My name is Issoufou Yassine I'm from Niger in West Africa. I came to China on March 2018 for studying Chinese language and also electronics as major. I've learned Chinese language for three semesters and started major courses last semester (September 2019).

At the beginning it was really difficult to communicate with chinese people because of the language barrier but I was making good progress learning the language at that time I could later on speak more often with some chinese friends.

我叫Issoufou Yassine 中文名字叫伊守福，来自西非的尼日尔。我于2018年3月来到陕西科技大学学习汉语，至今已经有三个学期了。2019年9月我进入了电子信息专业，开始了专业课的学习。在刚开始学习汉语时，由于语言障碍，与中国朋友交流确实很困难，但在交流过程中我在学习语言方面取得了长足的进步，后来我慢慢能与一些中国朋友交流了。

As my Chinese level was improving, I've started to more help people in the international student’s dormitory and later on giving a hand to the International office of the International college times to times. Most of the time it was some easy stuffs like making sure that a student has documents he/she needs to apply for the resident permit, or take them to the immigration office and help them apply, also help the office to communicate some information’s to the students, translate some documents, sometimes also translator between students and teachers, and other handy work. From last year also started to help some students to go to the hospital and communicate with the doctors.

随着我中文水平的提高，我开始为国际学生公寓的同学提供帮助，后来在国际教育学院的国际办公室做过学生助理。比如为申请居留许可的学生检查应有的申请材料；带着新生去出入境办理许居留；翻译一些材料，有时还会在学生和老师之间做翻译等等。我从去年开始，有的留学生去医院，我会帮助他们与医生沟通。

It wasn't easy but not too hard also. The biggest problems I've faced when I was helping the international office were Time, Patience and Trust.

"Time" because, first I had a trouble to manage my time and adapt myself to the lifestyle. Second I had trouble to do things on time. And last point the most annoying one the time at which students can come to my room for help, over midnight the latest was at 3am.

"Patience" because students wasn't patient, they always want me to deal with them and their trouble right away regardless if I'm busy or not.

"Trust" because students sometimes don't try to ask the international office before doing some arrangements or modifications in the dormitory.

这对我来说并不容易，但也不算太难。对我来说，作为一名学生助理最重要的事是投入时间、耐心和信任。 首先来讲“投入时间”，我以前在时间管理方面有不足，总是觉得时间紧张；准时对我来说是一件难事。 另外，同学们有时候很晚找我帮忙。

其次，我来说说“耐心”，学生们总是缺乏耐心这个品质。他们总是希望我立即处理他们遇到的问题，不论我当时是否在忙。

至于“信任”，是因为有的同学他们在调整宿舍时并没有先征得国际处的同意。

At the end I find a way to deal with all of those, and I know that if the students were really trusting the International office by directly go to them when they need help they could have understood and try their best to help, which will help themselves to improve their services as an International college.I'm not sure that my work was really great, but I think it was good enough to make the international office trust me again with the recent event that China is being through. Ask me to take care of students and make sure that they take care of themselves. Taking daily body temperature, making sure if they are on campus or not,if not making sure they are safe and following the new rules and regulations for preventing the virus.

最后，我找到了应对这些问题的方法，如果学生真的需要国际处的帮助，可以在他们需要帮助时直接去找他们，国际处会尽力去帮他们解决问题。我不确定我的工作做的是否很好，但是国际处的老师信任我，这次寒假疫情期间，老师让我帮忙照顾生病的学生，让我当组长，每天负责小组同学的体温测量，并要确保他们是否在校园内，如果不确定，也要嘱咐他们注意防护，并遵守学校预防新冠肺炎病毒的规定。

Me collaborate with the International Office was and still is a really great opportunity to experience how chinese school administration works, to challenge myself as a foreigner in China. I've learned a lot from the collaboration not only in the workplaces but also in chinese language and culture. Now I've improved my chinese, my personal skills and acquired some new, and also have a better understanding of Chinese culture and lifestyle. So I'm really thankful to Shaanxi University of Technology and Science of giving me the opportunity to come to China and to the International College for giving me the chance to collaborate with them and become a better man.

我在国际办公室的工作对我来说都是一个非常好的锻炼，可以体验中国学校行政管理的工作方式，不断学习挑战自己。我从中掌握了很多技能，还加深了汉语的理解和中国文化的学习，获得了一些新知识。我非常感谢陕西科技大学给我来中国学习的机会，也感谢国际教育学院给了我锻炼自己的平台让我成为更好的自己。