Confucius Institute Journey to China Spring 2014, Issue 21 | Page 15

CI NEWS SPRING2014 015 NC STATE UNIVERSITY CHINESE LANGUAGE CLASSES The CI at NC State offers Chinese language and culture classes for NC State students and the community. Our CI provides beginner, intermediate and advanced level language classes to the community and also a forcredit conversational Chinese language class for NC State students. CI professors also offered a “Doing Business in China” for Skema students (French business school), helping them prepare for future working opportunities in China. We offered over 14 different language classes to over 2,700 students. This summer, the CI will offer Chinese conversation and character classes for those interested in maintaining their Chinese language practice. 2014年春季学期 北卡州大孔院 , 继续面向大学和社区提供汉语 及文化方面的课程。 延续以往传 统 ,孔院继续为社区群众开设了 初、 、 中 高等汉语课程 满足了不 , 同汉语水平的人群学习汉语的需 要。同时 ,孔院还为州大学生开 设了汉语操练课, 为学生们创造 真实的汉语口语环境,提供更多 的练习机会。孔院老师还为法国 SKEMA项目的学生继续开设 “ 经商在中国” 的课程 ,帮助他们 为今后在中国的工作和学习做好 前期的准备。 本学期孔院共计为 2700多名学生提供了14门不同类 型的课程。 今年暑期 ,孔院还将继续满足 广大汉语学习爱好者的需要,开 办汉语会话课和汉字课, 让更多 的人有机会学习汉语、 了解中国 文化。 A TASTE OF CHINESE - LUNCH & LEARN SERIES In the spring semester of 2014, our CI continued to offer “A Taste of Chinese at Lunchtime” to NC State faculty and staffs. Based on students’ inputs, Ms, Xiaowen Yang combined both Chinese language and culture to offer a more thorough Chinese experience. Such an arrangement has been highly regarded by all the participants. 2014年春季学期 北卡州大孔院 , 继续面向州大教职工开设 “品 味中文——午间汉语课” 。根据 以往的教学反馈,并结合学员的 具体要求 ,今年的教学坚持语 音、 语言操练和文化讲解三结合 的教学安排,学员对这种安排表 示了高度的认可 ,今年的教学也 一如既往地取得了良好的教学 效果。 由于这门课的学习 其中 , 多人表示希望参加孔院开设的晚 班课继续进行汉语学习 。 CHINESE LANGUAGE CORNER In order to meet the higher demands of undergraduates to practice Chinese, our CI, together with volunteers from CSSFA (Chinese Students and Scholars Friendship Association), initiated a weekly program “Chinese Language Corner” in Spring 2014. For each week’s language corner session, our CI instructor made preparations to help students of all proficiency levels: for beginners - Everyday Chinese, for intermediate learners - passage readings, and for advanced learners - open discussion about their own hobbies, jobs, and traveling. These well-planned weekly activities received positive feedbacks from both participants and Chinese instructors at NC State University. 2014年春季学期 为了满足州大 , 学生学习汉语 练习汉语的要求 、 , 州大孔院和州大中国学生会共 同合作 首次在州大校园面向汉 , 语爱好者开设了每周一次的 “汉 语角” 在每周一次的 。 “汉语角” 中 ,孔院教师既准备了适合初级 水平的 《汉语900句》 又准备了 , 适合中级水平的短文阅读, 同时 还有关于爱好、 工作、学习 、做客 等话题的自由讨论。 在一小时 的活动中既有中国师生辅导美国 学生朗读短文 又有中美学生的 , 自由讨论。精心的组织和灵活的 安排使本学期的 “汉语角” 活动 受到了州大汉语教师和学生的 热烈欢迎。 INTERESTED IN TAKING A COURSE WITH US? Check out our current course offerings by visiting: http://oia.ncsu.edu/language-culture-courses