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she's so pretty & smart. I wish American Media can air her on American television so that other American people know that they too can learn Chinese & be very good at it. She is a great exemplar for others Westerners to learn from.
I'm also an American currently working on getting a teaching degree in Chinese and I honestly am having some insecurities going into this field not being a native Chinese, but Prof Sophie's video has really inspired me! 康老师的这个视频拍得真的太精彩了!
When you have a Passion to Learn a Language or Discipline the Learning Experience is Exciting, Invigorating and Exhilarating. I am from Malaysia and I am of Chinese descent. I am educated in the English medium. I started learning the Chinese Language (commonly called Mandarin) in grade 4 every Saturday morning for 3 hours under the Pupils Own Language programme. After the first year I stopped because the text book used in the second year was just too advanced for me to catch up. Along the way I learned the Chinese Language at my own pace in my exposure in my daily life. Finally at age 55, I came across a Chinese Language Institute that is started by Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang. I studied for 6 years and logged more than 200 hours of Class together with another 200 hours of self study. I am still learning the Chinese Language at my own pace today. Learning the Chinese Language to me is a Joyful and Happy Experience and is still my Hobby. The Chinese English Dictionary I use is like a Toy to me. Each Chinese Character is a Pictogram formed by various components. Its like Lego pieces been put together to form a Character. Wonderful Experience in Discovering how its pieced together. I am still enjoying learning the Chinese Language. Its my Passion and Hobby. Learning the Chinese Language enables me to have a greater and deeper understanding of Chinese Culture, History and my Roots.
I'm Aussie-Taiwan-Chinese, after watching this, I felt that she is more Chinese than I am!!! I'm evermore determined to complete my Chinese Master Degree and to study in China one day!!!!
Unfortunately, many Chinese in Taiwan are ignorant of the real China and its culture. Remember Taiwan came under enforced Japanese influence from 1895-1945. Then it came under American influence as a US client "state".
Awesome. Wish mainstream Americans were not sucked in by the US propaganda about China. Kudos to this American teacher. Regards from Canada and hope to be back in China soon
It’s important to distinguish the government from the people. One can acknowledge that Chinese people have an old & proud civilization, are generally hard-working & disciplined, value family & community, education, and good food…and are moving their country forward at lightning speed after being held back for centuries. *and also* their government is authoritarian, has implemented a dystopian social credit system, censors media, holds a million Uigyhurs in concentration camps & is committing a slow genocide against them, disappears critics, steals intellectual property, is selfishly trying to conquer the South China Sea, destroyed democracy in Hong Kong, and seems eager to forcefully “reunify” with a Taiwan that doesn’t want to be part of them.
Wow! Wow! Wow! What a passionate lecturer? How lucky are the students there? How wonderful when two cultures meet in such positive manner? I look forward to a world when humanity learn to live peacefully and happily in such a way. Thank you for such an interesting episode.
Holy cow! I wonder why you're so passionate about Chinese literature? You're definitely a valuable asset to the university! Hope you remain as long as possible in China!
Teaching is a noble career, and happy to see that a foreigner capable of teaching Chinese to Chinese! Hope to see more such positive stories in the future. Certainly hope 康老师 great success in the future! 祝康老师桃李满天下！
USC.南加州大学(University of Southern California，以下简称：USC) --全球领先私立研究型大学，美国最具多元化学府之一，广受全球博才智杰推崇。I have been to this university in downtown of LA, with strong Olympian swimming team/Chinese Faculty,裏面有許多對中國友善的中國通。
很好！The most important thing is to have students engaged and interested in learning ancient Chinese literature. I would have love to have a teacher like her.
I’m so shocked a foreigner teach Chinese culture in China, you must be a specialist and even the expert. It’s amazing A foreigner can be Chinese culture specialist. Have a nice teaching in China!
it must have been a very challenging task for a foreigner to teach the local their ancient literature. but it's great to have different perspective. and she speaks perfect Mandarin
@@willengel2458 Why? isnt it something worth to celebrate when a foreigner knows your culture and be able to teach it back, isnt it wonderful? Do you know what is bad, when a country that doesn't teach their own history to their own ppl.
@@_seola_ i have yet to hear or read a western Sinologist that really impressed me. the university HR manager or hiring official probably misinterpreted why in certain fields they hire foreign instructors.
We all like to learn how others see us and hear what they have to say about us. Curiosity is human nature. Learning and hearing from others gives us some objective perspectives of ourselves and helps us better understanding by re-discovering ourselves. The same applies to the Chinese culture or the Chinese identity.
