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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.58.10.2

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Introduction

With the deepening of globalization, the

exchange and spread of languages has become a

strategic measure for the cultural development of

different countries. China's international status

Chinese culture, many colleges, universities and

School of International Student Education, Zhejiang Yuexiu University Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China.

teaching institutions have launched a series of

short-term Chinese study tours in China which

are specifically designed for foreign learners.

These projects are mainly in the form of study

of short learning cycle, flexible teaching methods,

strong interest and intuitive experience, so that

proficiency and perceive Chinese culture (Jing,

However, with the COVID-19 pandemic

sweeping the whole world, overseas Chinese

learners cannot come to China to take part in

language study projects, so many universities and

institutions use the Internet to implement online

Chinese teaching projects. The internet online

platforms such as the Tencent Meeting, DingTalk,

online learning platform has been set up in the

"cloud" around the world, so that students can

learn Chinese knowledge through the Internet,

and enjoy the travels around China and

experience the charm of Chinese culture. In

world, nowadays students' language and culture

learning are not limited to printed textbooks or

electronic textbooks. The digital construction

such as MOOC and micro-class is in full force

will help to explore the effective integration of

"language+culture" in second language learning.

On the other hand, it can also explore how to

strengthen the interaction of language learning

and cultural learning through digital media from

the interactive characteristics of digital media.

explore how to tell Chinese stories and spread

Chinese voice through the Internet in the new era.

Chinese study tour is still in its infancy. Li Jiayu,

group, summarizing the value and deficiency of

the group project and putting forward feasible

suggestions (Jiayu, 2021: 6-8). Yu Wen took the

"China-Thailand Interaction, Cloud Tour China"

online study tour camp held by Xiamen

University as an example, described the

implementation process and analyzed the results

2-5). He Chengfang took the 2020 "Chinese

Bridge" online group of Guizhou Normal

University as an example and described the

implementation process of the group from three

aspects: teaching content, teaching methods and

teachers (Chengfang, 2022: 40-42). Zhuo Hao

(2022) studies an online Chinese study camp for

Russian students, and summarizes the problems

and suggestions of the program through the

description of the program, questionnaires and

effective teaching design, plan practical and

interesting teaching activities, and coordinate the

relationship between teaching, activities and

interaction, so as to achieve the expected goals

and effects.

The Mode of Chinese Online Study Tour

Camp

Relying on the "Chinese Bridge" online group

of Chinese and foreign language culture and

strengthen the exchange of Chinese and foreign

language education. The teaching mode and

implantation of the project uses real-time

teaching, video courses and a combination of

online activities, relying on the "Chinese bridge"

group online experience platform

(http://bridge.chinese.cn/online/camp). In the

year 2021, it organized more than 200

educational institutions to carry out more than

The project takes "language learning", "cultural

Alliance, the project provides students with

language learning, cultural experience and online

interactive activities. According to the

investigation and analysis of cultural study tour

camps uploaded on the online experience

platform (http://bridge.chinese.cn/online/camp)

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of "Chinese Bridge" group in 2021, universities

the following three perspectives.

culture, such as the special scenic spots,

historic sites or cultural symbols of Fujian,

Guangdong, Henan, Shandong, Xinjiang,

Hainan, Henan, Qinghai, Jilin, Tianjin,

Guangzhou, Harbin, Quanzhou, Shaoxing,

Suzhou, Dunhuang, Guilin and other

provinces and cities. Among them, there are

online study tour camp, and so on.

culture and specialties in academic fields

initiated by different educational institutions,

which covers aerospace, ceramic culture,

architecture, textile, Marine science and

technology, traditional Chinese medicine

health, new media, sports, environmental

protection, music, agriculture, film and other

characteristic fields. For example, the "TCM

characters and other themes rich in Chinese

cultural characteristics, such as food, hutong,

gardens, traditional Chinese painting,

Peking Opera, tea, literary works, tie-dye,

seal cutting, solar terms, treasure jade, and

so on. The representatives are Yanshan

University's "Hebei Intangible Cultural

Heritage Tour" Chinese online study tour

camp, Neijiang Normal University's "Emei

Wushu" Chinese online study tour camp.

