Confucius Institute | Friday 25, September 2020

Friday Roundup

As Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, we reflect on the fantastic activities we were involved in this time last year. From Renao Street 热闹街 on the University campus and OzAsia festival, to the numerous community activities and events, this time of year is always busy and bustling with excitement.

To kick off the celebrations this year, in today's Chinese Conversation Corner participants will learn the origins and customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Those who attend can also collect a FREE Moon Cake from our office to help celebrate. On October 1st, from 12-1pm, we will also have a stall in the hub with music, activities and more mooncakes!

This week we wrapped up our Children's Chinese Poetry Program. The student's have been learning to sing Chinese poems for the last 9 fortnights and yesterday performed in an online concert to show what they had learnt. We were so impressed by the students fantastic ability to not only recite these famous poems in Chinese Mandarin, but also to sing in tune to the music. Thank you to the music teacher Abao for providing the fantastic acoustic guitar for the children to sing along to and thank you also to the parents who supported their children throughout the program.

Today we also ran a dumpling making workshop online for international students with ISS. The video of this live workshop will be made available on our YouTube channel shortly.

This week's image was taken at last year's Renao Street 热闹街 event in the hub. Don't forget to share your own images with us from your adventure's in China.

What's New

Chinese Conversation Corner
Tuesday and Friday, 4:00-5:00pm (ACST) via Zoom

Tuesday lesson: Team up with a language partner and get personalised help
Friday lesson: Cultural topic to learn new vocabulary

Topics:
Friday September 25 - Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 (For those who join, you can also come by and collect a Mooncake from our office!)
Friday October 2 - Interesting Chinse Polysemy (words with multiple meanings) 趣味汉语—一词多义

For more information about the program click here. To register email us.

Missed a week? All the worksheets from the previous topics will now be available online. Click here to view them.

Online HSK Chinese Proficiency Test Courses

We are now offering a complete and comprehensive HSK preparation curriculum to help students pass and attain maximum results for the HSK Chinese proficiency test.

HSK Level 4 Course (A1)

Course Duration: 10 weeks (One 2 hour session per week)
When: 12:00pm-2:00pm (ACST), Tuesday’s 13 October to 15 December
Where: Zoom

Cost : $275 (To enjoy a 20% early bird discount, register and make your payment before October 5th)

For more information about the HSK 4 level course click here .

HSK Level 5 Course (A1)

Course Duration: 10 weeks (One 2 hour session per week)
When: 12:00pm-2:00pm (ACST), Fridays 16 October to 18 December
Where: Zoom
Cost : $275 (To enjoy 20% early bird discount, register and make payment before 5th October)

For information on the HSK 5 level course click here .

Registration: To enroll in either course complete this form and email it to confucius.institute@adelaide.edu.au

Ongoing Programs

Nihao 你好 Mate
To view the latest episode released last week, click here.

Children's Activities
We have 17 worksheets available on different language and cultural topics. To see the full range of worksheet activities click here.

Chinese Cultural Workshop Video
To view our cultural workshop videos click here.

Private Tuition
To find out more email us.

Our full list of online programs can be found here

Chengyu of the week

Chengyu 成语 are a type of Chinese idiom which mostly consist of four characters. They were widely used in classical Chinese and are still commonly used today.

Direct Translation: satisfactory - as one wishes
Meaning: after one's own heart; to one's heart's desire, everything one could wish for

Click here to learn more about this chengyu and how to use it.

Covid-19 Updates

Chinese Speaking Community

For those seeking Information on COVID-19 and the changing rules and regulation in simplified or traditional Chinese, please follow the links below:

Simplified Chinese 简体中文
 Traditional Chinese 繁體中文

University

The University is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation, and our response is being shaped by the latest advice from Australian health and foreign affairs authorities. For further information visit the University's designated page here.

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