英国“创新、大学和技能”大臣曾在来陕的访问中谈到，“汉语热”和“中国风”让越来越多的人渴望接触中国、认知中国。对于处在人生重要成长阶段的青少年来说，到拥有中华五千年灿烂文明的历史名城西安留学，无疑是令人心动的最佳学习体验之一。2007年被国家汉办批准为“汉语国际推广中小学基地”的西安博迪学校，不仅是中国学生和家长眼中能够培养出“高考状元”的明星学校，也成为了国际学生喜爱和向往的中国学校。
西安博迪学校创办于1993年，占地225亩，教学设备和生活设施一流，是目前中国西北地区规模最大的全日制寄宿式学校之一，现有师生3000余人，其中长期在校外国留学生70余人。2001年西安博迪学校晋升为陕西省重点中学，并成立了外国留学生部，开始接收来自海外的学子，成为陕西省最早开始留学生教学的中小学之一。
融合中西文化 汇萃教育精华
国际化的教育理念和学习氛围先后吸引了来自美国、韩国、日本、泰国、新加坡、澳大利亚、巴西、吉尔吉斯斯坦、乌兹别克等国200余名留学生来博迪长期留学，其中，已有四届留学生在完成高中学业后，成功考入清华大学、浙江大学、复旦大学、北京外国语大学，以及陕西境内的知名高校继续深造。同时，通过校际友好交流渠道来博迪短期留学、学习汉语和中国文化的学生年均700余人次。
博迪学校凭借先进的教育理念和“勇于创新，敢为人先”的精神，搭建与国际教育接轨的平台。接受品德端正、身体健康、学业合格的留学生入校学习，并由优秀教师执教，小班教学，培养学生德智体美全面发展，为留学生提供优质的“中国教育”。
据介绍，外籍小学生入学后，直接进入小学相应班级上课，学习困难者，由教师单独辅导，加速其汉语水平的提高。初、高中的外籍学生入校后，根据汉语水平测试编入初级、中级、高级班先进行汉语集中培训。学校开设汉语拼音识字课、听力、会话、阅读、写作、汉语精阅、音乐汉语、英语、体育、微机、美术等课程。
国际学生HSK汉语水平考试达4级以上时，将分别进入相应年级与中国学生同班上课。目前, 博迪学校已达到班班都有外国留学生。高中部国际学生的汉语水平达5级以上者可进入高考班，学校根据清华、北大招收外国留学生条件为这些留学生开设课程。毕业考试合格者发高中毕业证书，并向中国重点大学推荐。
丰富多彩的留学生生活
从最初为解决外国专家在华子女教育问题而接收留学生，西安博迪学校在国际学生教育方面积极探索并积累了丰富的经验。学校对中外学生实行封闭寄宿式管理，校内建有相当于三星级宾馆的留学生公寓，为留学生提供了安全、舒适的生活条件。
学校鼓励留学生积极参加学校艺术节、运动会及各班主题班会，从入学第一天起，全体老师和同学帮助新生尽快融入新环境。中外学生在同一个校园友好、关爱、互助，相处得十分融洽。节假日留学生们还常去中国学生家做客或外出旅游，学习中国的文化，了解中国的国情，传递友谊。通过对中国生活的全面融入，外国留学生在点滴间学习到中国文化的精髓，学习到国与国之间交流与合作的重要性。来博迪求学的留学生均未成年，学校坚持融合中西教育之所长，严格要求每位学生，教育留学生明确自己的使命，把握做人的原则，努力成为友好使者和优秀的国际化人才。
“国球”打造友好交流平台
西安博迪学校的至善栋梁乒乓球俱乐部是西北地区规模最大的乒乓球集训基地，也是西北地区唯一拥有国家乒乓球甲级参赛资格的乒乓球馆，国际乒联副主席多次到访考察。2006年，学校被国家体育总局乒乓球羽毛球运动管理中心授予“全国重点乒乓球单位”称号。
博迪乒乓球队不但在全国中小学比赛中名列前茅，受到省市领导和国家体育总局的关注，近两年来还先后接待了来自墨西哥、埃及、利比亚、澳大利亚等国家队来校参加乒乓球俱乐部短训，超过100余人次，每次训练时间不少于一个月。同时中国香港、台湾地区乒乓球爱好者也多次来到学校俱乐部参加短训。特别令人注目的是，学校球馆承担了北京2008残疾人奥运会乒乓球队的集训任务，在博迪受训的队员，在2008残奥会上取得了5枚金牌4枚银牌1枚铜牌的好成绩；2009年10月国家残奥队再次来到博迪，目前正在学校训练，为2012伦敦奥运会备战。乒乓球运动被世界公认为是中国的“国球”，博迪学校在青少年中普及“国球”，在国内外产生了很大影响，成为国际交流的另一个友好平台。
携手友好学校 创建国际化教育
博迪学校国际交流广泛，通过师生每年的赴美、欧、日、韩交流，开拓学生视野，学习国际先进教育教学方法，传播友谊。目前，学校已与7个主要留学国家的20多所大学和中学建立了友好校际关系，其中已与美国加州艾尔蒙迪市建立了14年深厚的友谊，并与日本西大和学园连续14年举办年度大型学生交流活动，成为校际友好交流的佳话。这些交流带来了丰富的教育信息，加快了博迪学校的国际化发展。在采访结束时，我们见到了西安博迪学校的校长、陕西民办中小学协会会长杨凤玉女士。杨校长说：“教育无国界。全世界的家长对孩子的希望都是一样的，全世界的教育工作者对孩子的责任都是相同的，把孩子培养成为热爱和平的跨国精英是我们共同的期望。让我们一起为之而努力。”
Xi’an Bodi School --- Chinese Home to International Students
On a recent trip to Xi’an, British Minister of State of Creation, University & Skill pointed out that “Chinese Language Craze” and “Chinese Wave” have now exposed China to an increasing number of people around the world that were once shy away from this mysterious place. Thinking about studying in a city with 5,000 years of history, isn’t it exciting? This is Xi’an, and it is where Bodi School located; a school that was selected by Hanban as “Center for Promoting Chinese Language at Primary & Secondary Level” in 2007. Bodi is not only a famous school in parents’ eyes who had cultivated a student got the first place in Shaanxi Province’s University Entrance Examination, but also a place for oversea students desired to study in.
