International Students Voice Out
The Voice of Hainan University, an annual singing competition was held in the Siyuan Academic Hall on May, 30th. A 5-member team from College of International Cultural Exchange (CICE) captured the viewers attention and hearts by a series of outstanding performances.
The competition was divided into four sections. Group presentations went first, aiming to display the best cooperative effect. The next section left space for solos. The third was Vocal Collaboration between two artists, followed by the Battle Round where the surviving combants compete for public rotes as many as possible.
When the CICE team showed up, rounds of applause came out and the audience was all impressed with this special team: a mixture of nationalities, exotic physical appearances and fluency in Chinese Mandarin.
CICE team tried a wide range of music styles and surprised all listeners . Little Apple, a buzz word throughout China, also turned out to be a hit as the entire hall was immersed in the intense and catchy beats. The HADYA DRIYA CANTYA from Indonesia became the spot with herdemonstration of Tesera Teng’s 我只在乎你 after the group presentation. The following section was headed by the girl group made up of SOKOLOVA VASILISA and VALIYEVA KAMILA. While demonstrating Let It Go, they were having a musical dialogue that broadcast the courage to find breakthroughs and fight against obstacles rather than conform to others’ values and bow to abrupt changes in life. MIKHAILENKO POLINA from Russia and IVOSLAV GANCHEV from Bulgarian chose Love Me Again as the final shot, vividly recounting a sad love story.
It is the journey, not the terminal that boasts the best scenery. Although the CICE team didn’t roar into the final, its vigor and devotion were still lingering in everyone’s mind. All members deserve our appraisals and they are expected to do better next year.
International Students Shined in the Movie and Music Festival
2015 Hainan “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” Film Festival and the 4th Haikou Golden Island Music Festival was held in Haikou, capital city
of Hainan Province on June 13th. International students of Chinese-Indonesian, Chinese-Thai and Chinese-Malaysian were invited to attend and performed in this year’s festival. They chorused 甜蜜蜜 in Chinese and Indonesian respectively, which grabbed everyone’s eyes in that event.
All awards were granted except the Best Actor. Tao Hong was the winner of the Best Actress and Wu Jing attained the Best Director. Niu Ben, a renowned actor and performing artist, and Leung Ka-Yan, a well-known action director from Hong Kong, accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The 11th HSK Concluded
On June 14th, Hainan University (HNU) organize the 11th HSK (汉语水平考试). 70 test takers, including international students as well as foreign teachers of HNU and other tertiary institutes in Hainan Province, some company staffs and Chinese Government Scholarship holders attended this test.
Two test modes (Internet-based and Paper-based) were given for test takers to choose from. 5 bands in total, from Band 2 to Band 6, were made to cater to different levels of Chinese language fulfillment. Compared with the paper-baded mode, the internet-based mode is a highly effective, flexible, economical and stable. Another advantage is that it supports online test management, payment, and practice.
Test takers of Band 4 and Band6 in both modes took the test at 9:00 a.m while those of Band 3 and 5 took it at 1:30 p.m. All tests were finished at 3:30 p.m.
In order to improve international students’ performances in the actual test, CICE invited them to go in for internet-based mock test last week and familiarized them with the test interface, test procedure, and test scope. Besides, tutorial classes had been offered to strengthen students testing skills.
CICE took full responsibility for pre-test arrangements under the guidance of Professor Jiashaodong, Deputy Dean of CICE. Each test supervisor had acquired the invigilation qualification of HSK and learned the Manual for Administering HSK. From test registration to test implement, CICE put everything in order, which guaranteed the successful conclusion of this years HSK.
International Students Celebrated Graduation
Hainan University held its graduation ceremony and conferment of degree for graduates of 2015 from June 18th to June 19th. HainanUniversity Deputy Secretary of CPC Chen Fengchun presided over the ceremony of Haidian campus.
A total of 14 international students from 9 countries graduated from Hainan University. 10 of them attained the degree of bachelor and 4 attained the degree of master. It was the first time that Hainan University conferred the degree of master to international students. Secretary of CPC Liu Kangde, President Li Jianbao, Deputy Secretary of CPC and Vice President Zhou Zhaode, Vice President Diao Xiaoping, Vice President He Zhongping, Vice President Fu Guohua, Vice President Cao Yang, Vice President Chen Xianfeng and Vice President Wang Chongmin witnessed this moment with Dean of College of International Cultural Exchange, Yang Yunsheng, who moved tassels of mortarboards from the right to the left, granted degree certificates to these 14 graduates and took pictures with them.
Parents of three international students flew as far as thousands of miles to attend the graduation ceremony and celebrated such a momentous event. Accompanied by cheers and applause for the success and the rejoice of graduation, international graduates became the focal points. They are expected to promote mutual understanding and cultural exchanges between China and the world all around through their efforts.
