(By Yang Tian) On July 20th, School of International Education of our university participate in the Fourth Chinese Classics Reciting, Writing and Speaking Competition. Two works win a first prize and a third prize respectively in International Students Group. In the meantime, our university earns the Award for Excellent Organization. The work that wins the first prize is An Epigraph of my Humble Home (Loushiming), in which four students, Jokhio Sair Muhammad (Hao Shuai) from Pakistan, Akter Nipa (Li Ni) from Bangladesh, Muhammet Berdiyev (A Zha De) and Merjen Mammedova (Mei Zhen) from Turkmenistan participate. The work that wins the third prize is Snow, to the Tune of Qin Yuan Chun (Qinyuanchun Xue) by Satu Chma (Fen Zhong) from Bangladesh. Wang Guangqi and Yang Tian, two teachers from School of International Education, are awarded Best Instructors. Since receiving the notice of the competition in April, leaders of School of International Education have attached great importance to the event and actively mobilize the international students to participate in the competition, for the purpose of promoting learning through competition, and teachers are invited to provide relevant guidance and training. After nearly two months of practice, students from School of International Education present their best performances in the competition.

This event is a test of the teaching quality of “Study in Nanyang Normal University”, and also a demonstration for the cultivation of international talents that know China, love China and befriend China by our university. This competition will further mobilize the enthusiasm and initiative of international students to learn Chinese culture, and further improve international students’ language ability and confidence for telling China’s stories well.