利比里亞孔子學院在孔子學院總部（國家漢辦）的領(lǐng)導和支持下，由中國長沙理工大學與利比里亞大學合作建設(shè)，于2008年12月在利比里亞首都蒙羅維亞揭牌成立。這是利比里亞開辦的第一所孔子學院，也是中非友好合作的春雨催生的又一株新苗。

學院將依托利比里亞大學和長沙理工大學兩所高校的深厚文化底蘊及學術(shù)傳統(tǒng)，以傳承傳播漢語及中國文化為根本，為當?shù)厝藢W習漢語和中國文化提供服務(wù)，增強當?shù)氐臐h語教育和學術(shù)標準，為中利教育合作及人文交流搭建起一個互動的平臺，使中利兩國的文化可以互相借鑒，促進中利友好關(guān)系的發(fā)展。

學院近期主要為利比里亞大學提供基礎(chǔ)漢語教學，屬于非學歷教育，教學重點是漢語基礎(chǔ)知識及中國文化入門，目前正在面向社會開設(shè)短期培訓課程，包括不同程度的中文教學、旅游及商業(yè)漢語。今后如時機成熟，長沙理工大學將通過孔子學院為利比里亞大學提供漢語專業(yè)和公共漢語的學歷教學，并合作進行學術(shù)研究。

——摘自孔子學院總部編，《第三屆孔子學院大會交流材料》，2008,12.第72頁

Confucius Institute of theUniversityofLiberia

Under the leadership and support of the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), the Confucius Institute of the University of Liberia was jointly constructed by Changsha University of Science & Technology and University of Libera, will soon be launched in Monrovia, Libera in December, 2008. It is the first Confucius Institute in Libera, also a new bud of the friendly cooperation betweenChinaand African countries.

Relying on the deep root of the cultural tradition ofChangshaUniversityof Science & Technology and theUniversityofLibera, the Confucius Institute of University of Libera will take spreading Chinese language and culture as its basic mission. It is to provide service for the natives to study Chinese language and culture, to strength the academic standard of Chinese language education, and to build a interactive terrace for Sino-Libera cooperation of education and humanities exchanges. On this basis, the two countries can learn from each other and promote the friendly relation of development between the two nations.

The institute is mainly to provide basic Chinese language teaching for theLiberaUniversityin the near future, which belongs to non-educational-background education. The main purpose is to help get a Chinese language foundation and Chinese culture primer. It has set up some short-term training courses to the society, including Chinese language teaching, tour and business Chinese language of different levels right now. As time is propitious,ChangshaUniversityof Science & Technology, through the Confucius Institute, will provide the educational background teaching of Chinese language profession and public Chinese language for theLiberiaUniversityand combine to carry on academic researches.

——摘自孔子學院總部編，《第三屆孔子學院大會交流材料》，2008,12.第73頁

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