Directors from Confucius Institute at Latvia University attended certificate awarding ceremony in Confucius Classroom at Rezekne Academy of Technologies

Latvia Local time May 29, 2017,the Chinese director Professor Shang quanyu and Latvian director Professor Peteris Pildegovics of Confucius institute at Latvia University arrived at Rezekne, began to visit the school and attend the Chinese certificate awarding ceremony .

First, the two directors,the deputy rector of Rezekne Academy of Technologies Mr. Strods, teacher Ms. Antra and volunteer Chinese teacher Zhao Qian had a meeting. Mr. Strods thanked for the good cooperation between Confucius institute at Latvia University and Rezekne Academy of Technologies during these years, Ms. Antra thanked for the hard work of volunteer Chinese teachers Zhao Qian. Then, the two directors and rector talked about and made a summary of Chinese language teaching situation and achievements ,and made a number of recommendations on the Chinese language teaching in the future , such as subscribing more suitable Chinese textbooks and opening Chinese culture interest courses ,in the hope that the Chinese teaching will be better. Subsequently, Chinese teacher Zhao Qian summarized her teaching in Rezekne Academy of Technologies, she not only put forward her own deficiencies in teaching and some difficulties ,but also students’ achievements in Chinese,in the end she thanked for the school’s support and assistance work. After the meeting,Ms. Antra showed two directors and volunteer Chinese teacher around Rezekne.

At 15:30, Chinese certificate awarding ceremony began. Two directors met the Chinese learners at classroom 214. Professor Shang quanyu encouraged students to continue to learn Chinese, to participate in summer camp or go to China to study.Professor Peteris Pildegovics answered students’ questions about Chinese learning patiently. Subsequently, the two directors awarded certificates to the students and congratulated them of their completion of this year’s Chinese studying, also encouraged them to make continued efforts to learn Chinese.

Finally, Ms. Antra was on behalf of Rezekne Academy of Technologies , sending gifts to Chinese teacher Zhao Qian , thanking her working as a cultural ambassador in the Rezekne Academy of Technologies this year . Students also sent flowers and gifts to express gratitude to the Chinese teacher and took pictures with their teacher.