When Keats’ students learn Chinese from class, teachers would like to show more Chinese culture to our students. It’s a good chance for students to understand China and Chinese people better and study Chinese better. Therefore, there are many kinds of interesting Chinese culture knowledge will be taught in the class of Keats school. One of ancient Chinese writing tools is ink. Chinese people use ink to write Calligraphy and painting. So teach ink culture become one of Chinese culture classes at Keats school.
Ms. Li who is teacher of a New Zealand student designed a special culture class for her student. She chose ink as the main material and taught student how to paint Chinese famous flower – plum flowers. However, the method is very different, they blew the ink to draw the plum tree and use fingers and red ink to draw the plum flowers. This is the first time for the student to paint like this. Besides, he learned how to say useful verbs for painting in Chinese. It’s a good way to practice Chinese and introduce Chinese culture to students, Ms. Li mentioned. And she said, she will share more Chinese culture with our students in the future.