Sophia is the dream teacher/lecturer any student can hope for 🙏🙏 a teacher who can have an ethnic dance with her student during the lecture is amazing! I can guarantee NO student would fall asleep in her class ❤️💕❤️💕
That brought my memory of 20ish in Washington State University chemistry class more than 600 students full seats. When professor showed students a pure copper cotton and pure oxygen meet fire, it burns very bright few seconds until copper turn black. I closed my eyes but still took about 6 to 8 seconds to see professor again.
I'm Korean and did my master's at Beijing University back in 1999, majoring in Chinese linguistics. From what I understand about ancient Chinese literature, nothing what she taught in class seemed like it. It rather seemed to be an English conversation class. 跟她一样本人在华常住至今，可以百分之百用国语和广东话讲解我的专业领域。除非能看到她用汉语而不说一句英语讲解古代文学我才能相信真正实力。不然只不过是一个对外宣传工具罢了。 大家想想看，金发美国妞在我们这里任教🤣🤣多么有吸引力 我太了解中国！
The basis of traditional Chinese literature (e.g. 四書五經，老莊，史記,唐詩三百; the Four Books Five Classics, the writings of Lao Ze and Zhuang Ze, the Book of History, 300 Tang Dynasty Poems, etc.) is classical Chinese (文言文) as opposed to colloquial Chinese (白話文), and she demonstrates no such expertise. She may be competent in colloquial expression but competency in classical Chinese is a reach beyond most everyone. Yes, I express using the traditional characters I best understand.
My complete respect! Classical Chinese is a totally different kettle of fish from common Chinese. I attempted to learn it but it was totally beyond me!
What an amazing experience and so refreshing to watch a positive video about the “foreigner” experience in China. There’s a noticeable contrast with how teachers are treated and viewed in the east vs. west in that they’re to be respected and even honored. That aside, Kudos for Dr. Sophia for sharing this video and yes, I think she breaks the mold in that anyone can teach a subject, even Classical Chinese, no matter their background, so long as they pay their dues and receive the credentials for it and more importantly, realize academia never stops, you’re always learning!
She must have been well versed in Chinese classics, a scholar with a doctor's degree, but all I heard was she speaking Chinese mandarin, is this the way to teach a Chinese classic literature class in China?
i had three years of Chinese classic literature and Chinese history in high school. two years of Chinese poetry in grades five and six in primary school. they're a different breed because they chose teaching as their career. BTW i finished high school in the states.
I really think that the title is a click-bait. This is more of a cross-cultural or comparative culture class than a serious Chinese Literature class. It is a nice and probably necessary addendum to the course to widen the students' awareness and perspectives and to encourage critical thinking. No way her level of Chinese language command is even that of her students.
She is a great teacher and it shows that she loves and enjoys teaching. Her teaching is more American style with much interaction and participation from the students. They are in fact sharing and teaching each other their regional culture reflecting the vastness of China geography and history. I hope the typical Chinese teaching style will evolve to be more like hers because the students can enjoy and also learn more. Most importantly they can be more relaxed and creative. Learning should be rewarding and a thirst, rather than mostly a punishing and difficult experience.
Nice to see Westerners taken to Chinese great civilizations of virtues and value. No other civilizations can compare in this regard. Hope the Westerners get to earn from the Chinese on how to live a meaningful, fulfilling lives. My admiration for this professor.
You know it’s very normal and no surprise at all for a Chinese to teach English in America but however it’s a very big surprise to see an American teacher teaching Chinese in China 🇨🇳.
南加州大学(University of Southern California，以下简称：USC) --全球领先私立研究型大学，美国最具多元化学府之一，广受全球博才智杰推崇。I have been to this university in downtown LA, with strong Olympian swimming team/Chinese Faculty,裏面有許多對中國友善的中國通。Mr. Maltz, Diana's dad, is but one. Her Mom Tina used to be a good swim leader mom of ours.
Love your video. With your desk setup, you are sitting facing the windows with very bright background light, which is not ergonomic. To avoid fatigure, I would suggest change the desk orientation to have natural light on your back.
You are great. I don't know how else to comment. I am really ashame of myself. Even as a Malaysian Chinese, I don't even know how to speak mandarin apart from my local dialect which is Cantonese.
Don't worry. Many of my friends are English educated. But they were able to speak Mandarin too. Just like any languages, it will take for a while but it will surely possible to master a new language.
as a Chinese i dont think her knowledge about ancient China culture is better than this students....it is just impossible... i think the reason why she have so many students is this students are just curious that a foreigner teach ancient China culture and want to see what's going on here...that's all
Why is it impossible? She graduated from Sichuan University. This seems like a racist Chinese attitude. I would never say for example that a Chinese teacher could not know more about ancient European culture, e.g. Greek, than the students, even Greek students. Or that a non-French teacher could not know more about ancient French culture than a French student.