of Shaoxing in South China -- Clothing, Food,

"A Tour to the Water Town of Shaoxing in South

China -- Clothing, Food, Residence, Travelling

and Art", with 120 overseas students from Japan,

South Korea, Azerbaijan, Thailand, Indonesia

and other countries participating in the online

course. This study tour is conducted through

several sections including 220 minutes of

Q&A with Chinese and foreign students.

Project Description

The recorded courses of this project consists of

five sections, which are "Clothing, Food,

Residence, Travelling and Art", and in these

courses, the famous scenery of Shaoxing is

captured. As for the section of "Clothing", the

course takes the scene of Asia's largest light

"clothing industry" and its local narrative in the

context of contemporary globalization. The

section of "Food" takes the scenery of Shaoxing

rice Wine Museum and Anchang Ancient town.

Starting from the key words of "rice wine, soy

sauce, fresh", the students can unlock the

password of Shaoxing food industry, and explore

the ancient Yue culture and feelings. The

"Residence" section takes students to the famous

scenic spots in Shaoxing, such as Shen Yuan, Lu

Chinese culture behind the "residence". The

"Traveling" section takes the view of Bazi Bridge,

Shaoxing street and Shaoxing North Railway

Station. Through taking the typical unit

transportation tools such as Wupeng boat, shared

bike and bullet train, the students can feel the

historical evolution of "travelling" in the

development and change of the times. The

courses in "Art" section demonstrate the famous

calligraphy shrine in China - Lanting and "Yue

professional Chinese teacher and two overseas

the cultural connotation is conveyed with the

language.

The live course and the recorded course focus on

the same theme and complement each other,

demonstrating Chinese culture from the five

aspects of "Clothing, Food, Residence,

and culture on related topics, and combine them

with grammar knowledge to improve students'

communication skills and enhance their cultural

perception. Every day, teachers will assign

language and cultural tasks according to the

theme of the courses. For example, students are

required to introduce the food of their hometown,

to introduce their own families, to describe a

journey in Chinese, and they record vlogs about

their presentations.

the screen on the Internet.

The online interaction session is mainly for

teachers and students to answer questions and to

provide a communication platform for Chinese

with their language partners. At the same time,

the online interaction also holds the related

demonstration activities, which helps the

students to carry on the homework feedback and

to give their own presentation.

The construction of the four major modules

follows the general rules of the course. Preview

is conducted by recorded courses, in which

various cultures are introduced vividly and

is a practical project, taught by professional

calligraphy teachers and Yue Opera artists, and

the students can truly touch the cultural

connotation of these Chinese arts.

Questionnaire Survey of the Project

In order to master the effect and implementation

assessment questions was in the form of a five-

point grading system (5= excellent/strongly

agree, 4= good/agree, 3= fair/neither agree nor

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Table 1.

students said that this course allowed them

but some details need to be improved. In

interaction. Teacher-student interaction and

student-student interaction of live courses

need to be strengthened.

Results Analysis of Open Questions

Among the five modules of the study tour, the

Opera and Chinese Calligraphy enjoy the least

popularity among them. Just as it is shown in the

to enhance the experience of the online platform

and enhance the interaction of the live class. The

communication activities with language partners

can be enriched, and more online interactive

activities of various forms can be organized. The

organization and expression form of linguistic

and cultural tasks can be changed and diversified.

