This is the first student from Swaziland.Li y perturbation
Swaziland is optimistic about China's opportunity to learn mandarin next year.
Hong Kong's wen wei Po (journalist li min) is located in the Kingdom of Swaziland in southern Africa. Hong Kong people know very little about it, but local students come to Hong Kong to study in Hong Kong.Ilkay Olmez, now 21, a native of Swaziland, who attended international schools in high school, has made him fall in love with the place in just a few years.After completing a-level, he went to the United States to study in the United States, and he returned to Hong Kong to continue his studies, and went on to study Chinese studies at cuhk, becoming the only student from Swaziland.He sees opportunities everywhere in China and will spend half a year in Beijing next year to learn mandarin. He hopes to learn more about Chinese culture, build a network and pave the way for future entrepreneurship.
When she was 17 years old, Ilkay followed her family to visit friends and relatives in Hong Kong.He believed that Hong Kong is a modern city, there are a lot of tall buildings, with convenient traffic and life, and "some British buildings, its style and and eighties of the last century of Swaziland is very similar to", it is more to his initiation of the idea of entrance to the harbour.
At that time, harrow Hong Kong international school will officially open in the same year, so the family has applied for admission to the school, and promoted a-level courses.
After getting A full A in a-level, Ilkay left Hong Kong to attend college courses related to business in Boston. However, she found herself in love with Hong Kong.After a semester, he returned to Hong Kong and was promoted as an international student in the first grade of contemporary Chinese studies.
He believes that in Hong Kong, the Chinese language and culture can be experienced from daily life and study, so he has chosen to return to Hong Kong to continue his studies.
Although he studied in Hong Kong, he did not know much about Chinese culture, and he did not speak or write Chinese. Why did he choose to study in China?He said he thought it would be a good choice to start a business in Hong Kong because his family was in business and opportunities were everywhere.In addition to his unique growth background, he believes that development in China also has its advantages.
It takes time to learn Chinese.
His admission for almost a year, although the course content is given priority to with English, don't have to face the problem of the language, but compared to local students, but he will start over to know Chinese history and culture, and challenging.
Times is the foundation of the mandarin course now, he admitted that learning Chinese is very difficult, which is different from study general subjects, "subject test and test or can be in on the night before a last-minute person, but to spend more time on learning languages and time."This summer, he will enroll in extra mandarin classes at the university to consolidate his level and will go to Peking University in January for a half-year intensive mandarin course.
At present, his putonghua level is still in the initial stage and can be introduced briefly.The local mandarin teacher also wrote his name, Ilkay, as "Yikai" in mandarin.
, he says, more communication is the best way to learn the language, to Beijing, the locals may not speak good English, speak quickly, also therefore Ilkay think this is a good opportunity, "forced me to learn mandarin as soon as possible."
In addition to learning mandarin, you can also network.
He expected completion of short courses, enhance the level of the mandarin, also its broad vision, and networking, paving the way for the future, "the course more than I learn about Chinese history, economy and policy, the knowledge of the respect, also have the opportunity to learn Chinese, for I can have a rich harvest."
He stressed that he cherishes and enjoys the opportunity to study in Hong Kong, so he will redouble his efforts in his studies.He also pointed out that as an international student, he knows a lot of Hong Kong, the mainland to exchange students from around the world, which is also a lot of people became his good friend, so that his feelings for Hong Kong.
■Ilkay是中大首位來自史瓦濟蘭的學生。 黎忞 攝史瓦濟蘭青年看好中國機遇 明年上京學普通話鋪路
香港文匯報訊（記者 黎忞）位於非洲南部的史瓦濟蘭王國（Kingdom of Swaziland），香港人對其認識甚少，但就有當地學生專程來港升學。現年21歲的土耳其裔Ilkay Olmez，在史瓦濟蘭土生土長，高中時來港就讀國際學校，短短數年已令他愛上這地方。原本完成A-Level後到美國升學，其間他回心轉意返港繼續學業，並升讀中大當代中國研究課程，成為該校唯一來自史瓦濟蘭的學生。他認為中國機遇處處，明年更會用半年時間到北京學習普通話，期望可深入了解中國文化，建立人際網絡，為未來創業鋪路。
Ilkay在17歲時跟隨家人來港探望親友，短短數天的行程已令他對香港留下深刻印象。他認為香港是個現代城市，有很多高樓大廈，加上交通及生活便捷，而且「有些英式建築，其風格與上世紀七八十年代的史瓦濟蘭十分相似」，這更令他萌生到港升學的念頭。
當時，哈羅香港國際學校將在同年正式開學，故家人就為他申請了入學，並升讀A-Level課程。
Ilkay在A-Level考獲全A後，離開了香港到美國波士頓升讀與商業相關的大學課程，但就學期間，發現自己對香港有情意結。在一個學期後，他再次來港，並以國際學生身份升讀中大的當代中國研究課程一年級。
他認為在香港，可從日常生活和學業當中，體驗中國語言和文化，因此選擇了「回流」香港繼續學業。
雖然曾在香港讀書，但他對中國文化未有深入了解，又不會講和寫中文，為何會選讀中國研究呢？他表示，由於家人從商，而內地發展機遇處處，故他認為在港創業亦是個不錯的選擇；加上自己成長背景獨特，故他認為在中國發展亦有其優勢。
學中文困難 需心機時間
他入學將近一年，雖然課程內容以英語為主，不用面對語言不通的問題，但相比起本地學生，他卻要重頭開始認識中國歷史和文化，頗具挑戰性。
現時報讀的基礎普通話課程，他坦言學習中文十分困難，這與學習一般學科不同，「科目考試和測驗或可在前一晚臨急抱佛腳，但學語言就要花更多心機和時間。」今個暑假，他將會報讀校內額外的普通話課程以鞏固水平，並將在明年1月前往北京大學，接受為期半年的密集式普通話課程。
現時他的普通話水平仍屬起步階段，可簡單作自我介紹；而本地的普通話教師亦將他的名字Ilkay，寫成普通話拼音「Yikai」。
他認為，多溝通是學習語言的最好方法，到北京後，當地人未必能說流利英語，說話語速亦較快，故Ilkay認為這是個好機會，「迫我盡快學好普通話。」
除學普通話 亦可拓人脈
他期望完成短期課程後，提升其普通話水平之餘，亦可以拓闊眼界，以及建立人際網絡，為將來鋪路，「這個課程不止令我學到有關中國歷史、經濟和政策等方面的知識，同時有機會學到中文，對我來說可以有豐富的收穫。」
他強調自己十分珍惜和享受在港升學的機會，故會在學業上加倍努力。他又指，作為一個國際生，他認識了不少香港、內地以至來自世界各地的交流生，其中亦有不少人成為他的好朋友，因此令他對香港的感情倍增。
