On April 23, the graduation ceremony of the 2015 CIE Winter Session was held in the Cultural Center of the Confucius Institute. More than 70 students, in addition to their families and friends attended the ceremony.
At the ceremony, the students from each language and culture class demonstrated what they have learned in their classes such as singing, drama performances, poem recitation, Erhu solos and an instrumental ensemble. Their excellent performances were well received by the audience.
There were a number of different Chinese language and culture classes were offered during this term, including Mandarin level one to level four, a Mandarin class for Cantonese speakers, as well as classes in Tai Chi, Tai Chi Fan, Er Hu, Yang Qin, Guzheng, Calligraphy and Chinese Story Reading. Close to 100 students registered in different classes.
The CIE teachers have worked very hard to provide quality classes to meet the needs of the students’ personal interest, work and study interests and needs. This is the sixth year that the CIE offered such classes.