ԵՊԼՀ Կոնֆուցիուսի Ինստիտուտ
CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE AT
YEREVAN STATE LINGUISTIC
UNIVERSITY
ANNUAL REPORT 2013
Chairman of the board
Professor Gayane Gasparyan
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Learning the Chinese language is the key to opening doors
to the Chinese culture, art, history and economy.
Confucius Institute at YSLU is the place where you can get
this key in Armenia.
Due to advertisement and various types of cultural
activities, which were broadcasted by mass media,
information about our 5-year old CI was spread in Armenia
and the number of students increased. Nowadays we have 11
groups of the Chinese language, 1 group of taiji quan and 1
group of qigong. In 2013 we had 3 language teachers, 1 taiji
quan and 1 qigong teacher.
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Statistics about CI students
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year 2013
February
March
April
May
June
September
October
November
December
12 groups (2 wushu groups), 120 students
12 groups, 120 students
12groups, 120 students
12 groups, 120 students
11 groups (2 wushu groups) , 53 students
12 groups (2 wushu groups), 98 students
12 language groups (2 wushu groups), 98 students
12 language groups (2 wushu groups), 96 students
13 language groups (2 wushu groups), 110 students
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Statistics about CI students 2013
Total number of groups: 13
- 2 CI language groups at Ayb experimental school
- 1 CI language group at Gyumri school # 1
- 8 CI language groups
- 1 qigong group
- 1 taiji quan group
Statistics about the number of the students
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300
250
200
150
Number of students
100
50
0
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
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Statistics about the number of the students
Throughout the 5 years of its functioning there has been a steady
increase in the number of students.
Year 2009 - 1st year of functioning - only 2 language groups. The
total number of students was 15.
2010 – 70 students
2011- 150 students
2012 – 180 students
Year 2013 – 5th year of functioning – 11 language groups, 2 wushu
groups. The total number of students is 280.
The average number of students for the 5 years is 139.
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CI Classrooms at schools
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Staff
New Staff
Partner
university
Li Chuntao (01.10.201230.09.2013)
Shanxi Univerisity
Prof. Liu Hong
(01.12.2011-17.10.2013)
Shanxi Univerisity
Peng Ying (01.12.2011-till
now)
Prof. Mao Mingchun
(25.12.2012-till now)
Li Changyong
(05.09.2012till now)
Hebei University
Liu Huazhong
(01.12.2013-till now)
Dalian University of Foreign Languages
Shanxi University
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CI teachers of the Chinese language and taiji quan.
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 Director of CI–Grigoryan Naira (September 2009 till now)
 Director of CI on behalf of the Chinese side – Wang
Liming (23.12.2012 – 17.10.2013)
 Assistant to CI director – Hakobyan Lilit (September 2011
till now)
 CI academic coordinator– Knyazyan Mary (September
2011- September 2013); Aghamalyan Rozita (September
2013 – till now)
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CI AT YSLU WORKING PLAN
 Teachers of CI at YSLU present their teaching plans.
We use textbook of Robert Sem Chen “New practical
Chinese reader”, which consists of 6 parts, with CD’s.
 During classes additional teaching materials and an
interactive blackboard are used to make the process of
learning more efficient and productive.
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 CI provides annual scholarship programs
 In 2013 8 scholarships were provided:
- 3 scholarships for Dalian University of Foreign
Languages
- 2 scholarships for Xiamen University
- 1 scholarship for Shandong University
- 1 scholarship for Shanxi University
- 1 scholarship for Beijing Foreign Languages
University
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Statistics
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10
8
Number of
received
scholarships
6
4
2
0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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CI provides its students with all the necessary books, as
well as audio and video materials.
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CI at YSLU cultural corner (library)
Cultural lessons, traditional tea ceremonies and movie screenings are
held in the corner.
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EVENTS
CI AT YSLU ORGANIZED A NUMBER OF
EVENTS ON THE CHINESE LANGUAGE,
CULTURE AND TRADITIONAL
HOLIDAYS
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Contest of Chinese Compositions
On February 8 CI organized a contest of compositions dedicated
to the Chinese Spring Festival. This was also the first tour for the
Chinese Bridge Contest in Armenia. 10 students of Confucius
Institute, who presented their compositions, took part in the
contest. The contest was accompanied by Chinese songs, poems,
as well as magic trick. All the participants were awarded with
valuable prizes by YSLU CI.
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Wushu Festival
On February 10 – 12, Confucius Institute at YSLU organized an
Wushu Festival in Tsakhkadzor, dedicated to the Chinese Spring
Festival. Confucius Institute staff and students, headed by CI
specialist Mao Mingchun, performed beautiful extracts from
Chinese wushu styles: taiji quan, qigong and chang quan.
The event was attended by around 300 participants.
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Chinese lantern festival
On February 27, YSLU CI held the 4th Lantern festival . An exhibition of
Chinese lanterns was organized.
The program of the event was very rich. CI students recited a number of
poems of famous Chinese poets, performed an extract from Chinese opera,
sang Chinese songs, as well as a performance of Chinese wushu was staged.
At the end of the event tens of Chinese lanterns were set off, on which
wishes and dreams of the participants and guests were fixed. Hundreds of
students attended this event at YSLU.
