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The 22nd Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign University Undergraduates final round Award Ceremony was grandly held at the Dharmaloka Hall on the 01st of June 2023. The Confucius Institute at the University of Kelaniya won the overall championship, overall 2nd place, and won the first, second, and third places for Written Exam, Talen Contest & Speech Contest.

Senior Prof. Nilanthi De Silva, Vice Chancellor, UOK, Dr. Sudath Senarath, Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities, Ven. Prof. Nedalagamuwe Dhammadinna Thero , other distinguished guests on behalf of the UOK, Co-Directors from all the Confucius Institute & Confucius Classroom, Mr. Zhang Yingbao, the Culture Counsellor of Sri Lanka to the People's Republic of China, the embassy's distinguished guests and School students studying Chinese throughout the island and Teachers who teach them Chinese.

The preliminary competition organized for the undergraduates of University of Kelaniya was held at Dharmaloka Hall on 26th of April 2023 under two rounds of speech and talent competitions. 42 UOK Undergraduates were participated for the preliminary competition and among them 18 undergraduate students were selected for the final round.

 For the Final Round in Sri Lanka, 18 undergraduates representing University of Kelaniya, 07 undergraduates representing Sabaragamuwa University Confucius Classroom and 06 undergraduates representing  University of Colombo Confucius Institute.

The Competition was well organized by Dr. Wu Hongyuan and Dr. Jani Samarakoon, Co - Directors of Confucius Institute. Assoc. Prof. Tang Ying, Assoc. Prof.  Sun Cuibi, Ms Zhu Lin, Ms He Yanling instructed the students to prepare the contents of the Competition.

Mohomed Ariff Fathima Safiya of University of Kelaniya, Nishahansi Adhikari of University of Kelaniya and Jinali pilapitiya of University of Colombo excelled among the 31 contestants and won first, second and third place respectively.

These outstanding results are a reward for the hard work of all the staff and students of the Confucius Institute at UOK and are a source of great joy and pride. This “Chinese Bridge" is a fresh starting point, contributing to the development of high-quality Chinese Language teaching and Sino-Sri Lankan cultural exchange in the 21st century. It is gratifying to see that the great achievements of the Confucius Institute of the UOK on this “Chinese Bridge" will give students a new impetus to learn the Chinese Language.

 

On the 11th of March 2023, the Confucius Institute at the University of Kelaniya successfully held the first HSK & HSKK home-based online examination in 2023. For this exam, nearly 100 people from the Confucius Institute at the University of Kelaniya took part in the exam. Among them, the HSK level 4 test, due to the need to apply for scholarships, the number of people has increased significantly compared with the previous few times.

Because the Confucius Institute at the University of Kelaniya has experience in holding home-based online exams many times, whether it is organizing the work before the exam or using the client before the exam for candidates, the pre-examination Training and other work are becoming more and more standardized.

 At present, the power shortage problem in Sri Lanka has not significantly improved. An unstable power supply often occurs, resulting in a great lack of network signal stability. The heavy rain and strong winds on the day of the test caused serious interference to the network signal. Interruption, so that the exam had to extend supplementary time.

With the joint efforts of the lecturers of the Confucius Institute at the University of Kelaniya and the strong support and help of Chinese Test International, we finally overcame various difficulties and emergencies and successfully completed the test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Prof. Nilanthi De Silva, Vice Chancellor, University of Kelaniya, Dr. Jani Samarakoon, Co-Director of the Confucius Institute of the University of Kelaniya, and the lecturers of the Confucius Institute represented Sri Lanka at the International Chinese Education Conference. The International Chinese Education Conference was held in Beijing on the 8th of December 2022. Vice Premier of the State Council, Sun Chunlan, attended the meeting and delivered a keynote speech.

Sun Chunlan pointed out that with the deepening development of globalization, the demand for learning Chinese in various countries remains strong. More than 180 countries in the world implement Chinese teaching and 81 countries have included Chinese in the national education system. Chinese courses are offered in various schools and there are more than 80,000 training institutes, and more than 30 million people are learning Chinese. Thanks to the joint efforts of all parties at home and abroad, international Chinese education has been developed, thereby cultural exchange between China and foreign countries. , she added, demonstrates the important role of language in the mutual learning of civilizations and the bonds between people.

