On October 12, the 2019 Arabic Network Novels Translation Contest, the Award Ceremony of the second Arabic Calligraphy Competition of Chinese Universities and Colleges, was held in Beijing. JISU’s former student Wu Wei who majored in Arabic and graduated in 2016now works at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Lebanon.Wu won the first prize in the contest. Luo Tingting of the 2018 Class, majored in Arabic interpretation of MTI also received an award for excellence. A third JISU alumnus , Ye Yiming, who was in the graduating class of 2017 and majored in Arabic, won second prize in the calligraphy competition.
Wu Wei(Second from the left) receiving his award.
Luo Tingting(Fifth from the left) received her award.
The Arabic network Novels Translation Contest in 2019 was a national Arabic translation contest that was co-sponsored by China Intercontinental Communication Center (CICC) and the National Association for the Study of Literature in Arabic, the China Association of Foreign Literature and was hosted by Peking University and Beijing Foreign Studies University. A total of 293 submissions were received from thirty-one universities and institutions internationally, including Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing Second Foreign Studies University, Beijing Language and Culture university and JISU. After many different challenging stages, the final score by jury experts and pubic online voting produced seven awards containing twenty-three prize-winning works. Twelve universities, including JISU, were awarded the Best Organization Award.
Ye Yiming’s work
Chen Xin of class 1702 majoring in Arabic received Ye Yiming’ s award.
Under guidance of the Arabic Sub-Committee of China’s National Committee for Foreign Language Education and the Chinese Arabic Language Education Association, the second Arabic Calligraphy Competition of Chinese Universities and Colleges was held by the Arabic Department in the School of Foreign Languages of Peking University and aimed to expand the insights of students majoring in Arabic, improve the level of their Arabic knowledge and inspire their passion of Arabic.
After the ceremony, student representatives who were awarded attended the Arabic Calligraphy Lecture in King Abdulaziz Public Library Branch at Peking University and listened to the detailed explanations of two experts, Mi Guangjiang and Mao Zhanming.
After the lecture the experts and award-winning student representatives took a photo.
This award-winning test in teaching reform of the Arabic language major in our school has created conditions for strengthening exchanges between universities, promoting professional growth, improving the level of education and teaching, and the quality of personnel training.
