上海外国语大学国际文化交流学院留学生暑期班工作于8月底顺利完成。本次暑期班共开设教学班级26个，招收来自俄罗斯、西班牙、日本、美国、伊拉克、澳大利亚、秘鲁、喀麦隆等57个国家的留学生423名。暑期班按学生入学时间分为三期，每期均根据学生汉语水平分别编班。除已建立长期合作关系的美国卡耐基梅隆大学暑期项目、上海暑期学校项目、日本长崎县教育厅项目外，首次承办的“汉语桥”外国学生夏令营、中国文化暑期项目、“一带一路”共建国家青少年“汉语桥”夏令营等项目同样精彩纷呈。
为保证暑期教学工作顺利推进，学院精心挑选了32位经验丰富的任课教师，积极探索多元化教学方式，结合学生实际需求教授汉语，开展形式多样的互动游戏，教唱当下流行的中文歌曲，带领学生体验中国传统工艺。
此外，学院通过开设太极拳、书法、剪纸等中国文化系列体验课程，组织上海市内红色场馆参观及周边城市游览，“做一天上海人”、“企业参访”等社会实践活动，让留学生们切身感受到中国日新月异的发展，收获了课本上学不到的知识。不少学生将所见所感分享到社交平台中，主动讲述属于他们的中国故事，成为实现中国梦的参与者与见证者。
在这个缤纷的夏日，留学生们在语言的魅力和文化的海洋中追光逐梦，满载而归。
从小到大，这是我第一次在正式的场所学习中文。因此，虽然我从小就在中文的环境长大，但是我在来上外之前非常紧张，也非常担心我会跟不上班里的进展，无法融入和适应这种新的学习环境。后来我发现我的担忧是多余的。在这里，我的老师们会特别耐心地纠正我各种各样的语法和文字错误。总而言之，在上外我可以无条件地选着我自己觉得对我的中文最有帮助的方法来提高我的中文水平。
——Vicky Chen,Carnegie Mellon University,USA
My experience in Shanghai has not been anything but amazing. SISU Guesthouse was great and it was located in a very convenient place. It is very near local shops, great restaurants, the LuXun park, and several train stations which allows you to move to anywhere in the city. The management was very nice and helpful, and the room was comfortable.
The campus was beautiful, as it is full with plants and trees that gives the image of a quiet place. The administrative staff was very helpful in the admission process. The teachers were great and kind, teaching us everything that we could in the little time that we were at the SISU. I believe that my Chinese's level has improve significantly thanks to their method.
The summer camp at SISU also opening my mind to other Asian cultures and languages as we meet a lot of people from other Asian countries: from Korea to Japan, to Thailand and many others. I will go back now to my country to continue studying Chinese as this experience has left me with more eager to get better.
——LIA RODRIGUEZ SOTO, University of Las Palmas, Spain
The extracurricular activities organized by the university were the perfect blend of education and fun. The trip to Yu Garden and the boat tour of the Bund offered glimpses of the city's rich history and the optional calligraphy, paper cutting and TaiChi classes offered a deeper appreciation for Chinese customs and traditions.
——Darcy Cullen, University of Wollongong, Australia
Thank you for this opportunity and it was a special and interesting month of my life. We should call it the magical month of the year, it was full of memories, studied, learned, laughed, cried, adventures, seen, spoken to, welcomed, and many amazing moments that can’t be forgotten.
——ZAKARYA KHATTAB, Salahaddin University, Iraq
I have improved my Mandarin a lot. The classes in the morning were taught in a dynamic and practical way, so the things we learnt in class were applicable to everyday conversations. At the start of the program, I found it hard to even order a coffee; now, I am able to order food and understand a menu written fully in Chinese. Something that I liked was that we weren’t given too much homework, which meant we could go and explore the city in our free time. Also, I liked that all of the explanations were done in Chinese. I think that this really helped me improve my listening skills which was the discipline I struggled the most with before coming to China.
——CARMEN ESCOLANO FRAGUEIRO, from Spain
（国际文化交流学院 张熠程）
