,在 CLI 学习,希望你还记得我,给我发私信:你在那边需要什么建议,我们可以在微信上保持联系(另外,我有点私心,想请你帮我向我以前的老师们问好,哈哈)。