On July 17, NJUIT's International Education College and the LSBU-NJUIT Joint Institute jointly formed the "Silk Road Star" summer social practice team, which traveled to a summer daycare program for employees' children at The Third Construction Co., Ltd. of China Construction Eighth Engineering Division in Xianlin Subdistrict, Qixia District, Nanjing. The practice activity aligned with the university's 2026 "Go to the Countryside" summer social practice theme of "Contributing to the 15th Five-Year Plan: Youth Shouldering Responsibility for Chinese Modernization." Focusing on two directions—community education support and intangible cultural heritage preservation—the team leveraged the bilingual strengths of Chinese and international students to enrich the summer lives of local children and build a sustainable university-community collaborative education platform.
The program featured distinctive volunteer services combining English language immersion and intangible cultural heritage experiences.
At the practice site, Chinese and international students served as volunteer teachers, creating an immersive and engaging English classroom. A team member from Ethiopia adopted a teaching model combining situational instruction with interactive games, conducting vocabulary lessons around everyday themes such as fruits, animals, and colors. Lively English nursery rhymes were used to lead the children in reading and interactive activities. The classroom atmosphere was relaxed and enthusiastic, with children eagerly raising their hands and speaking out boldly. Through songs and games, their anxiety about learning English was eased, effectively stimulating their interest in foreign languages. The initiative brought internationalized, engaging teaching resources to the summer daycare program, fulfilling the practice goal of supporting grassroots education.
Following the English session, the practice team concurrently opened an intangible cultural heritage workshop, using traditional herbal sachet making as a vehicle to preserve traditional craftsmanship and cultivate an artisan spirit. Team members first introduced the children to the historical significance of sachets, then carefully explained the medicinal properties of herbs such as mugwort, perilla, and mint. Step-by-step guidance was provided as the children filled the sachets with herbs and tied the embroidered pouches. The children remained focused and actively engaged throughout the hands-on process, developing practical skills while gaining close exposure to the unique heritage of Chinese intangible cultural heritage crafts. This promoted the immersion of traditional culture in young minds.
A community representative noted that the university-community collaborative practice base can effectively integrate university talent resources with community grassroots service platforms, achieving two-way supply of educational resources and mutual empowerment of university and community development. The faculty lead from the college stated that the college has consistently adhered to a practice-oriented education philosophy. Taking the establishment of this base as a new starting point, the college will continue to organize young faculty and students to engage in grassroots volunteer services, guiding both Chinese and international youth to gain education, develop competence, and make contributions through social practice serving the people—transforming social practice into a vivid and dynamic "comprehensive ideological and political education course."
This practical activity represents a concrete implementation by the college of the university's 2026 summer "Go to the Countryside" and "Return to Hometown" social practice deployment, fully demonstrating the dedication and mission-driven spirit of Chinese and international students from the International Education College and the LSBU-NJUIT Joint Institute. Moving forward, the university and community partners will rely on the collaborative practice base to regularly conduct diversified volunteer activities including bilingual classes, intangible cultural heritage education, and cultural outreach. The two sides will continue to refine the long-term mechanism for university-community collaborative education, using youth volunteer service to support grassroots cultural development and inject youthful energy into rural revitalization and community governance, striving to write a practical answer sheet of youth serving Chinese modernization.
7月17日，南京工业职业技术大学国际教育学院联合伦敦南岸学院组建“丝路星”暑期社会实践团队，赴南京市栖霞区仙林街道中建八局三公司职工子女暑托班开展“英语启蒙+非遗体验”特色志愿服务活动。本次实践紧扣学校2026年“三下乡”社会实践“建功‘十五五’・青春为中国式现代化挺膺担当”活动主题，聚焦基层教育关爱、非遗文化传承两大实践方向，充分发挥中外学子双语专业优势，丰富社区少年儿童暑期生活，搭建长效校社协同育人平台。
实践现场，中外学子化身志愿小老师，打造沉浸式趣味英语课堂。来自埃塞俄比亚的留学生队员采用情景教学、互动游戏相结合的模式，围绕水果、动物、色彩等生活化主题开展单词教学，搭配节奏轻快的英文儿歌带领全体孩童诵读互动。课堂氛围轻松热烈，孩子们踊跃举手、大胆开口，在歌舞游戏中消解英语学习畏难情绪，切实激发外语学习兴趣，为暑托班注入国际化趣味教学资源，落实基层教育关爱实践要求。
英语课堂结束后，实践团同步开设非遗文化小课堂，以中药香囊制作为载体传承传统技艺、涵养工匠精神。队员先行向小朋友科普香囊历史文脉，细致讲解艾草、紫苏、薄荷等中草药药理功效，再分步指导孩子们装填药材、捆扎绣袋。孩子们全程专注动手、积极探索，在亲手制作香囊的过程中锻炼实操能力，近距离感受中华非遗手工艺独特底蕴，推动传统文化浸润少年儿童心灵。
社区负责人表示，校社共建实践基地能够有效整合高校人才资源与社区基层服务阵地，实现教育资源双向供给、校社发展双向赋能。学院带队老师谈到，学院始终坚持实践育人理念，以本次基地挂牌为新起点，持续组织青年师生下沉基层一线开展志愿服务，引导中外青年在服务群众的社会实践中受教育、长才干、作贡献，把社会实践打造为鲜活生动的“大思政课”。
本次实践活动是学院落实学校2026 年暑期“三下乡”、“返家乡”社会实践工作部署的生动实践，充分展现了国际教育学院与伦敦南岸学院中外学子乐于奉献、勇担使命的青春风貌。下一步，校社双方将依托共建实践基地常态化开展双语课堂、非遗科普、文化宣讲等多元化志愿活动，持续完善校社协同育人长效机制，以青年志愿服务助力基层文明建设，为乡村振兴、基层治理注入青春动能，奋力书写青年服务中国式现代化的实践答卷。
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供稿：国际教育学院图/王亚雯 文/赵坤鹏 编辑/王亚雯 审核/张海宁、孙世娟
