The Confucius Institute at the Autonomous University of Yucatan held its annual board meeting on October 15, 2019. The meeting summarized the institute's activities and programs over the past year. It discussed the administration of Chinese language programs, which saw increasing student enrollment. It also reviewed numerous academic and cultural events held in 2019, including Chinese Bridge competitions, scholarships awarded, and teacher trainings. Major plans for 2020 include new strategies to increase enrollment and using new promotion channels.
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Reporte Anual del Instituto Confucio 2019
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BOARD MEETING ANNUAL REPORT
OCTOBER 15TH, 2019
2. CONTENT
I. CI-UADY Administration (Induction Program, Manual for
Elaborating Teaching Plans, Teaching Observation
Guidelines, External evaluation)
II. Chinese Programs
III. Academic events
IV. Cultural events
V. Impact
VI. Major Plans for 2020
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3. Universidad del Caribe
Autonomous University of Yucatan
Autonomous University
of Campeche
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I. CI-UADY- Administration
4. Merida Cancun Campeche
CI-UADY Confucius Classroom at
Universidad del Caribe
Center for Teaching
Languages at
Autonomous University
of Campeche
High School 1 (UADY) Technological University
High School 2 (UADY)
High School “Libanes”
Antrophological School
Marista University
Local Government
Students: 1264 Students: 194 Students: 224
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I. CI-UADY- Administration
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Period Chinese teachers
2019-2020 UADY: Chinese Director, 4 Professors, 5 volunteers
Unicaribe:1 professor and 1 volunteer
Autonomous University of Campeche: 1 professor and 1 volunteer
Mexican teachers
1 Head Teacher, 1 Professor and 1 Volunteer
I. CI-UADY- Administration
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Induction
Program
During two weeks in August, prior to
the beginning of classes, all teachers
take part into two weeks program for
learning about Mexico, Mexican
culture, students’ characteristics,
administrative and academic
processes
Manual for
Elaborating
Teaching
Plans
Describes the structure of an
effective language class and it helps
teachers to design their class
activities according to the
Educational Model of UADY.
I. CI-UADY- Administration
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Teaching
Observation
Guidelines
Explains the process for evaluating
teachers’ performance per semester.
It considers the opinions of students,
the Head teacher and other
colleagues. There is always a face to
face feedback about the results.
Academic
Supervision
It is conducted twice per semester
by the Head Teacher.
External
Evaluation
CI-UADY invited two language
professors to evaluate CI-UADY
academic and administrative
processes in order to improve the
service quality of CI-UADY.
I. CI-UADY- Administration
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I. CI-UADY- Administration
• For 2020 courses, CI-UADY will use new strategies for increasing the
number of people registering to Chinese language courses.
• Student with early registration will obtain a discount.
• CI-UADY will use new promotion channels
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II. Chinese Programs
a) Courses for Teenagers from 12 to 16 years old
Material: Easy Steps to Chinese 1,2 and 3. Upon graduation students
achieve YCT 3
After 16 years-old, students can continue at CI-UADY courses
56 Students in three different levels
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II. Chinese Programs
b) Chinese Credit Program for Middle School
Material: HSK Standard Course 1 and 2
Upon graduation students achieve HSK 2 and they can continue at CI-UADY
courses
597 students in three different levels
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II. Chinese Programs
c) Chinese Credit Program for BSc. In Tourism
Material: HSK Standard Course 1 and 2
Upon graduation students achieve HSK 2 and they can continue at
CI-UADY courses
111 students in two different levels
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II. Chinese Programs
d) Diploma in Chinese at CI-UADY, CC-Unicaribe and CELE-UAC
Material: HSK Standard Course 1,2,3 and 4
Upon graduation students achieve HSK 4
918 students in seven different levels and two programs
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II. Chinese Programs
New Courses for Merida Municipality
Material: HSK Standard Course 1 and 2
Courses will start in November 2019
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III. Academic Events
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III. Academic Events
1. Local Chinese Camp
March and November. For November the
Camp will be prepared for Middle High
Students
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III. Academic Events
2. HSK and HSKK according to Chinese Program
Levels
Course Semester Characters
HSKKHSK
1
Beginners 1 First 100
Basic
Beginners 2 Second 100
2
Elemental 1 Third 100
Elemental 2 Fourth 150
3
Pre intermediate 1 Fifth 150
Intermediate
Pre intermediaste 2 Sixth 200
4
Intermediate 1 Seventh 200
Intermediate 2 Eight 200
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III. Academic Events
2. HSK and HSKK 2017, 2018 and 2019 ( HSK and HSKK will be
applied on November and December and numbers will increase)
136
150
165
187
142
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
HSK 2014
HSK 2015
HSK 2016
HSK 2017
HSK 2018
HSK 2019
Growth of HSK candidates
Crecimi
ento
Written Candidates
HSK 2017 165
HSK 2018 187
HSK 2019 142*
Oral Candidates
HSKK 2017 11
HSKK 2018 35
HSKK 2019 9*
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III. Academic Events
2. HSK and HSKK 2019
Written Candidates Approved Approval Rate
HSK 2019 139* 129 92%
Oral Candidates Approved Approval Rate
HSKK 2019 9* 8 88%
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III. Academic Events
3. Closing Ceremony – First generation of BSc. In Tourism finished
the program; First generation of Middle School Students finished
the program; 15 students graduated from CI-UADY.
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III. Academic Events
4. Summer Camp at SYSU- 37 participants in 2019
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III. Academic Events
5. Chinese Bridge National Competition- University Students
Organized by CI-UADY with five judges from different institutions in Mexico.