@@RayCromwell Because if you know the Chinese primary and secondary school curriculum, you will know: Chinese students have learned Chinese ancient culture since childhood.. I don't know how long this American teacher has studied Chinese ancient culture. Judging from her Mandarin, she is not very fluent and has a strong foreign accent. So I guess it's not very long. You know, those students have studied Chinese ancient culture for more than 12 years, not only in school, but also outside school.. so easy to say that others are racist.. I think it's also a kind of racism
@@李荣-n7s So why then would Chinese college students need to learn anything about Chinese culture in college? According to you, they already know everything by finishing high school? Isn't this course, whether it is taught by a Chinese professor, or an American girl professor, a waste of time? Or do you mean that a Chinese professor with a Masters or Phd in Chinese culture could teach them things they didn't learn in middle or high school? So you're making the assumption that a foreigner with a Masters or Phd from a Chinese University in Chinese Culture can't know anything that isn't taught in primary school? Americans learn detailed and nuanced perspectives on Western culture in college that they do not learn in primary school. Often, the college level courses teach a refutation of the simple minded patriotism taught to children, because history is often far more nuanced. Why do you not think this is a racist view? What if I told you that all of my foreign Chinese professors in college were inferior to the American ones, because they were not fully fluent in English. I had a Mainland Chinese Economics teacher in college. How can a Chinese teacher with imperfect English from a *Communist* country teach Americans about Capitalist economics? Do you see how this kind of stereotyping is racist? You saw a *few* minutes of a video that was obviously designed to just introduce this teacher's personality, and your extrapolated it to the whole curriculum she taught, and most of your assumptions are purely because she is 老外。 And no, pointing out racist implicit bias is not racism.
@@RayCromwell well Knowledge is endless. Learning a certain knowledge for 12 years does not mean learning it all. Therefore, it is logical for universities to continue to study. The question now is: is a foreigner's knowledge of ancient Chinese culture really higher than that of Chinese students who have studied for 12 years? (I don't think so). If not， it will become a low-level teach high level .. This is obviously illogical Cultural knowledge is different from scientific knowledge. I think cultural knowledge mainly depends on quantity. The cultural knowledge taught in universities is not necessarily higher than that in primary and secondary schools. If this foreign teacher doesn't study Chinese culture as much as Chinese students, her knowledge of ancient Chinese culture will be inferior, whether she studies in primary school or university Economics has nothing to do with language. Chinese economics professors do not need to understand English, but can also learn economics in Chinese in China. But culture has a great correlation with language, because you are unconsciously learning culture in the books you usually watch, TV, talking to people, etc. If the teacher is not fluent in Chinese, it can be imagined that she learns less cultural knowledge in her daily life, so I think the reason why Chinese students who are fluent in Chinese have higher ancient cultural knowledge than the foreign teacher. Yes, I do think she is inferior to Chinese students in ancient Chinese culture because she is 老外. As I said earlier, I won't repeat here. Is this racim? I don't think so, because: 老外 is not a race. As long as she comes from a foreign country, she hasn't lived in China since she was a child, whether white, black or East Asian.. Even if he is Chinese, as long as he grew up abroad when he was a child and has not received Chinese Education... I think their ancient Chinese cultural level is not as good as that of Chinese local students
@@RayCromwell By your same logic, I should also ask why are there degree courses and post-graduate courses in English language or English Literature, when both are taught in High School or Secondary school levels? She was just probably teaching one credit unit of the Chinese Literature course - comparative studies, cross-cultural studies, critical thinking skills or something similar. Good for developing more awareness and appreciation of the subject. The video title is a click-bait.
When I saw you consuming those steaks I though to myself you better read the book "The China Study" by T Colin Campbell and his brother Thomas M. It will certainly open your eyes.
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she's so pretty & smart. I wish American Media can air her on American television so that other American people know that they too can learn Chinese & be very good at it. She is a great exemplar for others Westerners to learn from.
I'm also an American currently working on getting a teaching degree in Chinese and I honestly am having some insecurities going into this field not being a native Chinese, but Prof Sophie's video has really inspired me! 康老师的这个视频拍得真的太精彩了!
When you have a Passion to Learn a Language or Discipline the Learning Experience is Exciting, Invigorating and Exhilarating.
I am from Malaysia and I am of Chinese descent. I am educated in the English medium. I started learning the Chinese Language (commonly called Mandarin) in grade 4 every Saturday morning for 3 hours under the Pupils Own Language programme. After the first year I stopped because the text book used in the second year was just too advanced for me to catch up. Along the way I learned the Chinese Language at my own pace in my exposure in my daily life. Finally at age 55, I came across a Chinese Language Institute that is started by Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang. I studied for 6 years and logged more than 200 hours of Class together with another 200 hours of self study. I am still learning the Chinese Language at my own pace today.
