Jēkabpils Middle School 2018-2019 Chinese Classroom Graduation Ceremony
当地时间5月22日10点45分，拉脱维亚大学孔子学院教学点叶卡布皮尔斯中学成功举行2018-2019年汉语课堂结业典礼。此次活动在叶卡布皮尔斯中学的会议室里举行。拉脱维亚大学孔子学院中方院长尚劝余教授、外方院长贝德高教授，以及叶卡布皮尔斯中学校长Valerjans Vizulis和汉语教学助教Laima Avota出席了本次典礼。由汉语教师志愿者胡甜，叶卡布皮尔斯中学汉语班学生共同参与。
本次典礼由Laima Avota担任主持，先由校长致辞，对两位院长的到访表示热烈的欢迎，就学习汉语对中拉两国的友好关系进行了总结与友好展望。两位院长随后发表讲话，总结了这一年度叶卡布皮尔斯中学的汉语教学，并介绍了孔子学院的汉语项目，鼓励学生们在下一年里继续积极参加汉语桥比赛、孔子学院夏令营等活动。随后学生代表乔好乐和周晨乐相继发言，她们纷纷表示，这是她们学习汉语的第一年，学习到了更多的语言和中国文化，并对学好中国话充满信心。最后，四位领导为学生们颁发结业证书并一起合影留念。典礼结束后，两位院长与校长及汉语助教、汉语教师志愿者一起用餐，对学校的汉语教学未来进行商讨。Valerjans Vizulis非常支持汉语教学，他表示叶卡布皮尔斯中学第一年的汉语教学非常成功，成为孔子课堂并不是汉语教学的最终目的，要让更多的学生了解中国，学习到汉语。
叶卡布皮尔斯中学从2018年9月开始开设汉语课程，在拉脱维亚大学孔子学院及叶卡布皮尔斯中学领导的支持下，第一年的汉语教学工非常成功，本次的毕业典礼及其重要，是对过去成功的总结，对叶卡布皮尔斯中学汉语教学的美好未来进行展望。
At 10:45 local time on May 22, the 2018-2019 Chinese Classroom Graduation Ceremonywas successfully held at the Jēkabpils Middle School.Which is the teaching point of Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia. The event was held in the conference room of Jēkabpils Middle School. The Chinese dean of the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia, Shang Quanyu, the Foreign Dean, Professor Bedgau, and the Jēkabpils Middle School principal Valerjans Vizulis and the Chinese Teaching Assistant Laima Avota attended the ceremony. Hu Tian, a Chinese teacher volunteer, and students from the Chinese class of Jēkabpils Middle School participated.
The ceremony was hosted by Laima Avota. The president gave a speech and extended a warm welcome to the two deans. He summarized the friendly relations between China and Latvia and made a friendly outlook. The two deans then delivered a speech summarizing the Chinese language teaching at Jēkabpils Middle School this year, and introduced the Chinese language project of the Confucius Institute, encouraging students to continue to actively participate in the Chinese Bridge Competition, the Confucius Institute Summer Camp and other activities in the next year. . Then the students represented Qiao Haole and Zhou Chenle, who said that this is their first year of learning Chinese, they have learned more languages and Chinese culture, and they are full of confidence in learning Chinese.Finally, the four leaders presented the students with a certificate of completion and took a group photo together. After the ceremony, the two deans dine with the principal, Chinese teaching assistants, and Chinese teacher volunteers to discuss the future of Chinese teaching in the school. Valerjans Vizulis is very supportive of Chinese teaching. He said that the first year of Chinese teaching in Jēkabpils Middle School was very successful. It is not the ultimate goal of Chinese teaching. It is to let more students understand China and learn Chinese.
Jēkabpils Middle School began offering Chinese courses in September 2018. With the support of the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia and the leaders of the Jēkabpils Middle School, the first year of Chinese teaching was very successful. This graduation ceremony is important, It is a summary of past successes and looks forward to the bright future of Chinese teaching in Jēkabpils Middle School.
