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Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia attended the 2018 Joint Conference of CEEC Confucious Institutes

Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia attended the 2018 Joint Conference of CEEC Confucious Institutes

2018年10月24日,2018中东欧国家孔子学院联席会议在保加利亚索菲亚孔子学院隆重举行。孔子学院总部欧洲处高级项目官员王蕾和安实以及中东欧16国孔子学院及孔子课堂负责人出席了会议。与会者就如下议题进行了广泛讨论:1、完善评估体系,提高孔子学院办学质量;2、孔子学院特色与创新发展;3、孔子学院服务“一带一路”倡议。此外,还就预科(孔子学院发展成为留学预科机构,即来华留学前进行语言培训的机构) 和企业实习(孔子学院与当地企业/中资企业/中国国内企业合作,为孔院学员提供实习机会的相关经验)问题进行了热烈讨论。

拉脱维亚大学孔子学院中方院长尚劝余教授出席了会议,就拉脱维亚大学孔子学院特色与创新发展及预科和企业实习问题做了发言。关于拉脱维亚大学孔子学院特色与创新发展,他指出:一、配合一带一路倡议,举办高端文化交流活动;二、与大学中文专业密切合作,打造汉语人才基地;三、落实汉办“孔子新汉学计划”,提升汉学研究和汉语教学水平;四、适应时代需要,编撰出版电子词典。关于预科和企业实习问题,他指出:一、预科:孔子学院发展成为留学预科机构,即来华留学前进行语言培训的机构,是非常必要的,也是孔院目前所从事的,是孔院可以胜任的;二、企业实习:经过不完全调研发现,拉脱维亚大学孔子学院与当地企业/中资企业/中国国内企业合作为孔院学员提供实习机会的可行性不是很大,前景不是很乐观。

本次联席会议为中东欧国家孔子学院提供了互相交流,互相学习的机会,为各孔子学院特色与创新发展提供了相互借鉴之道。

On October 24 2018, the 2018 Joint Conference of CEEC Confucious Instituteswas held at the Confucius Institute in Sophia, Bulgaria. Wang Lei and An Shi, senior project officials from the European Department of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, and the heads of the Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms of the 16 countries of Central and Eastern Europe attended the meeting. Participants discussed extensively on the following topics: 1. Improvement of  the evaluation system and teaching quality of Confucius Institutes; 2. Characteristics and innovative edevelopment  of Confucius Institutes; 3. Confucius Institute’s facilitating role in the Belt and Road Initiative. In addition, the following  two topics were also been heatedly discussed.First, Preparatory Institution: (Confucius Institutes grow to be a pre-university institution that provides language training to foreign students before they come to study in China.); Second, Internship in enterprises: (Confucius Institutes collaborate with local companies/Chinese-funded enterprises/Chinese domestic companies in terms of providing internship to students of Confucius Institutes).

Professor Shang Quanyu, the Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia, attended the meeting and gave a speech on the characteristics and innovation development of the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia and the Preparatory Institution and internship in enterprises. About Characteristics and innovative edevelopment  of Confucius Institutes,he pointed out: First, Holding High-Level Cultural Exchange Activities in Conformity With The Belt and Road Initiative; Second, Building a Chinese Language Talent Reservoir Together with Sinology Program of University of Latvia; Third, Implementing Confucius China Studies Program and Upgrading Sinology Research & Chinese Language Teaching; Fourth,Compiling & Publishing Electronic Dictionary in Keeping Pace with the Times. Regarding the problems of the Preparatory Institution and internship in enterprises, he pointed out: First, It is quite necessary and natural for Confucius Institutes to grow to be a pre-university institution (institution for Chinese language and culture as well as HSK training) that provides language training to foreign students before they come to study in China;Second, According to our preliminary investigation, we’ve found that there exists certain kind of feasibility but not so much, not so promising..

This joint meeting provided opportunities for the CEEC Confucius Institutes to exchange and learn from each other, and provided mutual learning for the characteristics and innovation of the Confucius Institutes.

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