The Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) English Corner is an ongoing activity hosted by the Center for Language Education (CLE) and Zhiren College. It is a great opportunity for students to practice their spoken English and communicate with other students. It’s one of the most popular language activities on campus, with great participation.

On February 5, as part of the English Corner for the new semester, CLE, Zhiren College, and SUSTech Global jointly co-hosted a special Lantern Festival event in English to celebrate this traditional Chinese occasion with members of the SUSTech community on campus.

Al Evans and Zhaoting LI from CLE, Zhi YU from SUSTech Global, and Sihan WU from Zhiren College participated together with 25 students, including more than 20 international students. Some of the international students had only arrived in China four days prior, making this an excellent welcoming for their first week in the country.

Throughout the evening, faculty members and students introduced themselves and talked about the traditions of the Lantern Festival. The staff of Zhiren College kindly served the traditional festive food of the day, glutinous rice balls. The event reached its climax when each participant made their own lantern.

CLE is committed to supporting the development of SUSTech’s inclusive and welcoming university learning culture and will continue to offer more culture-based language learning events throughout the semester. Please stay tuned for more.