IN THE NEWS
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
UCT students reaped 4 awards at the 11th Chinese Bridge Competition
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UCT’s Students Grabbed a Bundle of Award at the preliminary contest in South Africa of the 11th Chinese Language Proficiency Competition, which was held... Confucius Institute Spring Festival Gala was successfully staged on 21 March
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Baxter Theatre Resounded with Chinese Music, and Applauses. A student arts troupe from Renmin (People’s) University, Beijing, China performed the Spring Festival Gala on 21 March, 2012, at Baxter Theater... Chinese New Year Celebrated with African Dances
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The traditional Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar and falls on a different day between January and February each year. It is the most important festival New year, new hopes
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In the lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year in 2011 falls on 3 February, and is the year of Rabbit. The Confucius Institute at UCT wishes The Confucius Institute at UCT meets its counterparts in Beijing
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On the afternoon of 10 Dec., 2010, the directors and Chinese directors from five Confucius Institute in five continents met in Beijing for exchange of their experiences in running the institutes. Chinese comes to UCT in 2010
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The Confucius Institute at UCT has brought Chinese to UCT in 2010! As reported early by Monday Paper, and covered by universityonline website and Mail & Guardian, the institute started from a course for students in residence, UCT gets Chinese language course
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Professor Wu Qianlong, the Chinese director of the Confucius Institute, last month initiated its first class at UCT. The institute was launched earlier this year The Confucius Institute at UCT is going to administer HSK in 2011
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The Confucius Institute at UCT has just signed an agreement with the Chinese Hanban to become a test center of the standardized International Chinese language proficiency tests in Cape Town, and is looking forward to administering its first test First Chinese course offered at Westerford High by Confucius Institute
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The first Chinese course offered by the Confucius Institute at UCT started at Westerford High on 6 October. Prof. Wu Qianlong, Chinese director of the Institute, and Ms Zhang Yun, a local Chinese teacher, came to the campus of Westford The student art troupe of Jinan University performed at UCT
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The student art troupe of Jinan University from Guangzhou, China, came to the Confucius Institute at UCT, and gave a wonderful performance of dance and martial arts for about 100 students and staff at Rochester Hall on 5 Oct. Prof Tu Weiming lectures at the Confucius Institute
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Prof Tu Weiming, who is Dean of Advanced Humanity Research Center at Peking University, Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy and of Confucian Studies at Harvard University and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, visited the Confucius Institute on 5 October. Question and answer session with Professor Wu Qianlong Prof Wu: The classes that I am teaching now can only benefit students in that they arouse their interests in the language, and can only give them a very fundamental idea about the language. But, they will also expose them to the rich Chinese culture and the importance of learning Chinese. Read more... |
UCT student gets a bite at the 9th Chinese Bridge
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The Chinese bridge is a language contest among college students learning Chinese all over the world. This year’s is the 9th contest, and students of the Confucius Institutes in over 60 countries participated in it The 2 winners from each country get the chance to go to China for the grand final in July, 2010. Chinese visit underscores internationalisation
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Internationalisation at UCT was spotlighted at a high tea for a high-level delegation from the Chinese Language Council International in Beijing, China, hosted by vice-chancellor Dr Max Price. The delegation was led by Xu Lin, director-general of the Hanban and the chief executive of the Confucius Institute, a non-profit, public organisation that promotes Chinese language and cultures globally. It's not all Chinese for res students
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Initiating business networks. Perhaps landing a job in the Asian powerhouse. These were among the draw cards for student attending the first Chinese language course on offer at Kopano residence recently. The free course is offered by the Confucius Institute, launched earlier this year to teach the Chinese language and culture to UCT students.