The first and second grades of Sinhala undergraduate teaching are the basic stage, and the third and fourth grades are the improvement stage. Courses include: intensive reading, audio-visual speaking, grammar, newspaper reading, literature history and literature reading, translation theory and practice, writing, etc. In the basic stage, students are trained in Sinhala language skills in an all-round way to consolidate the foundation of language skills. In the improvement stage, while continuing to learn the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation, we should further expand students' knowledge, focus on cultivating students' Sinhala comprehensive skills and pay attention to the cultivation of students' communicative competence.
The goal of this major is to cultivate Sinhalese professionals with solid basic skills, wide knowledge and strong adaptability to work. In addition to learning Sinhalese, students must also learn a second foreign language (English). Students who have studied English for more than 800 class hours can get an English diploma from Beijing Foreign Studies University upon graduation if they pass the examination. Those who have spare capacity can also take a second degree (economic and trade major, diplomatic major, etc. ).
The library of Beijing Foreign Studies University has more than 2,000 books of Sangha Tam, covering literature, history, religion, language and other fields.
The professional goal of Sinhala language is to cultivate compound foreign language talents who master the target language and are familiar with the target language culture. Since the establishment of the major, a group of professional language talents have been trained, which has made outstanding contributions to the development of friendly relations between China and Sri Lanka in various fields.
The main employment directions of graduates of this major are: foreign affairs, foreign trade and economic cooperation, foreign cultural exchanges and propaganda of state organs; Chinese-funded institutions and companies abroad as well as domestic state-owned enterprises and foreign enterprises.
Sinhala Tam major
Sinhala major was established in 196 1, and there are two teachers, both of whom are lecturers.
The undergraduate education system is four years, with the first and second grades as the basic stage and the third and fourth grades as the improvement stage. Courses include: intensive reading, audio-visual speaking, grammar, newspaper reading, literature history and literature reading, translation theory and practice, writing, etc. In the basic stage, students are trained in Sinhala language skills in an all-round way to consolidate the foundation of language skills. In the improvement stage, while continuing to learn the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation, we should further expand students' knowledge, pay attention to cultivating students' comprehensive skills in using Sinhala and cultivate students' communicative competence. The goal of this major is to cultivate Sinhalese professionals with solid basic skills, wide knowledge and strong adaptability to work. In addition to learning Sinhala, students majoring in this major have to pass more than 800 hours of English minor, and their English level will reach junior college level when they graduate. Those who have spare capacity can also take the second degree (economic and trade major, diplomatic major).