Database Entry: Night Classes Light up the Evening in the Countryside; Knowledge Builds Confidence for Poverty Alleviation
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Night Classes Light up the Evening in the Countryside; Knowledge Builds Confidence for Poverty Alleviation

June 27, 2019
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“Originally, I just knew how to farm and do hard work; [but] luckily, the government started rural night classes that let me learn all sorts of knowledge, broaden my worldview, and open more opportunities for employment outside [the village]. The rural schools are ‘yakexi’.” After class, the villager Tohti Metniyaz said happily with a huge smile on his face.

[这不?] During this most beautiful spring, Konasheher’s #2 Elementary School Party Members Service work team entered Tuokezhake Township Pilale Village and established a “school becomes a night school” event to teach villagers the national common language, sing the national anthem…to nourish the patriotism of the ethnic masses…

Most of those who come to study are villagers under 35. Although they still stammer to express [themselves], they work very seriously. Don’t dwell on these students’ ages, their enthusiasm is not the least bit hesitant. They read in unison, by oneself, and do dialogues in pairs as if they are elementary school students. Their pronunciation is decent and they practice mispronounced words over and over again.

原本我只会种地干力气活,多亏政府开办的农民夜校,让我学会了各种知识,开阔了眼界,创造了更多走出去就业的机会,农民夜校‘亚克西’”。刚听完课的村民托合提·买提尼亚孜高兴的说,脸上洋溢着幸福满足的笑容。

这不,最美的春天里,疏附县第二小学党员服务队走进托克扎克镇皮拉勒村开展了“学校连夜校”主题活动,教村民们学习国家通用语言文字、唱国歌,嘹亮地歌声随风飘荡,滋润着各族群众的爱国心。

来学习的大部分是35岁以上的村民,虽然发音略显生涩,但大家学得格外认真。别看这些“学生”年龄大,可学习劲头一点不含糊,集体跟读、个人诵读、结对情景对话,像小学生一样,拼读起来像模像样,对发音不准的词语反复练习。

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