Dr. Nona S. Ricafort
Commissioner and Chair of BSU Board of Regents
TEACHERS AND RESOURCES OF THE CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE at BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY
The Confucius Institute aims to impart to the local community the culture and tradition of Chinese, thus, including the study of Mandarin. To better facilitate the objectives, the institute must include an effective and efficient Chinese teachers.
The Confucius Institute is working with schools and teachers of Chinese to develop and provide educational programs, professional development and resources for teaching Chinese. In particular, the Confucius Institute is cooperating the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) of the Philippines to support the teaching and learning of the Chinese language in schools. Related information regarding teaching Chinese, professional development and resources will be posted on the web site for further knowledge of those interested to teach Chinese inside the classroom.
Teaching Chinese inside the Classroom
Individuals aspiring to become a lecturer for Chinese language must undertake a comprehensive training from the Confucius Institute. At present, all teachers who handles Mandarin course, took up the comprehensive training for speaking, writing and understanding Chinese language as well as workshop for teaching Chinese inside the classroom. The activity was done through the help of the Northwest University, the partner school in China.
The Confucius Institute Library
The Confucius Institute Library consists of a collection of more than 3000 books and multimedia references.
The collection consists of a variety of textbooks, teaching materials and other resources about Chinese culture, history and language. The Confucius Institute is making these resources available to Chinese language teachers to borrow for limited periods.
4.2月1日，布拉卡大学孔子学院院长李阳率学院全体中方人员拜访菲律宾华教中心负责人和驻菲律宾大使馆文化处负责人，给他们送去新年祝福和问候！（2.1）
On February 1, Confucius Institute Director Li Yang and all Chinese staffs paid a visit to James T. Wang, the Vice President of Philippine Chinese Education Research Center and staff of Cultural Office of embassy of People’s Republic of China, gave them greetings and wishes for 2011.5. 2月1日晚，布拉卡大学孔子学院全体中方人员和部分外方人员参加了由中国驻菲大使馆和东方语言中心举办的新春庆祝活动。（2.1）
On February 1, Confucius Institute Director Li Yang and all Chinese staffs and some foreigners were invited to attend celebration of Chinese 2011 New Year at Mandarin Oriental Hotel sponsored by Chinese embassy.2月5日，菲律宾布拉卡大学孔子学院走进马里亚诺马科斯大学，进行网络孔子学院的推广活动，包括马里亚诺马科斯大学校长Miriam E.Pascua女士在内的约200名师生参加了此次活动。推广活动的主要内容有介绍网络孔子学院、基础汉语教学、中国算盘介绍、中文歌曲学唱、中国民族音乐欣赏、中国太极拳表演等。在进行以上活动的同时，穿插了多项互动内容，吸引了在场的师生踊跃参加。此外，布拉卡大学孔子学院还向马科斯大学赠送了有汉语学习的音像资料，并向在场参与互动的师生赠送了精美的中国书画及中国山水挂历（2.5）
On February 5, Confucius Institute at Bulacan State University went to Mariano Marcos State University for online Confucius Institute Global Promotion. Over 200 people including Miriam E.Pascua, president of Mariano Marcos State University attended the activity. The promotion can be divided in to some parts as follows: introduction of online Confucius Institute, basic Chinese teaching, introduction of Chinese abacus, Chinese songs teaching, Chinese folk songs and Chinese Tai-Ji. In addition, Confucius Institute donated some videos for Chinese learning and some calendars about Chinese calligraphy and landscape.
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