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Chinese Tea Ceremony
On March 22 Chinese teachers of Confucius Institute at YSLU held
a Chinese tea ceremony at “Chinese Cultural Experience Centre”.
They prepared 6 sorts of Chinese tea, representing the technique
of making each in detail. All the guests tasted Chinese green,
black and wulong teas.
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Chinese as One of UN Official
Langauges
On April 26, “Chinese as One of UN Official
Langauges” event took place at UN Armenian Office,
which was organized by UN Armenian Office with the
support of Confucius Institute at YSLU and Embassy
of PRC to Armenia.
Confucius Institute showed what Chinese calligraphy is,
CI and CI classroom students at AYB school recited the
Chinese version of famous Armenian poet Avetik
Isahakyan’s poems, sang Chinese songs, etc. CI Chinese
specialist Liu Hong performed a Taiji dance with fans,
which greatly impressed the guests.
The event was an excellent chance for guests to be more
informed about the Chinese culture, language and China.
More than 100 students and guests took part and watched
the event.
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Chinese Culture Exhibition in Dilijan
On May 3 and 4,Confucius Institute at YSLU held a Chinese culture
exhibition for the population of Tavush region, particularly pupils and
students, in the «For Knowledge» Development Centre. Chinese books,
textbooks, interactive materials, Chinese traditional and wushu costumes,
as well as Chinese calligraphy were displayed.
The exhibition was held in 3 halls of the library.
Professor Mao Mingchun demonstrated a master-class of taiji quan
,calligraphy and gifted quotations of great philosopher Confucius, written
in different calligraphy styles.
Around 8.000 people attended the event.
Television of Dilijan and Mass Media were present at the exhibition.
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Chinese tea ceremony in the museum
On May 18, in the frames of ‘’Night of Museums’’ CI at YSLU was invited to the
house-museum of Avetik Isahakyan. The visitors were given an exceptional chance
to observe Chinese tea traditional ceremony in the yard and to taste Chinese puer,
oolong and jasmine teas.
The event was accompanied by verses of Avetik Isahakyan in Chinese, which were
recited by CI students.
There were around 3000 visitors in the museum, who were fascinated by the
Chinese art and poets.
TV and other media were also present at the event.
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Moon Festival at YSLU
On September 20, 2013, YSLU CI celebrated Chinese Moon Festival. This
day is also considered a harvest festival as fruits,vegetables and grain are
collected before this day. Arevik Sargsyan, who previously studied in China,
made a presentation about Moon Festival. She presented poems by famous
Chinese poet Libo.
CI teachers made presentations about the origin and the essence of the
Festival and about the way Chinese people celebrate it as it is one of the most
important holidays in PRC.
After the presentations the participants and the guests ate Chinese moon
cakes which are an integral part of Moon Festival.
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Visit to RA Constitutional Court
On September 21, CI staff, teachers and students visited RA Constitutional Court
to take part in the official meeting between the Court and the Legal Commission
of the newly formed government of PRC. At the meeting the parties presented
their functions, and CI students asked questions. This was a great opportunity for
our students.
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CI Celebrated Confucius’ Birthday
On September 28, YSLU CI celebrated the birthday of Chinese great
philosopher Confucius. First, CI director Mrs. Naira Grigoryan
congratulated everybody on this event. Then CI teacher Peng Ying made a
presentation about Confucius introducing some interesting facts about his
name and activities. After the presentation CI students, teachers and staff
put flowers at the Confucius bust. Hundreds of students attended the event.
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CI participated in the celebration of the 64th anniversary of PRC
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CI celebrated the 64th anniversary of PRC
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Confucius classroom opened in Gyumri
On October 7, a YSLU Confucius classroom was opened in Gyumri school #2. The
opening ceremony started with cutting the red tape at the door of the classroom
previously equipped with objects representing the Chinese culture and equipment
donated by CI. The red tape was cut by school principal Mr. Hovhannes
Harutyunyan and CI director Mrs. Naira Grigoryan. CI language instructor Mr.
Li Changyong held a small workshop emphasizing the importance of the Chinese
language in the promotion of trade and external relations. Then wushu instructor
Mr. Mao Mingchun showed skills in Chinese calligraphy and presented some of
his works to the school and to the guests. Journalists from Shant TV, Kentron TV
and representatives of other mass-media were present at the event.
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Confucius classroom opened in Gyumri
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Confucius Institute Celebrates
its 5th Anniversary
In the framework of its 5 th anniversary YSLU CI, in cooperation
with Dalian University of foreign languages, held a 3-day exhibition
of Chinese Guohua paintings in H. Tumanyan’s house-museum.
During the opening ceremony of the exhibition many officials
delivered welcoming speeches, among them were YSLU rector
Gayane Gasparyan, Tian Chanchun, Ambassador of China in
Armenia, Sergey Manasaryan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affaires
of RA, Maria Dotsenko, Represenative of the UN in Armenia and
many others.
