Kuantan - 25th June 2018, delegation of Hubei Radio and Television University (Hubtvu) of China paid an official visit to University Malaysia Pahang. Members of the delegation were Professor Liao Changlin (President Hubtvu), Mr Wu Guoxue (Deputy Director of Division of Staff Development), Mr Wan Guorong (Deputy Dean of College of Economics and Trade), Mrs Liao Zhihong (Dean of College of Software Engineering) and Mrs Wan Ting (Deputy Dean of College of Business Administration).

They were given a cordial reception by the top management of Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). Ms Yong Ying Mei (Director of MLCC) as the translator for academic visit from China University. A meeting was held at UMP Pekan to discuss potential collaborations between Hubtvu with UMP. Besides that, the delegation from Hubtvu also visited laboratory of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

By Yong Ying Mei

Ms.Yong Ying Mei (Director of Mandarin Language and Culture Centre) , Madam Kang Mei Feng and Ms. Hooi Yan Yee (language teachers from Centre for Modern Languages & Human Sciences (CMLHS) had successfully presented respective research papers at the 2nd International Conference on Language Learning & Teaching (ICOLLT) 2018. It was organized by Centre for Modern Languages and Human Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (Pekan campus). The conference was held on the 25th to 26th June 2018.

The proceedings papers are as below:

1. Yong Ying Mei. (2018). Analysis of language aptitude in Mandarin speaking among non-Chinese students.
2. Yong Ying Mei & Hooi Yan Yee. (2018). Need analysis of Railway Mandarin curriculum development for East Coast Rail Link Project.
3. Kang Mei Feng, Khairulbahri Abd Samad & Dr. Jamal Rizal Razali. (2018). An analysis of sentence errors in written Mandarin among non-native speakers: A case study in Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Written by: Kang Mei Feng