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“My China Story” International Short Video Competition aims to collect China stories from around the world, show the memorable experience of foreigners as they got to know about China, and share their unique perspectives about the country. This year, the competition features a new section “Video Treatment Contest”. Send us your creative video idea, you will have the chance to win a film grant! What are you waiting for? Join the contest now！
With languages, you can feel at home anywhere. Expand your horizons with one of 50 free language courses.
The Global Opportunities Team at Queen’s are supporting 50 students to take a Language Centre course for free in semester 2! Successful applicants for this initiative will also be invited to attend supplementary Cultural Awareness training and a Global Opportunities Information session.
This funding opportunity is applicable to all the languages on offer, including Mandarin Chinese. If you would like to sign up for a class (currently from Level 1 to Level 4), an early registration is recommended.
The Language Centre is pleased to offer students, staff and
members of the public the opportunity to avail of free, online and accessible
language learning resources at beginners level in French, German,
Irish, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. These
resources are intended to help as many people as possible to consider picking
up a new language in a positive way to make use of our time during the lockdown
fight against pandemic.
Each language learning
resource consists of 5 lessons over a 5- or 10-week period. Each
week/fortnight you will have 2 hours of pre-recorded language tuition in the
form of a number of videos, accessible via these web-pages. There will
also be a weekly/bi-weekly live follow-up ‘clinic’, facilitated by your tutor. In
these clinics, the content from the pre-recorded tuition can be expanded upon,
questions answered and further examples provided. There is no related
assessment and you can sign up for as many languages as you wish. Dates
for the weekly, live classes can be found on the individual web-pages for each
language.
For full details and registration, click the button below.
The Chinese Dragon Dance and Procession beginning outside the McClay Library, moving to the front of the Lanyon Building and finally the Main Site Tower where the interactive cultural displays and workshops were set on Monday 20th January.
While you are joining in the celebration of the CNY2020 events, why not take a chance to challenge yourself a bit by answering the quiz?
You will be able to find the quiz sheets in red envelopes in the McClay Library and around campus. Answer the questions in the quiz before Monday 10th Feb and win your chance to be awarded a prize! Alternatively, you can download a copy below.
The CNY Celebrations at QUB falls on Mon 20/01/20, featuring a launch event, a Chinese Dragon Dance and interactive cultural displays.
About this event
The Launch Event is scheduled between 12:00 and 13:00 with refreshments at the end in the Auditorium, McClay Library, followed by a Chinese Dragon Dance and Procession beginning outside the Library, moving to the front of the Lanyon Building and finally the Main Site Tower where the interactive cultural displays and workshops, with music, will continue.
This event will also launch a series of presentations, providing opportunities to anyone that would like to gain insights into contemporary Chinese culture, as well as the experiences of Chinese people living and working in Belfast, through a series of interactive talks or panel discussions from a cohort of speakers, both academics and students, as part of the ‘Chinese Culture Forum2020‘.
During this year’s celebrations, we will also be promoting a student-led Chinese Language Interest Group (Chinese-LIG), a learning community that aims to enhance a better understanding of Chinese culture through learning its language, with activities taking place throughout the academic year.
