At the end of the academic year, we would like once again congratulate the 6 Sinology students who have been awarded one-time incentive scholarships by the Confucius Institute.
In the first half of the academic year, three students were awarded for their diligent work and achievements in the field of studies: Austėja Mažeikaitė, a second-year student, Robert Čupaila, a third-year student, and Jonė Nortkutė, a fourth-year student. In the second semester, scholarships were awarded to three more sinology students: 1st year student Goda Vadeikytė, 2nd year student Gintarė Sprauniūtė and 3rd year student Karolina Luneckienė.
We share feedback from scholarship students on what Chinese language and culture means to them. Goda Vadeikytė states: “Learning Chinese is part of my dream to visit the far east. Chinese also helps me get to know Chinese culture better. Of course, the first year of language learning is a very big challenge for me, but it motivates me to learn even more. So far, the future of the pandemic is very unpredictable, but I hope that I will soon be able to visit China itself, where I will be able to use my Chinese language skills. "
Gintarė Sprauniūtė discovered a new aspiration through Chinese - to read Chinese literature and therefore her relationship with studies is special: “When choosing these studies, I hesitated for a long time, because I had heard how difficult, even impossible it is to learn Chinese. However, when I started studying, I felt the charm of this language and the great pleasure of learning. I like to read fiction, so I am motivated to study language intensively by my endless desire to read Chinese books. I dream of immersing myself and learning about Chinese literature that is still inaccessible to me. Studying Chinese language and culture not only provides a daily opportunity to learn a lot of new information about this distant culture, but also allows us to look at the world, history from a different, non-Western perspective, encourages rethinking, questioning all the ideas I used to take for granted. So, now these studies are both an interesting challenge for me and a mirror that helps me to take a new look at my own culture. ”
Karolina Luneckienė discovered China as a child: “As far as I remember at school, I was most interested in ancient civilizations and China was one of them. I am very interested in Chinese culture, history, philosophies, mythology, the language itself. It has always seemed that learning hieroglyphs should be difficult, but when I started learning Chinese, I realized that learning hieroglyphs is not difficult, it is important to find the most appropriate way to learn. The whole Chinese culture is extremely interesting, which makes these studies even more attractive. "
This scholarship, founded by the Confucius Institute, is an incentive for students to delve deeper into sinology studies, and the efforts always remain noticed and appreciated. We are happy with the active work of the students and the excellent results. Congratulations to our cool students and we hope that the interest in Chinese culture will not end with studies, but will grow into clearly visible works.