CI-UADY representatives won First and Second place.
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III. Academic Events
5. Chinese Bridge National Competition- Middle School Students
Organized by CI-Mexico City, CI-UADY representatives won First and Second
place.
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III. Academic Events
5. Chinese Bridge National Competition
University Students: since 2011, CI-UADY students have achieved twice the
first place, twice a second place and twice a third place.
Middle School Students: since 2012 CI-UADY students have achieved four
times the first place, twice the second place and twice a third place.
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III. Academic Events
6. Scholarships
Starting on 2009 with summer camp scholarships, Hanban has offered the
following scholarships to CI-UADY students:
1 scholarship for Undergraduate Program of TCSOL*
5 scholarships for Master Program of TCSOL*
73 scholarships for one academic year of Chinese courses
18 scholarships for one semester Chinese courses
50 scholarships for short visits (two weeks)
227 scholarships for Summer Courses (one month)
Total: 374 scholarships
*TCSOL: Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages
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III. Academic Events
7. Academic Activities for Teachers
Teachers have weekly meetings to discuss teaching methodologies, design of
teaching materials, teaching training is mandatory for all teaching staff.
Two local teachers participated in the Training organized by the Latin American
Center of Confucius Institutes in Chile.
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III. Academic Events
7. Academic Activities for Directors
Directors atended the Latin American
Congress of Confucius Institutes
organized by CI at Buenos Aires, the
Second International Congress about
China Studies organized by CI-La Plata
(both events at Argentina).
Meeting of CI’s in Mexico was
organized on October 7th to discuss
how to cooperate during 2020.
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IV. Cultural Events
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1. China Day was organized
to celebrate the Spring Festival 2019.2.3
IV. Cultural Events
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IV. Cultural Events
2. International Reading Fair of Yucatan- FILEY 2019
Conference of High Level Expert “Pan Zhitao” from Beijing Academy of Chinese
Dance, Chinese expert Radina Dimitrova talking about Chinese poetry and movies
and Mexican poet Manuel Cuautle for Reading chinese poems translated to Spanish.
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IV. Cultural Events
2. CI-UADY activities in FILEY included conferences, workshops and a great
performance of dances, songs and music called “This is China”
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IV. Cultural Events
3. CI-UADY organized the visit of High Level
Academics from SYSU to offer conferences,
sharing their research experiences and
establishing deeper cooperation betweeen the
two universities.
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IV. Cultural Events
4. High Level Academic Visits
included Professor Bao Jigang who
offered conferences to BSc. In
Tourism students and to members of
the Commercial Chamber of
Commerce in Yucatan. Professor Bao
also participated in different
activities organized by the
Department of Tourism in the
University.
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5. Confucius Institute Day was organized to celebrate CI’s
mission and the 70th Anniversary of P.R.C
2019.9.28
IV. Cultural Events
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6. 2019.10.21-24 First Seminar of Chinese
Studies
Topics:
• Film Industry
• Poetry
• Translation techniques for Chinese to
Spanish
• Philosophy
• Business opportunities between China and
Mexico
IV. Cultural Events
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7. Workshops: Chinese Traditional Dance,
Lion Dance, Chinese Corner, Chinese cooking
classes, Chinese Culture Class for Elder
People
IV. Cultural Events
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IV. Cultural Events
8. CI-UADY collaborated with
China’s Cultural Center in Mexico
to present 2 photos’ exhibitions at
Yucatan in February and March.
February: 2017 China in
collaboration with the Culture
Department of Merida’s
Government
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IV. Cultural Events
8. CI-UADY collaborated
with China’s Cultural
Center in Mexico to present
2 photos’ exhibitions at
Yucatan in February and
March.
March: 40 years of Chinese
Opening Reform during
FILEY
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V. Impact
• Because of good results during 2019, CI-UADY will continue to
implement its strategic management program which includes
the development of guidelines for the operation of the
Institute (Teaching observation and evaluation system,
Teaching Planning System, Academic Resources Development)
• CI-UADY has become important part of FILEY
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V. Impact
• Academic visit to CRICAL and CIs in Chile to share CI-UADY
teaching Chinese Programs, helps the Institute to obtain
feedback and keep making improvements to the programs
• Because of the visit, CRICAL suggested that CI-UADY become
the Center for local teachers’ training in the Northern part of
Latin America
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V. Impact
• Collaboration with the local Chamber of Commerce in Yucatan
through High Level Academic Conferences and strenghtening
the collaboration with the municipality (developing tailor
programs of Chinese language and culture) could allow
graduated students to find work opportunities where they can
make use their knowledges in Chinese and Chinese culture.
• HSK y HSKK high rate of approval is directly related to the
quality of Teaching Chinese at CI-UADY
• The National Chinese Bridge Competition results of 2019 also
demonstrates the teaching quality of CI-UADY
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V. Impact
CI-UADY further contributes to the University’s
internationalization process in China, receiving delegations from
different Chinese universities.
Visits from Chinese Delegations to UADY:
• Beijing Language and Culture University
• Guilin Tourism University
• Shenzhen University
• Guangdong University of Finance
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VI. Major Plans for 2020
• Implementing new promotion plan for CI-UADY to increase
students’ number
• FILEY – Bring new activities to the fair and present Chinese
Traditional Music Performance of Middle Tennessee State
University
• Launch a certificate Program for Chinese Teacher Training
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VI. Major Plans for 2020
• Promote further collaboration with Local and State Government
• Keep working with Chinese Embassy and China’s Cultural Center
in Mexico
• Offering Three Tour Activity
• Support and collaboration with Sun Yat-sen University