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Confucius Institute Celebrated its
5th Anniversary
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«The Chinese Culture» forum at YSLU
On October 16, ‘The Chinese Culture’ forum was held in the conference hall
of YSLU. The forum was dedicated to the 5th anniversary of Confucius
Institute. In the framework of the forum the following participants
addressed their welcome speech: YSLU vice-rector Lusine Fljyan, UN
resident representative in Armenia Maria Dotsenko, representative of Dalian
university of foreign languages Yang Meihua and head of master’s degree
program at YSLU Nina Tatkalo. The forum was comprised of 2 sessions
entitled ‘Teaching Chinese in CIS’ and ‘Sinology in the context of cultural
and political dimensions’.
Among the particpants of the forum were YSLU CI director Naira
Grigoryan, CI director at Russian state university for the humanities Taras
Ivchenko, CI director at free university of Tbilisi Marina Jibladze, CI
Chinese language specialist Li Changyong and YSLU Chinese language
instructor Zhao Xin, the head of East Asia and Pacific Ocean countries
division at RA MFA Mnatsakan Safaryan, assistant to the head of RA
President Staff Gor Sargsyan, and others. The forum was a great
opportunity for the experience exchange in the field of the Chinese culture
and language among the representatives of Armenia, Georgia, Russia and
China.
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«The Chinese Culture» forum
at YSLU
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Chinese language exam HSK
On December 1,CI at YSLU held a Chinese proficiency exam,
HSK.
10 students took the exam.
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Statistics
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20
15
Number of
students taking
HSK
10
5
0
2011 2012 2013
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Lectures
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Lecture on Xinjiang Province
On April 18,YSLU Chinese teacher Ma Jianjiang made a PPT
presentation on Xinjiang Province. Uygur «Ethnic Minority»
topic. She told about Uygur men and women clothes, hats,
cuisine, nature, etc. The lecture fully informed the students
about that Chinese province.
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A series of lectures on Chinese
calligraphy
In winter, 2013, Ani Grigoryan conducted 5 lectures on famous Chinese
calligraphy at Confucius Institute at YSLU. CI students got a unique
opportunity to get acquainted with that kind of art and tried to write
characters by themselves. CI at YSLU regularly organizes this kind of
cognitive lectures, which pass more knowledge about China to CI students.
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A series of lectures by a famous sinologist
On October 3, sinologist prof. Aleksandr Storozhook
from St. Petesburg state university delivered a lecture
in YSLU conference hall. First, YSLU rector Gayane
Gasparyan greeted the guest and declared the series of
the
lectures
open
.
The lecture series was entitled ‘Life after death in the
Chinese culture’ and took place on October 3-8, 2013,
in Confucius Institute at YSLU. Such events are a great
opportunity for the Armenian society to gain new
knowledge about the Chinese culture.
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Books compiled by CI
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Books compiled by CI
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Books compiled by CI
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Certificates and Letters of Appreciation
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Certificates and Letters of Appreciation
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Certificates and Letters of Appreciation
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YSLU provides place, special workers (room cleaners,
guards, others), internet, heating, electricity, IT specialists,
cars, new Armenian governmental official computer
system of paper signing and sending (Mulberry), etc.
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FINANCING
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In 2013 according to the budget we received $49.965 + $11.000
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(additional budget)
 Saved money 2012 - $33.645
YSLU contribution is - $5000
 Spent expenditure is $85.110
From which the main expenditure is:
Chinese New Year Celebration - $1210
Chinese Lantern Festival - $2550
Wushu festival - $7100
 Moon Festival - $1400
Celebration of CI 5th anniversary (Gohua exhibition) - $13.100
Scientific forum ‘The Chinese Culture’ – $700
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Lecture for the celebration of the 64th anniversary of Chinese National day- $1500
Business trip annual conference and exchange with other CI - $9950
Office Work - $12000
Chinese as an official language of UN - $400
Chinese food corner in the restaurant - $1200
Publishing of Chinese-Armenian textbook “Armenian students learn Chinese”. - $15.000
Compiling and Publishing of workbook for “Writing building characters” with exercises
and explanations in Armenian - $5000
Publishing qigong textbook - $5200
Opening of the Confucius Classrooms (3 classrooms) = $7000
TV program about wushu - $1800
Saved money - $14500
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YSLU CI 5-year development program meets the
requirements of the Recommendation on Confucius
Institute Development and Planning, provided by
Hanban.
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Future plans 2014
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 Joint programs with Dalian University of Foreign Languages
 Discussion of New strategic development program for CI (5 years)
 Organizing long-term traditional Chinese medical courses
 Opportunity to open an Armenian language center in one of Chinese
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universities
Compiling of Armenian – Chinese dictionary
Organizing lectures by remarkable sinologists
2nd International Conference
Holding Traditional Chinese Tea Ceremonies
Organizing poem reciting competitions
Organizing ‘Chinese bridge’ competition
Student exchange programs: education of the Armenian students in
China and the Chinese students at Armenian Universities
Organizing internships for students in China via the undergraduate,
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graduate, doctoral and one-year language courses
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In 2013 CI activity was very efficient and stable
due to Hanban contribution and financing which
allowed us to fulfill our mission of spreading the
Chinese language and culture in a proper way.
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Our deepest gratitude to Hanban
for contributions to CI.
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