CUC s English Teachers Accomplished their Professional Training in the US(40501)

Organized by our university, a group of 19 English teachers went to the United States for "English Teaching Theory and Practice " training project in this summer, which ended on September 10. In the 20-day training, the group received training successively in California State University (East Bay), University of Southern California and Rutgers University, and they also visited four well-known U.S. universities. They intensively and systematically studied the theories and practice of English teaching, got a better understanding of American higher education status, esp. the U.S. media education and media development, and campus culture, and obtained first-hand experience of the United States social and cultural diversity.

During the 12-day intensive "English Teaching Theory and Practice" training in California State University (East Bay), the group studied English language teaching (TESOL) Theory and classroom teaching mode through lectures, observation of teaching, exchanges and discussions. Areas explored included US English language teaching, English teaching research, learning strategies, learning needs research, teaching resources and classroom management. The group had heated discussions due to the close connection of the topics with their own teaching experience.

In the training period in Zeya Rutgers University, a professor of Education College delivered a speech entitled "The United States Forefront Theory and Practice of TESOL Teaching", and had thorough exchange with our teachers on English language teaching and research.

Apart from TESOL training, the group were well informed of the United States education in Journalism and Communication, mass media development, media convergence and new media challenges through listening to lectures, visiting campus radio stations and TV stations, and inspecting local media. During their training, the Dean of Communication College Ernest Wilson personally met our teachers. In the nations leading academic scholar Tom Rossensfiel s seminar, Dean Wilson specially introduced our university s English teacher delegation to a large audience present. In Los Angeles, our teachers also visited Chinese Qiao Bao newspaper, and had discussion with the newspaper editor Mr. Liu Xiaodong to learn the development of Chinese newspapers and Chinese communities in the United States.

In addition, during the training mission CUC s English teacher delegation also visited four well-known U.S. universities: Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Princeton University and Columbia University. When they visited School of Journalism in Columbia University, Pulitzer Prize-winning professor Josh Friedman introduced to our teachers the journalism teaching philosophy and teaching operation.

Throughout the training process, our teachers were highly appreciated by the training schools and the instructors for their serious learning attitude, solid language skills, upward team spirit, and positive sense of communication.

Before the departure of the delegation, Vice President Hu Zhengrong had held a meeting with all the members present, stressing the importance of this training and CUC s leaderships concern for this project. He had also put forward specific demands and suggestions for teachers study in the United States. President s Assistant Liu Liqun, the Dean of Foreign Languages College Li Zuowen, the Director of International Exchanges and Cooperation Institute Zhang Lili participated in the meeting.

Party secretary Yang Xiuwen of Foreign Languages School was the delegation head, Vice Dean from the same school Liang Yan, and Zhang Yanqiu of International Exchanges and Cooperation Institute were deputy heads, the remaining 16 members were English teachers from the Foreign Languages School.

Translated by Li Zhonglan

CUC s English Teachers Accomplished their Professional Training in the US

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