Month

Activities

January

MLCC: The Launching Ceremony

Mandarin Language Speaking Competition

27 March 2011

Chinese Character Writing Camp

18 – 21 May 2011

A Visit to Hebei University

20 July 2011

Ceremony of Officiating Mandarin Course & Newspaper Hand Over by Sponsor

16 September 2011

Orientation Programme for Volunteer Teachers from China.

10 – 13 November 2011

Mandarin Language Strengthening Camp

18 – 24 November 2011

Mandarin Language & Chinese Culture Week 2011

a. Chinese Culture Exhibition

b. Chinese Tea Talk

c. Tai-chi Demo

d. Mandarin Song Workshop

e. Mandarin Movies

f. Mandarin Quiz

g. Inter-Varsities Mandarin Speaking Competition

27 December 2011

Certificate Awarding Ceremony

Date

Newspaper

Activities

19 Jan 2011

Nan Yang Siang Pau

Launching Ceremony

China Press

Launching Ceremony

Mandarin Speaking Competition

Utusan Malaysia

30 March 2011

Sin Chew Daily

Chinese Character Writing Camp

20 Jul 2011

Sin Chew Daily

Knowing Mandarin has Advantages

3 Nov 2011

UMP to hold Mandarin Language & Culture Week from 18 November

18 Nov 2011

Sin Chew Daily

Mandarin Language & Chinese Culture Week organized by UMP

20 Nov 2011

Sin Chew Daily

Chinese Tea Culture Talk

21 Nov 2011

Sin Chew Daily

Mandarin Quiz: Faculty of Technology is the Champion

22 Nov 2011

Sin Chew Daily

Tai Chi Demonstration by Volunteer Teachers

23 Nov 2011

Sin Chew Daily

Inter Varsities Mandarin Speaking Competition during  the UMP Mandarin Language & Culture Week

24 Nov 2011

Sin Chew Daily

Eight Non-Chinese in the Final of UMP Mandarin  Speaking Competition

25 Nov 2011

Sin Chew Daily

UMP Mandarin Language & Culture Week Scored High  Rating

27 December 2011 – Mandarin Language & Culture Centre (MLCC) and Mandarin Language Society (MLS) organized a Certificate Awarding Ceremony on 27 December 2011 for course participants who attended Introductory Conversational Mandarin, Workplace Mandarin 1 and Conversational Mandarin 1 from July until November 2011. The ceremony was launched by Prof. Dr. Abd Jalil Borham, Dean of Centre for Modern Languages & Human Sciences (CMLHS) representing Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Pahang. Besides that, to represent the participants, Norazira Mohd Naser gave a speech in Mandarin. Other invited guests for the ceremony included Chong Ah Kow, MLCC Coordinator, Saharudin Ramli, assistant registrar of CMLHS, Yong Ying Mei and three Chinese volunteer teachers were also present at the ceremony. – Yong Ying Mei