2010年02月25日 15:49

“首届驻华使节汉语学习班”于2010年2月27日在国家汉办/孔子学院总部举行开班仪式并开课。国家汉办主任、孔子学院总部总干事许琳女士主持开班仪式并致欢迎辞。此次课程共有来自喀麦隆、波兰、匈牙利、津巴布韦、保加利亚、罗马尼亚、阿富汗、坦桑尼亚、斯洛文尼亚、蒙古、埃塞俄比亚、贝宁、古巴、尼泊尔等17个使馆的25名外交使节报名参加，其中大使及夫人10名。

国家汉办主任、孔子学院总部总干事许琳女士主持开班仪式并致欢迎辞

本次“驻华使节汉语学习班”由国家汉办/孔子学院总部特别为驻华外交使节设计，将通过14个周末28个学时帮助学员尽快掌握与日常生活和交际相关的实用汉语。为配合课程的开展，国家汉办/孔子学院总部特别开设了网络学习专栏，并为学习者配备了辅导教师。

首次课程学习后，学员普遍反映课程充实有趣，教师经验丰富，并为课程提出了良好的建议。为满足驻华外交人员提出的学习需求，国家汉办/孔子学院总部在近期还将开设“驻华外交使节中级汉语学习班”。

各驻华使节在认真学习汉语课程

Chinese Program for Foreign Diplomats Starts First Lesson

The Chinese Program for Foreign Diplomats was launched in Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters on Feb. 27th 2010. The Director General and Chief Executive of Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters Mdm. Xu Lin hosted the Opening Ceremony and addressed a warm welcome speech to all the participants. There are 25 diplomats among which are 10 ambassadors and ambassadors’ spouses from 17 embassies of countries including Cameroon, Poland, Hungary, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Romania, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Slovenia, Mongolia, Ethiopia, Benin, Cuba, Nepal, etc. have joined the program.

This Chinese Program for Foreign Diplomats is specially designed for the foreign diplomats in China. It is planned to spend 28 teaching hours in 14 weeks to help the participants grasp the practice Chinese language skills in daily life communication. In order to help the learners with their after-class studies, Hanban/Confucius Institute also set up an online column (http://cffd.chinese.cn) for the course and arranged tutors for each participant.

After the first lesson, most participants thought that this is a very interesting and substantial language program and the teachers are very experienced. Suggestions for improving the course were also given by some participants. In order to meet the demands from more foreign diplomats, Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters will start an Intermediate-level Chinese Program for Foreign Diplomats in the near future.