Learning the Chinese Language to me is a Joyful and Happy Experience and is still my Hobby. The Chinese English Dictionary I use is like a Toy to me. Each Chinese Character is a Pictogram formed by various components. Its like Lego pieces been put together to form a Character. Wonderful Experience in Discovering how its pieced together.
I am still enjoying learning the Chinese Language. Its my Passion and Hobby. Learning the Chinese Language enables me to have a greater and deeper understanding of Chinese Culture, History and my Roots.
You should learn Chinese literature, not just Chinese. Writing in Mandarin will do wonders for your ability.
Can enjoy reading金庸小說。
Wow, she is an amazing teacher.
哈哈哈，用烂了的词
I'm Aussie-Taiwan-Chinese, after watching this, I felt that she is more Chinese than I am!!! I'm evermore determined to complete my Chinese Master Degree and to study in China one day!!!!
add oil :)
@@Cinderella-Cindererilla 请对其他无关人友善点。
Sophia is from USC, with the strongest Chinese Faculty. She is more Chinese, than 99% of the ss in Chinese in HKU+CUHK,the top 2 in HK.
Unfortunately, many Chinese in Taiwan are ignorant of the real China and its culture. Remember Taiwan came under enforced Japanese influence from 1895-1945. Then it came under American influence as a US client "state".
@@Zerpentsa6598 台灣昔日的李敖大師，曾經慨嘆，俄國人企圖在人間，造出個天堂來，可惜功敗垂成。他告訴胡適的自傳性長信中，想同嚴復的GCD孫子，偷渡囘大陸，一起奮鬥，建設新中國。
今天，神州不再沉陸，神舟十二號剛剛回來，十三號又上架，準備送另外一批，包括女 Taikongnaut，繼續天宮攬月。
Awesome. Wish mainstream Americans were not sucked in by the US propaganda about China. Kudos to this American teacher. Regards from Canada and hope to be back in China soon
too late for that. not one American I ve met in CA that doesn't have a negative view and it's all from every corner of the media in this country.
That China has Concentration camps of Uighurs?
The Uyghur student from Kashgar must be enjoying himself in this camp!
It’s important to distinguish the government from the people. One can acknowledge that Chinese people have an old & proud civilization, are generally hard-working & disciplined, value family & community, education, and good food…and are moving their country forward at lightning speed after being held back for centuries. *and also* their government is authoritarian, has implemented a dystopian social credit system, censors media, holds a million Uigyhurs in concentration camps & is committing a slow genocide against them, disappears critics, steals intellectual property, is selfishly trying to conquer the South China Sea, destroyed democracy in Hong Kong, and seems eager to forcefully “reunify” with a Taiwan that doesn’t want to be part of them.
Wow! Wow! Wow! What a passionate lecturer? How lucky are the students there? How wonderful when two cultures meet in such positive manner?
I look forward to a world when humanity learn to live peacefully and happily in such a way.
Thank you for such an interesting episode.
Holy cow! I wonder why you're so passionate about Chinese literature? You're definitely a valuable asset to the university! Hope you remain as long as possible in China!
我一个中国人实在无法想象作为一个美国人要能达到什么样的水平才能胜任在中国顶尖的学府教学中国古代文学？虽然世界上各个地方的文化都很美丽和绚烂，但由于中国文明超长时间的延续，这是需要一个非常非常磅礴的信息储藏量的工作。我想这位她的工作一定是相当幸苦的，当她的学生一定是非常有趣的！
她喜欢曹操说明文化时间线探讨研究的路还很长
自愧不如
又不是全中文授课 美国高校东亚系这样的老师多了去了 相当于把国外课程移植到国内 （就好比华人教授在美国高校教授莎士比亚 这并不稀奇） 中国文化在西方市场和媒体中传播受阻是事实 但在学界绝不是冷门领域
香港的大学就是这样被外国“老师”渗透的，前车之鉴啊。
根本不可能，估计就是选修课，大家讨论讨论。
Teaching is a noble career, and happy to see that a foreigner capable of teaching Chinese to Chinese! Hope to see more such positive stories in the future.
Certainly hope 康老师 great success in the future!
祝康老师桃李满天下！
I was a SCU student. It’s quite excited to see your life in my mother university. Wish you a happy life there.
Your alma mater is amazing, good for you man
USC.南加州大学(University of Southern California，以下简称：USC) --全球领先私立研究型大学，美国最具多元化学府之一，广受全球博才智杰推崇。I have been to this university in downtown of LA, with strong Olympian swimming team/Chinese Faculty,裏面有許多對中國友善的中國通。
Copy this 100 times: "It's exciting"！
...and thank me later.
