The Chinese Whispers™️ Project
The Chinese Whispers™️ is the Confucius Institute’s award-winning project (Higher Education Academy – Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence 2016).
Two Project Agenda
The agenda of the project is two folds: first, it is about interculturalism, that is developing awareness, competence and citizenship in the local community to facilitate respectful interaction between people from different cultural backgrounds.
Second, it is about creativity, that is promoting the learning of language and culture through creative practice, specifically singing.
Three Research Strands
The project involves three strands of research: educational, psychological, and creative. The educational strand involves designing and delivering a new resource for enabling Mandarin language learning in the project.
The psychological strand investigate people's social, emotional and educational experiences of learning Mandarin language and culture through singing.
The creative strand explores cultural translation and fusion via original compositions.
The Chinese Whispers Concerts
The Chinese Whispers Concert is an annual event held by the Confucius Institute and the Music Department at the University of Hull. This concert aims to bring together schoolchildren and community choirs at Middleton Hall every year. The concert showcases the results of the innovative work in teaching Chinese language through singing in choirs.
It is a wonderful opportunity for the communities to come together and enjoy the beautiful music activities. The concert not only highlights the talent of the artists but also serves as a platform for the audience to experience the beauty of the Chinese language and culture through music. It is an event that brings joy and promotes understanding among people of different backgrounds.
Gallery
Check the highlights of the concerts from 2018-2024!
Concerts videos
Enjoy some videos from the concerts!