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“Dream as horse, live up to your time”--The Department of Linguistics Organized a Meeting for Freshmen

【 Time:2020-09-18 】

On the morning of September 17th, 2019, the Department of Linguistics organized a meeting for freshmen in classroom 511 of the main building. The theme was dream as horse, live up to your time. Teachers and students gathered together to welcome the new students to join the linguistic dream team in a different way.

 

Poster of the meeting for the 2020 freshmen of the Department of Linguistics

Professor Fuzhen Si, Dean of the Department of Linguistics, Professor Zhongru Xiong, Deputy Dean of the department, young teachers Dr. Xiaochen Sun, Dr. Wenying Wang, teacher Xiaoning Cao from the Academic Affairs Office of the department and department counsellor Xue Meng participated in this meeting.

At 10:00 a.m., with a video of the department, the meeting for 2020 freshmen of the Department of Linguistics started.

 

Promotional video of the Department of Linguistics

At the teachers’ message session, Professor Zhongru Xiong, deputy dean of the Department of Linguistics, first delivered a speech. He encouraged the students not only to study their professional knowledge and lay a solid foundation, but also to cultivate their sense of responsibility for their country. Later , Dr. Samo, a foreign teacher who didn’t return to the campus due to the epidemic, also sent a blessing video through the Internet. He expressed his welcome to the new students in both Chinese and English. The young teachers and counsellor also expressed warm welcome to the freshmen.

 

Professor Zhongru Xiong, deputy dean of the Department of Linguistics,

 delivered a welcome speech.

Representatives of the undergraduates and postgraduates of 2019 also shared with the freshmen the experience of learning and living in the Department of Linguistics in BLCU. As one of the first batch of undergraduate students majoring in linguistics in China, the students of 2019 have unique historical mission and responsibility. In the past year’s campus life, they have made remarkable achievements in major course study, academic research, cultural life and so on, which set an example for the freshmen. Xinyi Xing, undergraduate of 2019, who published academic papers in Chinese Social Sciences Today and presided over a national innovation project, shared her learning experience and feelings with freshmen in detail from several different aspects. Jie Gao, a graduate student, and Tiancheng Cao, an undergraduate student, also shared their study and life experience of the Department of Linguistics in the past year.

 

Xinyi Xing, a representative of 2019 undergraduate, gave a speech

As the leading role of the meeting, the 2020 freshmen introduced themselves in dialect, and the students also showed their talents through dialectal opuscula, singing and rap performance. The humorous and vivid performance quickly activated the atmosphere, narrowed the distance between them, and showed the enthusiasm and passion of youth of the 2020 freshmen.

 Wen Ren(left) and Jingjing Lü(right), hosts of 2020 undergraduate students

 

The self-introduction of 2020 doctoral candidate Xianlu Dou

 

2020 undergraduate Da Zhang sang songs

Finally, in the happy atmosphere, Professor Fuzhen Si, dean of the Department of Linguistics, sent a message to the freshmen. She stressed that the characteristics of personnel training of the department are specialization, interdisciplinary and international. She gave four expectations to the freshmen, wishing them to have lofty dreams, have unique cultural genes of the Department of Linguistics, have the courage and ability of innovation” and  have a healthy bodyShe hoped that everyone can use wisdom and youth to build the unique culture of the department.

 

Professor Fuzhen Si, dean of the Department, sent a message to the freshmen.

The meeting for freshmen was successfully ended with the laughter of everyone. This unique activity will surely become a new starting point for students to realize their dreams as members of the “linguistic dream team” and begin their college life journey!

 

Group photo of teachers and students of the Department of Linguistics