非常有意思，了不起的人，如此热爱中国文化，有严谨的学术精神，喜欢她
@@Cinderella-Cindererilla 这位老师有真才实学，那个庄怎么比的了，在这提她作什么?
不用理会下面这货，搞不好它是1450，它在很多人的评论下面都发了同一句话，好像是故意引战的。
很好！The most important thing is to have students engaged and interested in learning ancient Chinese literature. I would have love to have a teacher like her.
she probably has the credentials but i doubt she has the depth.
A passionate and highly educated teacher and scholar. The students are lucky to have her.
I’m so shocked a foreigner teach Chinese culture in China, you must be a specialist and even the expert. It’s amazing A foreigner can be Chinese culture specialist. Have a nice teaching in China!
Or maybe it s because she is white
It feels so connected and nostalgic to see my alma mater and listen to the stories happening there.
it must have been a very challenging task for a foreigner to teach the local their ancient literature. but it's great to have different perspective. and she speaks perfect Mandarin
in a way it's sad to see a foreigner teaches Chinese literature to Chinese students.
@@willengel2458 礼失求诸野，乃至于番邦蛮夷。
@@willengel2458 Why? isnt it something worth to celebrate when a foreigner knows your culture and be able to teach it back, isnt it wonderful? Do you know what is bad, when a country that doesn't teach their own history to their own ppl.
@@_seola_ i have yet to hear or read a western Sinologist that really impressed me. the university HR manager or hiring official probably misinterpreted why in certain fields they hire foreign instructors.
你的选择是完全正确的！中华文化绵延5000年，全世界唯一没有断层的文化！！！
同意，我也为中华文化非常感兴趣
错了！贵国的所谓历史已经有一次被伟大毛主席打断一次，最近又被习大大重演同一部戏。
@@광동아재廣東大叔 你好像比中国人还了解中国历史，话不要乱说容易被人耻笑
@@광동아재廣東大叔 脑子是个好东西
@@광동아재廣東大叔 请再多吃点莱猪，你的智商还有很大的下降空间，加油哦！
Such an interesting video!! Loved it! 👏👏👏
We all like to learn how others see us and hear what they have to say about us. Curiosity is human nature. Learning and hearing from others gives us some objective perspectives of ourselves and helps us better understanding by re-discovering ourselves. The same applies to the Chinese culture or the Chinese identity.
Very interesting and worthwhile video.
Sophia is the dream teacher/lecturer any student can hope for 🙏🙏 a teacher who can have an ethnic dance with her student during the lecture is amazing! I can guarantee NO student would fall asleep in her class ❤️💕❤️💕
That brought my memory of 20ish in Washington State University chemistry class more than 600 students full seats. When professor showed students a pure copper cotton and pure oxygen meet fire, it burns very bright few seconds until copper turn black. I closed my eyes but still took about 6 to 8 seconds to see professor again.
我女兒在澳洲出生,道地的ABC, Australia borne Chinese. 她在悉尼大學副修普通話,她的講師也是洋人,他精通普通話甚至廣東話,她學的是漢語拼音,繁簡兼備,甚至學文言文. 她的中文語言優勢幫助她不少現在在香港工作為臨床心理學家.
I'm Korean and did my master's at Beijing University back in 1999, majoring in Chinese linguistics.
From what I understand about ancient Chinese literature, nothing what she taught in class seemed like it. It rather seemed to be an English conversation class.
跟她一样本人在华常住至今，可以百分之百用国语和广东话讲解我的专业领域。除非能看到她用汉语而不说一句英语讲解古代文学我才能相信真正实力。不然只不过是一个对外宣传工具罢了。
大家想想看，金发美国妞在我们这里任教🤣🤣多么有吸引力
我太了解中国！
The basis of traditional Chinese literature (e.g. 四書五經，老莊，史記,唐詩三百; the Four Books Five Classics, the writings of Lao Ze and Zhuang Ze, the Book of History, 300 Tang Dynasty Poems, etc.) is classical Chinese (文言文) as opposed to colloquial Chinese (白話文), and she demonstrates no such expertise. She may be competent in colloquial expression but competency in classical Chinese is a reach beyond most everyone. Yes, I express using the traditional characters I best understand.
同意至極。莫非是禮失求諸"夷"。Searching for the lost civilization in a wild world. Ridiculous.
宇文所安是是世界范围内公认的中国文学研究大家，他讲课也主要是用英文，去台湾开讲座也主要是英文。
@@yangmingchiang2656 不反對以英文講座中國文學，癥結在於懂不懂文言文?
我不反对你说的 也很好奇她真正的上课内容是什么 但是第一节课老师通常不讲什么内容 也可能因为这个原因才允许节目组去拍摄 因为讲授内容涉及考试内容的话 有拍摄会影响学生学习效果
What a wonderful teacher and also lovely attentive and enthusiastic students! A heartwarming video indeed!