Advantages and Problems of Online Chinese

Study Tour Camp

under the influence of the epidemic, compared

with the offline study tour camp, the online

Chinese study tour camp has the advantages of

abundant digital teaching resources, convenient

range of audiences. It is a breakthrough of the

traditional teaching model and has positive

significance. But at the same time, it also faces

interaction, the lack of practical cultural

Advantages

designed according to the standards of the online

study tour camp and the practical need of the

students. The rich recorded and live courses

(which can be watched back) are used as the main

teaching resources to help the students learn

Chinese, experience the culture and understand

China in a rich language environment. In

supporting teaching resources of PPT on various

courses and cultural knowledge to provide

students with support and help as much as

possible, which can provide support and

guarantee for their long-term Chinese learning.

The online Chinese study tour camp breaks the

knowledge and Chinese culture on the platform.

Teachers and students can communicate and

interact without leaving their own homes, which

breaks the limitations of time and space. As long

as they can choose a good network and relatively

quiet environment, students around the world can

participate in the learning activities. Students can

also take advantage of their fragmented time to

study, which meets the learning needs of

different levels and different of students.

and connect to the Internet to learn Chinese in

real time. In the previous learning mode, many

students will give up the opportunity to

participate in the Chinese study tour camp in

China due to the fee of air tickets, living expenses

and other reasons. So, the teaching mode of

online projects had obvious advantages.

Problems

and students are in a virtual classroom space,

the online interaction is less engaging and

dynamic, because the two parties are unable to

communicate face to face, unable to capture eye,

emotional and physical information, and lack a

certain "tension". Since the teachers and students

can only rely on screens to interact, students are

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prone to slacking off. In addition, it is difficult to

performances in online teaching, and there is a

lack of fun in cooperation between teachers and

students and students, which makes the

projects

Cultural experience is an important part of online

can also carry out cultural practice through

various practical experiences, and perceive the

culture from the perspectives of taste, smell,

hearing, touch and vision. Although students in

the online Chinese study tour camp can have

cultural perception through video and computer

process of cultural perception due to the post-

editing and processing of those cultural products,

as well as the part of cultural experience that

Online Chinese language camp has a relatively

large number of students, and it is difficult to

manage in many aspects because of the lack of

face-to-face contact. First of all, the attendance

of students is difficult to manage. In live online

classes, teachers can manage students' attendance

through check-in, interaction and other ways, but

it is difficult for teachers to accurately judge

classroom performance is difficult to manage.

for various reasons, making it difficult for

teachers to understand students’ class

performance and reactions and carry out

effective classroom management. Third, the full

participation of students cannot be managed. In

addition to attending in classes, students also

need to participate in other modules such as

activities, giving homework feedback, etc.

However, it is difficult to supervise students

effectively and ensure their full participation,

which is also a big challenge of online study tour

camp.

Based on the actual situation or conditions,

teachers or students in the network environment

incoherent sound, and unable to play video.

Some students even drop off the line and leave

the classroom because of network problems.

These situations will interrupt the rhythm of the

class, affect the progress of the class, make

students miss the content of the class, and thus

reduce the sense of experience and gain of the

students.

