Invitation to Chinese Language Teacher Training Program 2018

GCI will organize a two-day Chinese Language Teacher Training Program on 23 and 24 June 2018 (Saturday & Sunday), for which experts will be invited to give lectures about Chinese teaching, classroom management, Chinese culture, learning habits of Chinese learners, etc. We cordially invite you to join us!

Date:  23-24 June, 2018

Location:  GCI Amsterdam Office, Herengracht 141, 1015 BH Amsterdam

Training fee:  one day: € 40,00; two days: € 80,00

Number of Participants:  30. First come, first served.

Registration: Please register here to save seats.
(Registration deadline: June 10, 2018)

Program

Saturday 23 June

10:00-10:10 Opening by Jingyi Liu, Chinese Director of Groningen Confucius Institute

10:10-11:10 Lecture by Prof. Jing Fang, University of Oxford
Topic: Approaches to Teaching Chinese Characters and Vocabulary

11:10-12:30 Teaching Demo and Feedback

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:30 Lecture by Cui Hao, Groningen Confucius Institute
Topic: Chinese Teaching Cases and Analyses

14:30-15:30 Lecture by Jessica Paardekoper, Wolfert Tweetalig
Topic: Chinese as an official Option in Dutch Secondary School Leaving Exams

15:30-16:00 Tea Break

16:00-17:30 Panel Discussion: An Analysis of Learning Habits of Chinese Learners

17.30 Dinner

Sunday 24 June

10:00-11:30 Lecture by (to be announced)
Topic: The Application of Positive Behavior Support in Chinese Teaching

11:30-12:30 Workshop by Wenjia Xu, Yang Wang, Groningen Confucius Institute
Topic: The Design of Cultural Elements in Chinese Teaching

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:50 Teaching Demo and Feedback

14:50-16:20 Panel Discussion: How to Effectively Organize and Manage your Classroom

16:20-16:25 Certificates Issue

16:25-16:30 Closing Speech by Xuefei Knoester-Cao, Director of Groningen Confucius Institute

In order to promote the exchange of teaching methods and techniques among Chinese language teachers, we would like to recruit two 15-minute teaching demos for the session Teaching Demo and Feedback. There will be experts and peers who give feedback and comments on the teaching demo. If you are interested, please sign up before June 4 by sending an email to h.cui@confuciusgroningen.nl

Groningen Confucius Institute
Oude Boteringestraat 42
9712 GL Groningen

tel. +31 (0)50 - 36 34 688

info@confuciusgroningen.nl