Very amazing that an American teaches Chinese literature in China? Wow, you must be a extremely talented , passionate lady who loves Chinese culture .
My complete respect! Classical Chinese is a totally different kettle of fish from common Chinese. I attempted to learn it but it was totally beyond me!
You're a source of inspiration, Sophia!
This is so incredible and beautiful place to learn and from a teacher from U.S. background.
wow, she is amazing
She has the passion of teaching. Teachers of this make deep impact to students.
Nice to meet you online! Say Hello! from Beijing
What an amazing experience and so refreshing to watch a positive video about the “foreigner” experience in China. There’s a noticeable contrast with how teachers are treated and viewed in the east vs. west in that they’re to be respected and even honored. That aside, Kudos for Dr. Sophia for sharing this video and yes, I think she breaks the mold in that anyone can teach a subject, even Classical Chinese, no matter their background, so long as they pay their dues and receive the credentials for it and more importantly, realize academia never stops, you’re always learning!
She must have been well versed in Chinese classics, a scholar with a doctor's degree, but all I heard was she speaking Chinese mandarin, is this the way to teach a Chinese classic literature class in China?
i had three years of Chinese classic literature and Chinese history in high school. two years of Chinese poetry in grades five and six in primary school. they're a different breed because they chose teaching as their career.
BTW i finished high school in the states.
It’s the first day of school. Introduction
I really think that the title is a click-bait. This is more of a cross-cultural or comparative culture class than a serious Chinese Literature class. It is a nice and probably necessary addendum to the course to widen the students' awareness and perspectives and to encourage critical thinking. No way her level of Chinese language command is even that of her students.
Fantastic Sophie, you did awesome
I always dreamt of a teacher like her❤️🌹❤️🌹 when I was a student. These students are probably the luckiest in the world 😊👍👍
Awesome! LOve to see your passion.
She is a lovely teacher, I wish I could attend her class…
Awesome teacher
She is a great teacher and it shows that she loves and enjoys teaching. Her teaching is more American style with much interaction and participation from the students. They are in fact sharing and teaching each other their regional culture reflecting the vastness of China geography and history.
I hope the typical Chinese teaching style will evolve to be more like hers because the students can enjoy and also learn more. Most importantly they can be more relaxed and creative. Learning should be rewarding and a thirst, rather than mostly a punishing and difficult experience.
Great teacher and bright students!
Nice to see Westerners taken to Chinese great civilizations of virtues and value. No other civilizations can compare in this regard. Hope the Westerners get to earn from the Chinese on how to live a meaningful, fulfilling lives. My admiration for this professor.
You know it’s very normal and no surprise at all for a Chinese to teach English in America but however it’s a very big surprise to see an American teacher teaching Chinese in China 🇨🇳.
Sophia, good job!👍
In fact the best way of learning is interaction between teacher and students! 👍
如果想學五千年中華文化，必須學正體漢字（俗稱繁體中文，其實並不繁）。很多人不知道「中文字母」，為學習及查字方便，建議您學兩年中文後，即可學「倉頡輸入法觀念」。
Wow, this is mind-blowing.
Enjoyed the video. Thanks!
Keep it up, keep it going! 👍
the mapping of the class to a China Map is such a brilliant idea. i guess each group gotto come up and talk smth about that particular area?
wow, she is amazing!
you are a very interesting Lady, love & enjoy your students
My hats off to Sophia. Great job!
Sophia is from USC, with the strongest Chinese Faculty. She is more Chinese, than 99% of the ss in HKU+CUHK, the top 2 in HK.
南加州大学(University of Southern California，以下简称：USC) --全球领先私立研究型大学，美国最具多元化学府之一，广受全球博才智杰推崇。I have been to this university in downtown LA, with strong Olympian swimming team/Chinese Faculty,裏面有許多對中國友善的中國通。Mr. Maltz, Diana's dad, is but one. Her Mom Tina used to be a good swim leader mom of ours.
Your students will welcome
a beautiful teach
amazing...as being Chinese I know much less about my culture than an American!!!ah!!!!
You are amazing!
"National identities are fading. We have to embrace a geocentric mindset. A future of humankind."
中国文化博大精深， 比如一首宋词的背后往往有很多的典故， 如果对中国历史没有很多的了解会非常难懂这些典故， 更不会体会到这首词的意境和那种心灵被触动所带来的的震撼。 我很难想象一个外国人在中国教中国古代文学，这需要很大的勇气， 如同一个中国人在美国教英语一样有挑战。所幸的是中国学生会比美国学生宽容的多， 中国学生很少会因为老师的中国话口音而去抱怨和为难老师，对老师的尊敬和理解也是这位美国人能继续教下去的原因。
They can also hone their English listening & speaking skills, w/o going abroad.