Optimizing the path of Online Chinese Study

communication), In which channel (the media of

communication), To whom (the target audience

of communication), With what effect (the effect

of communication) (Honghui, 2017: 337-338). It

explains the mode of communication process and

five basic elements: communicator, content,

media, target audience and effect. This paper will

discuss the optimization path of online study tour

The communicator is the leader of the whole

effect of Chinese language teaching and cultural

communication. In the newly released standard

of Professional Competence of International

Chinese Teachers, the competence training of

international Chinese teachers is defined from

five modules: professional knowledge,

professional skills, professional practice,

In view of the special characteristics of online

study tours, the author believes that international

Chinese teachers should pay more attention to

broaden their international vision, improve their

skills in classroom management, enhance their

abilities of cultural communication and their

application of educational technology. Teachers

should have a global perspective and have a

certain understanding of the history, culture,

interact with students, present interesting and

efficient online classroom, control the rhythm of

virtual classroom, and be able to respond to some

problems on the scene. In terms of cultural

communication ability, it is necessary to select

appropriate cultural content and disseminate it in

appropriate ways. This communication is not

only a simple output, but also a guide to the

cultivation and communication of cultural

awareness. Zu Xiaomei has discussed the six

cultural attitude change, a mediator of cross-

cultural communication, and a collaborator of

cultural learning. At the same time, they should

have the awareness of cultural difference and

multiculturalism. In the aspect of educational

technology, teachers need to be able to flexibly

cope with the selection and use of network

signals, teaching software, live broadcast

equipment and other problems that will occur in

the course of class, improve their educational

The communication content is the important

content in the whole communication process, and

it is also the link between teachers and students.

During the implementation of the online tour

camp, we need to determine what content to

spread. More and more people from different

rich and attractive contents for their tour camps

(Fei: 2011, 1066-1068). Through the

investigation of various colleges and educational

institutions, the author finds that most of them

focus on the introduction and learning of

traditional Chinese culture, folk culture and local

culture. However, the author believes that we

should also focus on contemporary China. Only

by sorting out the context of the transformation

from traditional China to contemporary China

get a real picture of the Chinese path, wisdom and

experience (Xiaohui, 2010: 109-110). The author

once participated in an online study tour camp of

an Indonesian university. The camp invited the

famous Indonesian Chinese and founder of

entrepreneurial history. At the same time, it also

integrated the history of Indonesian Chinese and

the struggle history of Chinese organizations,

which could arouse the interest of the participants

There are two kinds of channels. The first one is

the hardware channel. We need to test more

relevant platforms and test different platforms for

different requirements. The platforms used for

recording courses, live courses, online activities,

communication with language partners, daily

of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR)

adopt more international ways of expression, use

communication rules that are easy for

international audiences to understand and accept,

find common ground among differences and

bridges between distances, so as to further

deepen exchanges and communications between

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different civilizations. Therefore, it should not be

the voice of students through essay contest, short

video, round table meeting, poetry reading,

literary performance, debate competition and

other forms to encourage students to express their

views on China, their country and the world.

Although the online study tour usually does not

last long, it should plan and compile relevant e-

books according to the theme as much as

possible, provide relevant reading materials and

between students can be increased, thus, the

presence, conversation and practice of online

Chinese teaching can be improved (Xiaolong,

good job of student analysis

We should mobilize multiple resources for

enrollment and publish the content through the

development needs. Students can be classified

from different perspectives such as country,

relevant plans can be adjusted according to the

different demands of students. At the same time,

we should do a good job of comprehensive

research on the national conditions of the

countries where the trainees are located, as well

as the political, economic, cultural and other

aspects of the countries and regions, so as to find

differences. According to conditions of different

adjust related problems and contradictions are all

based on the study situation analysis of students.

Based on the above analysis, when designing the

content of online learning camp, teachers and

participants can jointly design part of the

teaching content or activities to enhance

students’ sense of cultural experience and

understanding of Chinese language and Chinese

culture (Xiao, 2021: 1-12).

For the improvement and perfection of the future

online teaching projects, the evaluation and

feedbacks of the teaching effect should be

gathered and analyzed carefully. In the process of

camp, attention should be paid to collecting the

feedback and evaluation from teachers, head

teachers, teaching assistants, students and

language partners. The satisfaction survey of

students on the study tour camp can be carried

out through questionnaires, personal interviews,

group discussions and other forms, so as to put

forward optimization suggestions for future

work. These feedbacks and evaluation results are

not only the outcome of the four elements

to Shaoxing, a water town in South China--

we can clearly understand the problems existing

teaching activity platforms and the cultural

experience content. In this way, we can better

plan the design of live courses, the selection of

online teaching activity platforms and the

optimization of cultural experience content, so as

to provide better service and experience for

study Tours may become the norm in

international Chinese education even after the

end of the pandemic. Therefore, on the basis of

existing research, we need to strengthen the

research and practice of all aspects of online

study tour camp, create wonderful online study