November 15-17The Seventh National Intercultural Competitiveness Competition for Higher Education Students (Zhejiang)Held at Wenzhou University. With solid knowledge, excellent mental quality and resilience, theZhejiang Wanli University TeamOut of 30 college teams from across the province, theAs the captain of the team, Wu Jiale, who majored in Advertising (Sino-foreign Cooperative Education) in Grade 23 of Sino-German Branding Department, led the team to win the first prize of the province in one fell swoop.
"SFLEP Cup National College Students' Intercultural Competence Contest" (外教社杯)Added in March 2023 to the competition directory of the Chinese Society of Higher Education's "2023 National General College Student Competition Analysis Report".It is one of the three most authoritative foreign language competitions., is an important event in the field of intercultural communication education and teaching. The competition aims to take the spirit of the report of the 20th CPC National Congress and Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the guidance, provide a platform for teachers and students of colleges and universities to give full play to the function of educating people, cultivate composite internationalized talents, enhance mutual understanding, promote the Chinese culture to the world, improve the effectiveness of international communication, and deepen the exchange and mutual appreciation of human civilization. The competition is divided into three stages: school competition (preliminary), provincial competition (review and final) and national competition (final and grand final). The competition is hosted by Zhejiang Foreign Languages Society, Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press and Wenzhou University, and organized by the College of Foreign Languages of Wenzhou University, with academic support from the Intercultural Research Center of Shanghai International Studies University and the Academic Committee of Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies of Zhejiang Foreign Languages Society.
The three contestants of our team are Wu Jiale, majoring in Advertising (Chinese-foreign cooperative study) of Sino-German Branding Department, Wang Yanyuan, majoring in English of College of Foreign Languages, and Jiang Qiuyi, majoring in Law of College of Law, under the guidance of Li Guirong, Luo Jun and Sheng Nannan.
The seventh "Foreign Education Society Cup" National Intercultural Competitiveness Competition for College Students was hosted by the School of Foreign Languages.For the first time, the Sino-German Branding Department has selected students and instructors to participate in the event.The success in passing the school selection competition and finally achieving the first prize at the provincial level is attributed to the fact thatInternationalization of Faculties, ,Intercultural concepts of education and teachingandfully saturated (color)Intercultural learning atmosphere.. Since its inception in 2018, the academic department has taken theThe course "Development of Intercultural Competence" is included as a required course for sophomores as a prerequisite for major studies..
Over the years, the intercultural teaching team led by Mr. Luo Jun has been deeply engaged in intercultural education, independently developing intercultural learning materials for curriculum construction in response to the learning characteristics and needs of the students in the school division, and the course of Intercultural Competence Development has been recognized as a first-class undergraduate offline course at the provincial level in 2022, and the accompanying textbook has been awarded the project of key textbook construction of Zhejiang Miles College in 2023.
Lead by the light and set out on the journey
In the fertile ground for learning, where opportunities and challenges exist in China and Germany, "Cultivate comprehensive internationalized talents with Chinese sentiment, international vision, professional skills, cross-cultural communication ability and global competence."This advanced concept is like a bright light that illuminates the path of knowledge of many students, of which Wu Jiale is one.
After a six-week systematic study of intercultural communication competence course, on October 12, 2024, Wu Jiale took part in the school selection of the 7th "Foreign Education Society Cup" National Intercultural Competence Competition for College Students. In the school competition, he was exposed to the competition mode similar to the final of the provincial competition, which also made him deeply realize that the road of learning the theme of "intercultural" is full of difficulties and the road is long.
Shoulder a heavy responsibility and prepare carefully for the competition
"I am very fortunate to be able to form the 'Zhejiang Wanli College' team with two other students and actively engage in the preparation for the provincial competition. This is the first time that the Sino-German Branding Department of Zhejiang Wanli College has sent a representative to participate in the Intercultural Competence Competition, and I feel a great responsibility." Wu Jiale said.
Preparing for the competition starts with addressing case script development. Carole WuAs captain.Play a coordinating role and rationalize the division of labor. With the help of the instructor, the script was repeatedly polished, and a week laterDetermine the content of the "Love Clinic" script., laying the foundation for the rematch. "In the next stage of script performance rehearsal and theoretical knowledge drilling, the team members are highly motivated, using after-school time to rehearse on their own initiative, and watching the video after each rehearsal to find deficiencies and improve. At the same time, the knowledge of the theory and case videos combined with learning and summarizing, and strive to be coherent."
The field of play, and advance to the finals
After arriving at the designated competition venue at Wenzhou University, Wu Jiale said, "We got to see the other twenty-nine colleges and universities in the province compete. Learning by listening and observing.use others' strengths to make up for one's weaknesses. The moment they actually stood on the field, they were still filled with nervousness inside." But pressure is power, and this emotion motivated them to go all the way to the finals and achieve the first prize in the province, winning honors for the school and the school division.
Full of harvests, keep moving forward
"I have gained a lot from the month-long journey of preparing for and competing in the tournament, and the most notable of them areAll-round improvement of one's own intercultural communication skills." Wu Jiale said, "From the initial confusion in the face of cross-cultural knowledge to the clear understanding after the competition; from the apprehension and nervousness in the rematch to the calmness and naturalness in the final; from the superficial superficiality of the knowledge to the in-depth exploration of the theory of the deeper connotation of the essence; from the narrow confines of the thinking to the broad horizons. From the narrow limitations of thinking to the vastness of vision. This valuable experience will undoubtedly become a bright piece of my life, and inspire me to continue to march forward on the road of cross-cultural learning and communication."
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