The 4th Chinese Language Student Conference in the spring semester in 2016 was successfully held on Jan.5th in the International Student Activity Center in Friendship Apartment,which was held by the International Student Office in HUST and it was supervised by Mr.Yin Xinlin. The vice dean of the School of International Education Ms.Zhao Xiaofeng, and the Professor of the Department of Chinese Ms.Luo Lin were present in the conference.

Ms.Zhao said that as China has enjoyed increasing influence in the world arena, more and more people are learning Chinese language, which enabled them to better understand Chinese and Chinese culture, and even was to their advantage in the future job hunting. She hoped that Chinese language students would not only play the role as Chinese language learners, but also as folk ambassadors for China and other countries in order to promote culture and friendship.

Ms. Luolin expressed her congratulations to the students who won the awards and was glad to witness their improvement during the past months. She wished the students could carry on their hard work and learn from each other so as to better adapt to the life on and off campus.

Mr. Yin reflected the rich and colorful extra-curricular activities by video with the students of this semester, which included making Chinese knots, bracelets,dumplings and learning Chinese songs and touring around in Wuhan. The flashes in the video reminded the students of the warm and happy moments about their learning while entertaining.

There were three types of individual awards and one collective award, namely the Best Performance Award, the Perfect Attendance Award, the Greatest Improvement Award and the Best Class and 69 students from over 30 countries were entitled.Ms.Zhao and Ms.Luo presented the awards.Class D won the title of Best Class, and Li Yinxin from the Republic of Korea, the monitor of Class D shared the moments about learning, playing games,touring around and mutual helping in her class, which had greatly touched the audience.Two new awards were added today as the Award of Special Contribution,Carlos Eduardo from Brazil won the prize because he volunteered to teach the children in the Affiliated Primary School and Middle School to HUST football as an assistant coach while Joseph from Dominica, another volunteer who won the prize by founding a art club teaching students in HUST guitar for free.Every Tuesday many guitar fans would joined the club and enjoyed the lively and teaching.

Sharing the experience about learning Chinese is the last part of the conference and three students respectively from primary, secondary and advanced level delivered the speech.Meng Yong,a girl from Cote d'Ivoire who only studied Chinese for five months impressed everyone deeply by her accurate pronunciation and fluent expression.“Persistence and diligence are the key to learn Chinese well. ”Her words have inspired the present students a lot.Le Daniel and Nathan from United States also shared their life and study experience in China, striking the chord of many students.

More than 120 students from countries like France, Russia, Mongolia attended the conference, which aims at demonstrating the learning fruits of this semester and awarding those students who performed well in study, attendance, improvement or public welfare. Students could learn from each other though sharing as to better adapt their future life and study.

                                                               2016年春第四届汉语生大会暨结业典礼成功举办
6月15日，由华中科技大学留学生公室主办的2016年春季第四届汉语生大会暨结业典礼在友谊公寓留学生活动中心成功举办。尹新林主持了大会,国际教育学院副院长赵晓峰、中文系教授骆琳出席大会并致辞。

“随着中国的国际地位提升，来我校学习汉语的人也越来越多。”赵晓峰院长表示，“学习汉语可以更好地了解中国的文化历史，也可以更好地了解中国人，在中国经济不断发展的今天，擅长汉语已经成为一个重大的优势。”她希望汉语进修生们不仅是汉语学习者，更是中国外交的民间大使，传播中外友谊。
对于学生们一个学期的学习成果，骆琳教授对获奖学生表示祝贺。见证学生们的汉语不断提升，作为任课老师的她也同时感到欣慰，她希望学生们能够继续加油，让自己的汉语学习过程和来华生活更加充实和精彩。

接着尹老师播放了由各班班主任制作的视频短片,带领大家一起回顾了这一学期汉语进修生们丰富多彩的课外活动，包括学做中国结，中国手链，包饺子，剪纸，茶艺，学唱中文歌，游植物园，游科技馆，中文歌曲大赛等。视频中大家和老师们一起其乐融融，为结业增添了不舍的气息。

颁奖环节设置了三个个人奖项和一个集体奖项，分别为优秀奖、全勤奖、进步奖和最佳班级奖。本次大会一共表彰了30多个国家的59留学生。赵院长和骆琳教授分别为这些获奖留学生颁奖。B3班因其好学团结友爱的班风，百分之百的HSK通过率及积极参加汉语班活动获得最佳班级奖，来自B3班的学生代表安迪回顾了B3班的温暖点滴，引起了在场师生的共鸣。另外还设有1个特别贡献奖和1个支教团体贡献奖，分别颁发给了多米尼加的约瑟夫和本学期去孝昌藕塘小学支教的6名汉语进修生。约瑟夫本学期创办华科国际学生用音乐社，每周二晚免费教授吉他，为广大校内师生提供了一个交流音乐的平台。支教的6名学生分别是俄罗斯学生尤丽亚和吉雅，乌克兰学生张亚丽，波兰学生马一明，西班牙学生杨昊和多米尼加的约瑟夫，他们为山村孩子上了生动的英语课，为他们打开了一扇了解世界的窗。最后是汉语学习经验分享环节，由分别来自初中高三个等级的3名优秀学生演讲。来自B班立陶宛的学生尤娜告诉大家：“我刚学汉语时就像一个孩子，汉语让我有了新的灵魂，希望大家保护心中的孩子。“来自C班的刚果（金）学生何民有着老师般的气场，他用标准的普通话告诉大家：“学习汉语贵在坚持和勤奋，吃得苦中苦，方为人上人。”最后来自E班的金宰亨介绍了不同老师的讲课风格，其抑扬顿挫的汉语，昂扬的台风让在场观众报以热烈的掌声。

本次大会有来自韩国、俄罗斯、科特迪瓦，印尼等国家的150多名学生与会，旨在展示这一学期以来的学习和文化活动成果，加强班级师生之间的交流，加深彼此的感情。同时对于表彰学习优异、出勤良好、进步卓越或致力于公益的优秀学生予以奖励。本次大会也是2016年春汉语生结业典礼，会后大家在公寓广场合影留念，纪念本学期难忘的汉语学习时光。