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firstarrivedinChinatostudyChinesein2002.Afterseveralholidaytrips1washookedonthiscountryanditsculture，andstudiedfor1yearinLondonbeforearrivinginBeijingtoenrolintoBeijingNormalUniversityfor1year’slanguagestudy.WhenclassesstartedinSeptember,Irealiseditwasgoingtobeahardgraft.Thereweresev—eraldifferentclassesonthetimetable：Reading＆Writing，Speaking，ListeningandNewspa—perStudies.Morningclassesstartedat8：00am，rightthroughBeijing。sharshwinter,classeswerelongat90minutes，andontopofthismyUniversityrequiredmyUKclassmatesandItoattendaneveningclassofClassicalChinese.ThemaindifferenceinwaythelanguagewastaughtwasthatnaturallyeverythingwasinChinese.BackintheUK，theteachersgenerallystucktothisrule，butifastudentreallyhadaproblemunderstandingsomethingtheymightslipbackintoEnglishtomakesureyouwereclearonaparticularpoint.Soatthebeginning，1wouldoftenraisemyhandtoasktheteachertoexplainsomething1wasn’tsureabout，andtheywouldexplainittomeinadiffer—entway.InChinese.Andmostofthetime，1wasstilIasbaffledaftertheexplanationasbefore.Butinordernottoholdtheclassback，Iusuallyjustnodded，thenmadeanoteofanyunclearpointsandcheckedmyselfinadictionaryoutsideofclass.Otherdifferenceswereintheteachingmethodsandotherforeignstudent。sbehaviourinclass.ThemajorityofstudentsstudyingChineseinclassesatBeishidawereJapaneseandKorean，andtheywereusedtowhatseemstoWesternstudentstobeamorerigidapproachtolearning.Theyweregenerallysilentinclassunlesspickedupontoansweraquestion.Thisactuallymadememoretensetoo.Theteachinginvolvedstickingcloselytotextbookexer—cises—eveninthespeakingclasses.Speakingoutusuallyinvolvedwhatwasformeaslightlynerve—wrackingtriptothefrontoftheclass.Thisseemedalittlepointless，as90％ofstudentswouldsimplyhavepreparedtheirspeech，slippeditinsidetheirtextbook，andthenwouldreaditoutrotetotheclass.Westernstudentsaremoreusedtoadiscussion—basedmethodofteaching，especiallyinspeakingclasses.Thisseemstometoallowstudentstoparticipatewhentheyfeeltheycanwithoutthepressureofbeingsingledout.SowhileinChina，mymethodsforlearningfitthemethodofteaching：Learningvocabulary,grammarandcharactersaccordingtothetextbookexercisesandexamples.Ifyoustucktothetextbookcontent，youcouldbesureofahighermarkwhenexamtimecame.Manystu—dentsreceivedmarksinthemid—ninetiesacrosstheboardusingthismethod.Morcfl2007BIIInguolTIme055