Issue 23 | Year 2015
News and event updates from 2015. 【中/Eng】
News and event updates from 2015. 【中/Eng】
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CI NEWS <strong>2015</strong><br />
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CI Non-Credit Chinese Language Classes<br />
During the <strong>2015</strong> Spring semester, the Confucius Institute continued to offer non-credit Introductory<br />
Chinese, Elementary Chinese (I), Elementary Chinese (II), Intermediate Chinese, Advanced Conversation,<br />
Taichi and “A Taste of Chinese” for NC State faculty and staff. The Taichi class had over 20 people attend<br />
the class, Dr. Tang Xiaozhong’s performance and to-the-point coaching was highly appraised by the<br />
students and he was interviewed by the NC State Technician. The professionalism and devotion of the CI<br />
instructors of all the courses received positive recognition among students. We also worked with over 50<br />
schools in NC that competed in our Chinese language contests. We partnered with the NC State Foreign<br />
Languages Department to offer the for-credit Chinese Conversation class. For all our language classes<br />
we had 3,066 students.<br />
Our CI offered evening Chinese classes: Introductory, Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced<br />
Chinese courses in the Fall semester. These courses were open to the community and most of the<br />
students were working adults. Professor Ye Danmin taught the introductory and elementary Chinese<br />
courses and Professor Zhou Wenhua taught the intermediate and advanced course.<br />
We had 11 students in the Introductory Chinese course and 12 students in the intermediate<br />
and advanced courses, some of them were employees who had business partnerships with Chinese<br />
companies, and others were NC State University staff and students. Professor Ye focused on the textbook<br />
and introduced more information about China according to inquiries from different students. She also<br />
organized a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration and invited students from all levels to participate in the<br />
activity. Chinese students from NC State University were invited and brought some performances to<br />
share with our students. They were able to taste Chinese moon-cakes and snacks, appreciate ancient<br />
Chinese poems, and the students had a better awareness about Chinese language and culture.
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