Highlights
Every April during the Grain Rain (the sixth of the 24 Chinese solar terms), International Chinese Language Day transforms the XJTLU campus into a celebration of Chinese language and culture. We organise activities for international students from our University and other institutions. Activities include Chinese song competitions, Chinese poetry recitation contests, intangible cultural heritage workshops, and traditional culture markets hosted by student clubs. This signature event organically integrates Chinese traditional culture with international Chinese language education. The event provides opportunities for communication and interaction among international youth and facilitates mutual understanding and sharing between different cultures.
Field Trips
Each semester, we organise visits to Suzhou and its surrounding areas for students. Under the guidance of professional Chinese teachers and bilingual tour guides, students apply their language skills in real-life situations. They experience the local culture in Suzhou and the surrounding areas first-hand through visits and personal experiences. These activities, which have included climbing Qionglong Mountain, picking autumn fruit, and tea-picking and tea-making experiences, have earned enthusiastic student responses.
Awards
In their 2023 HSK Short Video competition, Chinese Testing International and the Tsinghua Southeast Asia Center awarded Ying Zhao and Haixia Wang an “Outstanding Organisation Award”.
At the Sixth China Language Intelligent Conference in 2023, Haixia Wang received an “Outstanding Paper Award”.
In the Chinese Poetry Recitation Grand Final at China Daily’s fifth Tribute to Classics in 2022, Ying Zhao won the Instructor of the Year award.
At the 2022 Heroes of Chinese Education event for international Chinese teaching, Sijia Zhou, Genying Yan, Wei Li, Jia Yu, and Yao Wu won the “Excellent Chinese Teaching Team” award“”.
At the 25th National Teaching-Education Informatisation Communication Event, Haiyun Zeng and Genying Yan won the Model Work Prize. They also won second prize in the Jiangsu Province University Micro Lecture and Micro Module Teaching Competition in 2021.
At the first Research Conference of Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education, held in 2021, Xuanying Shen and Jia Yu’s article “The Design and Development of a Computer Adaptive Chinese Placement Test System under the Framework of ‘Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education’” won third prize.
International Chinese Language Day