September 2012


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Huanggang Normal University – A Confucius Institute

From left: St. Augustine Campus Principal, Professor Clement Sankat; Vice-President of Huanggang Normal University, Professor Peng Jin; Director of the International Office, Professor Duan Shaomin; and Beverly-Anne Carter of the Centre for Language Learning at UWI St. Augustine roll out the scroll that was presented to St. Augustine during a recent visit. ]

The People’s Republic of China has established Confucius Institutes (CI) to promote the dissemination of Chinese language (specifically Mandarin) and culture. The Centre for Language Learning has been running a small programme for over six years and a CI on the campus will give the country a focal point for Chinese language and culture. A CI is embedded at a university and is run as a partnership between the local university, a Chinese partner university and the Office for the Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language. CLL’s partner in this venture is Huanggang Normal University.