Founded in 1993, Xi’an Bodi School is the largest and best boarding school in northwestern China with a campus of 225 Mu(about 15 hectares). Bodi has over 3,000 faculty and students including more than 70 oversea students. In 2001, Bodi was promoted to Provincial Key Secondary School and started to accept foreign applications. It is the earliest of its kind to provide education for international students in Shaanxi.
Integrating Cultures of East and West
Pioneering in Chinese Primary and Secondary International Education
Internationalized education ideas and learning atmosphere of Bodi has attracted over 200 oversea students from USA, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Brazil, Kyrghizstan, Uzbekistan etc. to study in Bodi for long periods. After completing high school curriculum in Bodi School ,many of those students had been successfully admitted by Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Beijing Foreign Language Studies University, and some famous universities in Shaanxi province to continue their further education. Simultaneously, the number of students who come to Bodi for short-term Chinese laguage and Culture studies through the communicative activities between other oversea schools is over 700 per year.
Holding the belief of “To Create and To Pioneer”, Bodi has been constantly working closely with educational institutions and actively searching for qualified youth talents around the globe, with a goal of creating a unique “Chinese Education” experience for students at primary and secondary levels.
At Bodi, oversea students at primary level will be assigned to a regular class after enrollment. For students that may have difficulty with the language, a one-to-one tutoring service will be provided on demand. Students at secondary level will be trained for Chinese language based on their proficiency test results before entering regular classes. Bodi offers a great variety of language lessons for students to choose from, including: Pinyin, Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Chinese Intensive Reading, Music Chinese, English, PE, Computer ,Arts etc..
Oversea students who have passed Level 4 in HSK test may study in the same class as Chinese peers. Senior high school students with Level 5 or above in HSK will be provided courses especially-designed with an aim to enter Tsinghua University and Peking University. Upon graduation, these students will receive high school diplomas and recommendations from Bodi.
Learning by Experiencing
With an oriental intention to provide education for the children of foreign experts working in China. Bodi has accumulated rich experience in international education along the past 14 years. As a boarding school, Bodi provided its oversea students with a three-star hotel equivalent student apartment, where students will find it safe, convenient, and comfortable.
Through school activities, such as Art Festival, Sports Meeting and Class Meeting and after-school experience, such as home-stay and sightseeing, oversea students could get chances to immerse in all dimensions of Chinese Life.
“Learning by experiencing” is Bodi’s philosophy of international education. Through the school life, Bodi students, foreign and domestic, will learn to cooperate, to help, and to achieve as a cohesive team. Students will understand the importance of peace and mutual understanding between countries and grow up as ambassadors of friendship.
Fostering Friendship through Table Tennis
Bodi’s Zhishan Dongliang Table Tennis Club is the largest table tennis training center and the only stadium in Northwestern China that can hold National First Division table tennis matches. ITTF’s vice president paid many visits to our club. In 2006, our club was elected “National Key Table Tennis Center” by the Table Tennis & Badminton Administrative Center of the National P. E. Administration. In the past couple of years, Bodi Zhishan Table Tennis Club successfully arranged several training programs for professional teams of over 100 athletes from various countries, including Mexico, Egypt, Libya and Australia. In the meantime, many Hong Kong and Taiwan table tennis lovers came to Bodi for short period training. What’s more, our school was responsible for providing training space for disabled players who were going to attend the Beijing Paralympic Games in 2008. Those players’ got 5 gold medals, 4 silver medals and one bronze medal in the 2008 Paralympic Games. In Oct of 2009, Chinese Paralympic table tennis team members came to Bodi again for the preparation of 2012 Paralympic Games. Table tennis is widely acknowledged as the national sport of China; Bodi School popularizes table tennis among adolescents and provides another platform for international friendly communications.
Hold Hands with Foreign Schools to Create an International Campus
Bodi has been striving to provide its students and faculty opportunities of exploring the world, such as summer camps and short-visits to USA, Europe, Japan, South Korea and other parts of Asia. At present,Bodi has become sister school of over 20 schools in 7 major countries. Friendship between Irvine city(California,USA) and Bodi School has been lasting for 14 years and we have carried out grand students’ communication activities with Nishiyamato Academy (Japan) for 14 years successively. These exchanges brought a wealth of educational information and foreign equivalents’ friendship and accelerated the internationalization pace of Bodi. At the end of our visit, we interviewed Principal Fengyu Yang of Xi’an Bodi School, who is also the Chair of Shaanxi Provincial Association of Private Primary and Secondary Educational Research. Answering our question on her views of international education, she said: “Education is borderless, parents around the world have the same expectations for their children, and educators around the world have the same responsibilities for the students. We have the same mission to educate our young generation to become peace-loving achievers across the globe. Here in this historical city of Xi’an, Bodi sincerely welcome students from other countries to join us and experience an unforgettable study life in China.”
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