The opening ceremony was presided over by Minister of Education Mr. Huai Jinpeng who gave a welcome speech. Mr. Huai Jinpeng extended a warm welcome to all the guests who attended today's meeting and expressed his heartfelt thanks to scholars from all walks of life who have cared about and supported the development of international Chinese education for a long time. He further mentioned that cooperation, the contribution of Chinese education to world education, and the building of a global education partnership, international Chinese education is an important part of international exchanges and cooperation in education. Here, educators and participants from all over the world were given the opportunity to present their ideas and suggestions directly through this conference.

At the opening ceremony, former Chilean President Eduardo Frei, UAE Minister of Education Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, UNESCO Deputy Director-General Qu Xing, the United States St. Robbyn Wacker, President of Crowder State University, Robinson Jean Louis, Madagascar Ambassador to China, Gong Qihuang, President of Peking University, William N. Brown, a foreign professor of Xiamen University and Daniel Rakewitsch, a student representative from Germany, delivered speeches successively and played congratulatory messages from educational partners around the world.

The opening ceremony showcased new international Chinese language education projects, new brands, and the results of featured projects. The guests presented awards to the global champions of the 2022 "Chinese Bridge" World Chinese Competition and launched the 2022 International Chinese Education Conference and Exchange Week and the "Chinese Bridge" Bridge" winter camp activities.

With the theme of "Building a new pattern of high-quality development of international Chinese education", this conference and exchange week adopted a combination of online and offline methods to hold 11 parallel forums and more than 30 exchange activities, with participants from more than 90 countries and regions Nearly 1,800 representatives from relevant government departments, schools, enterprises, and Chinese education institutions attended the conference.

 

 

On 10th December 2022, the Confucius Institute at the University of Kelaniya successfully held the last HSK & HSKK Online Home-Based Examination in 2022 and the sixth home-based online test for this year.

The Confucius Institute at the University of Kelaniya attaches great importance to each exam and will provide adequate pre-examination counseling. After the mock exam, the invigilator solved the problems in the exam room one by one, discussed with the candidates who had problems, prepared a report on the candidates who did not participate in the mock exam, and informed each one after the exam. To ensure that each candidate completes one or more mock exams before the official exam, lecturers encourage students to almost always complete the mock exam.

During the official exam, the entire exam process went smoothly except for a few candidates who faced power outages and network issues. With the combined efforts of the lecturers of Confucius Institute, the University of Kelaniya, and the strong support and assistance of China Test International, the HSK & HSKK Online Home-Based Exam for the year 2022 has also been concluded, wishing all the examinees good results.

 

The Weekend Certificate Courses in Chinese Language started on 1st April 2022 and were held for a period of 05 months. There,

         •  Certificate Course in Chinese Language

         •  Intermediate Certificate Courses in Chinese Language

         •  Advanced Certificate Courses in Chinese Language

112 students were recruited for this course under 03-course categories. Due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country, this course was conducted online. Local teachers as well as Chinese teachers were engaged in teaching activities.

The teaching activities of the 2022 Chinese Language Certificate Courses ended on 06th November 2022. A revision lecture was held online and physically in the University's Confucius Classroom on 12th November and 13th November 2022 to prepare for the final exam of the course. There, a revision lecture was held for the students of the Certificate Course in Chinese Language on 12th November from 9:00 am to 1.30 pm.

On 13th November, from 9:00 am to 1.30 pm, the lecture was held online for the students of the Intermediate Certificate Courses in Chinese Language and Advanced Certificate Courses in Chinese Language.

The final examination of the 2022 Chinese Language Certificate Courses was successfully held on 19th November and 20th November at the University's Confucius Classroom and Japanese Language Laboratory from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. It should be mentioned especially that due to the strong commitment and high organizational ability of the Co-directors and Lecturers of the Confucius Institute, this course was able to be held successfully for a period of 05 months, and the students who participated in the course received very commendable feedback about the success of this course.

 

 
 
 
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