呵呵，真是傻不拉几的。好像别人的诗歌就不会用典，别人的文学全是小儿科一样。在海外见过不少汉学系的老师和学生，厉害的人。论口语和学识都很好。
相对来说，现在很多中文系的人到底有多少人有古文功底，我是怀疑的。
Sophia you so amazing..really impressive.👍👍👍
Wonderful.❤
Thank you Ms Kidd for your enthusiasm.....
江安的拼音写法其实是有错误的，因为没有标出歧义点。
jiangan 可以是江安，也可以是建甘。
应该用分隔号区分开来 jiang'an 或者 jian'gan
Amazing!!!
She is amazing!
Love your video. With your desk setup, you are sitting facing the windows with very bright background light, which is not ergonomic. To avoid fatigure, I would suggest change the desk orientation to have natural light on your back.
Love you!
Ms Kidd is quite impressive.
If all the Chinese don’t even know all the old literatures then where do you learning from? And how you teach?
I noticed that the front row or rows in class were unsurprisingly less occupied
You are great. I don't know how else to comment. I am really ashame of myself. Even as a Malaysian Chinese, I don't even know how to speak mandarin apart from my local dialect which is Cantonese.
It's never late to start learning and practicing.
Don't worry. Many of my friends are English educated. But they were able to speak Mandarin too. Just like any languages, it will take for a while but it will surely possible to master a new language.
as a Chinese i dont think her knowledge about ancient China culture is better than this students....it is just impossible...
i think the reason why she have so many students is this students are just curious that a foreigner teach ancient China culture and want to see what's going on here...that's all
Why is it impossible? She graduated from Sichuan University. This seems like a racist Chinese attitude. I would never say for example that a Chinese teacher could not know more about ancient European culture, e.g. Greek, than the students, even Greek students. Or that a non-French teacher could not know more about ancient French culture than a French student.
@@RayCromwell Because if you know the Chinese primary and secondary school curriculum, you will know: Chinese students have learned Chinese ancient culture since childhood.. I don't know how long this American teacher has studied Chinese ancient culture. Judging from her Mandarin, she is not very fluent and has a strong foreign accent. So I guess it's not very long. You know, those students have studied Chinese ancient culture for more than 12 years, not only in school, but also outside school..
so easy to say that others are racist.. I think it's also a kind of racism
@@李荣-n7s So why then would Chinese college students need to learn anything about Chinese culture in college? According to you, they already know everything by finishing high school? Isn't this course, whether it is taught by a Chinese professor, or an American girl professor, a waste of time?
Or do you mean that a Chinese professor with a Masters or Phd in Chinese culture could teach them things they didn't learn in middle or high school?
So you're making the assumption that a foreigner with a Masters or Phd from a Chinese University in Chinese Culture can't know anything that isn't taught in primary school?
Americans learn detailed and nuanced perspectives on Western culture in college that they do not learn in primary school. Often, the college level courses teach a refutation of the simple minded patriotism taught to children, because history is often far more nuanced.
Why do you not think this is a racist view? What if I told you that all of my foreign Chinese professors in college were inferior to the American ones, because they were not fully fluent in English.
I had a Mainland Chinese Economics teacher in college. How can a Chinese teacher with imperfect English from a *Communist* country teach Americans about Capitalist economics?
Do you see how this kind of stereotyping is racist? You saw a *few* minutes of a video that was obviously designed to just introduce this teacher's personality, and your extrapolated it to the whole curriculum she taught, and most of your assumptions are purely because she is 老外。
And no, pointing out racist implicit bias is not racism.
@@RayCromwell
well Knowledge is endless. Learning a certain knowledge for 12 years does not mean learning it all. Therefore, it is logical for universities to continue to study. The question now is: is a foreigner's knowledge of ancient Chinese culture really higher than that of Chinese students who have studied for 12 years? (I don't think so). If not， it will become a low-level teach high level .. This is obviously illogical
Cultural knowledge is different from scientific knowledge. I think cultural knowledge mainly depends on quantity. The cultural knowledge taught in universities is not necessarily higher than that in primary and secondary schools. If this foreign teacher doesn't study Chinese culture as much as Chinese students, her knowledge of ancient Chinese culture will be inferior, whether she studies in primary school or university
Economics has nothing to do with language. Chinese economics professors do not need to understand English, but can also learn economics in Chinese in China. But culture has a great correlation with language, because you are unconsciously learning culture in the books you usually watch, TV, talking to people, etc. If the teacher is not fluent in Chinese, it can be imagined that she learns less cultural knowledge in her daily life, so I think the reason why Chinese students who are fluent in Chinese have higher ancient cultural knowledge than the foreign teacher.
