Foreign language volunteers contribute to the internationalization of Jinjiang

　　Volunteers were speaking to athletes on the world beach volleyball tour match.

　　Miaomiao Zhang who is 26, is an oral English teacher at Jinjiang huaqiao vocational school. Coincidentally, she joined Jinjiang Association for International Exchange of Personnel on the recommendation of her colleagues.

　　The most impressive thing to Miaomiao is the world beach volleyball tour match. As a volunteer, the members of the association are mainly responsible for assisting the communication between equipment room, medical room, media communication office, hotel and athletes. "The language environment is important. When you get to a place where you can only speak English, you will unconsciously speak English and have a strong desire to communicate with them.

　　As Jinjiang people Miaomiao said, she wants to participate in more such activities in the future, accumulates rich experience in actual combat, provides more high quality service for all competitions for the future and foreign exchanges, contributing to the internationalization of Jinjiang.

　　Volunteers were teaching children in the cochlea class of Jinjiang special education school.

　　Qiaoying Shi, who teaches in Jinjiang vocational technical secondary school, has been engaged in English teaching since he graduated from English major.

　　Every Tuesday afternoon, volunteers and foreign teachers go to Jinjiang special education school to teach children in cochlea class. In Qiaoyin's view, it's the most meaningful thing to be a volunteer.

　　Qiaoying Shi says that, the children are shy at first, but can express themselves bravely with encouragement. "What impressed me the most was their eyes for knowledge, their smiling faces, their expressions of pride and satisfaction." Qiao ying said, to see them learning healthily and happily is our biggest gain.

　　Unlike Miaomiao and Qiao ying, Yongji Chen, who works in the Lingyuan sub-district office, is not major in English but has fallen in love with English because of his interest.

　　Chen says he often studies English in his spare time. Apart from studying films and television works, he is deeply touched by the English corner.

　　The English corner has a variety of themes and activities. Besides study, we can also play games. More interestingly, in the English corner can know many people in different countries. Therefore, Yongji Chen got to know that the various countries' different accents, like American, British, and Indian accent. Although it's difficult to understand at the beginning, after many times of communication, he can communicate smoothly now.

　　"Language is like blood, accelerating the internationalization of Jinjiang." Yongji Chen said "it's not just me, with a certain atmosphere and cultivation, more and more people are learning English and are interested in it."

　　中文版

　　　外语志愿者助力晋江国际化

　　今年26岁的张苗苗，是晋江华侨职校的英语口语老师。机缘巧合，她在同事的推荐下加入晋江国际人才交流协会。

　　苗苗印象最深刻的要数世界沙滩排球巡回赛。作为志愿者，协会成员主要负责协助器材室、医疗室、媒体沟通办公室、酒店及运动员的沟通交流。苗苗说，“语言环境很重要。到了一个只能讲英语的地方，你就会不自觉地去说英语，有很强的沟通欲望，去融入他们。”

　　任教于晋江职业中专学校的施巧迎，自英语专业毕业后一直从事英语教学工作。

　　每周二下午，志愿者们都会和外教一起到晋江市特殊教育学校为耳蜗班的孩子们授课。在作为志愿者的巧迎看来，这是最有意义的事情。

　　施巧迎说，孩子们一开始都比较羞涩，但在鼓励下还是能勇敢地表达。“让我印象最深的是他们求知的眼神、灿烂的笑脸，还有得到肯定后满足自豪的表情。”巧迎说，看到他们健康快乐地学习，就是我们最大的收获。

　　不同于苗苗和巧迎，在灵源街道办事处上班的陈永基并非科班出身，却因为兴趣爱上了英语。

　　陈永基说，他经常利用业余时间学习英语，除了通过影视作品学习之外，英语角的学习交流不仅受用，也让他感触很深。

　　英语角主题丰富，活动形式多样，学习之余还能玩游戏，大家相谈甚欢。更有趣的是，在英语角可以认识许多不同国家的人，也正因此，陈永基了解了各国不一样的口音，有美式、英式，还有印度口音，虽然一开始听得很吃力，但多次交流之后，现在也能顺畅沟通了。

　　“语言好比血液，加速晋江国际化进程。”陈永基说，不只是自己，有了一定的氛围和培育，身边学习英语、对英语感兴趣的人越来越多了。