Yes, I do think she is inferior to Chinese students in ancient Chinese culture because she is 老外. As I said earlier, I won't repeat here. Is this racim? I don't think so, because: 老外 is not a race. As long as she comes from a foreign country, she hasn't lived in China since she was a child, whether white, black or East Asian.. Even if he is Chinese, as long as he grew up abroad when he was a child and has not received Chinese Education... I think their ancient Chinese cultural level is not as good as that of Chinese local students
@@RayCromwell By your same logic, I should also ask why are there degree courses and post-graduate courses in English language or English Literature, when both are taught in High School or Secondary school levels?
She was just probably teaching one credit unit of the Chinese Literature course - comparative studies, cross-cultural studies, critical thinking skills or something similar. Good for developing more awareness and appreciation of the subject. The video title is a click-bait.
Thank you. But the music sound is too big. Would be better if you can turn the BGM sound level lower
what a lovely lady
Wow! What can I say! Just wow!
She's so cool.
😊😊😊
Wow, wasn't expecting to see that.
康老师要注意身体健康，学习中华文化要慢慢来，不能急。
is there has open class about teacher sophia chinese culture?
it is so curious about what is her thought
I do not really appreciate teaching college students in an American way of teaching elementary students.
When I saw you consuming those steaks I though to myself you better read the book "The China Study" by T Colin Campbell and his brother Thomas M. It will certainly open your eyes.
Oh.. your furry kiddy is very beautiful 😻
我以前的老板娘在加拿大大学教英文文学，都太牛了
wow ，respect from a chinese
But, I just can't believe it. Is it really a course of Ancient Chinese Literarure? If so, it must be focused on a very specific topic.😊
I don't see much 'ancient Chinese literature' in the video.
I hear the teacher speaking English most of the time in her class. I wonder if she teaches Chinese students ancient Chinese literature in English? :-)
No. She speaks Chinese when teaching, and speaks English when being videod.
這四川大學是怎麼回事啊？！中國都沒有相關的人才了嗎？！古漢語文學竟然請一個老外來教？！有沒有搞錯啊！根據我的觀察，到現在為止，西方所謂的「漢學家」都沒有一個真正了解中國的，而且大多都嚴重誤解中國，都是半瓶水！難怪有傳聞四川很多城市都已經被西方顏色革命機構滲透得很厲害，連教育界都是，我要質疑的是在課堂上會不會順便教育中國學生古漢文學以外的西方文化藉機洗腦？！還是四川大學的校長已經被洗腦過了！
還有，「西方人眼中的中國文化」對一個中國人來講真有這麼重要嗎？！如此在意外國人看法的原因又何在呢？！是因為沒有文化自信！我對四川大學聘請外教來教古漢文學的做法真是不以為然！😏
绝对不以為然
我认为通过西方眼中的古汉文化可以逆向了解西方文化，西方思维，但在本科阶段绝对不可。
在哈佛等大学不是也有很多中国学生在那里学中国历史文化的.在外教下学中国古典文学可以从别的角度看问题,没有什么不好的.在美国和西方其他国家中国人教西方经济金融文化等等也不少！
@@DellDreamer 這點我要質疑那些在國外學習中國文化的中國學生到底是持什麼樣的心態跟觀點來學習？！崇洋媚外？！歐美的月亮比較圓嗎？！經濟和文化是不同的層面，文化是有專屬性的，經濟卻是共通性，兩者是不能相提並論的！對不同的文化你可以持不同的觀點，但是學習自己的文化，是需要傳承的，這點兒馬虎不得！你的觀念要糾正，慎之！😎
@@DellDreamer 還有，不要再跟我提什麼哈佛耶魯…自從這次疫情之後我再也不相信歐美在各個項目的所謂排名，根本就是這些西方國家拿來糊弄別人，賺取自己的利益的藉口！什麼常春藤聯盟、什麼諾貝爾獎，呵呵！如今看來都是笑話！😏
U R gorgeous to teach acient chinese in china!
令人敬佩
Was she teaching ancient Chinese literature? I didn't see any evidence of it at all, at least in this class. Rather kindergarten English I would say.
Hey, Sophia, you are teaching ancient Chinese to Chinese students?
You've gotta be kidding me.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
she was explaining the cat's name 索福 at 2：40
she was explaining the cat's name 索福 at 2:40
Very good teacher
老师，厉害了！
She has no problem finding teaching job back in States.
She retired from East Asia Faculty of Cal State U, where I took teaching foreign lang, in Long Bridge, or UC.
这位老师真厉害，文言文对于普通中国人已经是有一定难度的了，更何况对于一个美国人来说呢？这个博士读出来，得吃多少苦。👍
I have the same IKEA's light :P