On the morning of April 13th, the closing ceremony of 2018 Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) Pre-job Training Program for Volunteer Chinese Teachers to the Philippineswas held at Youth Theater. Heads of College of International Education, some teacher representatives and 156 trainees from 81 universities in China attended the ceremony.
During the 40-day training, undertaken by FNU, Hanban and FNU gave a lot of support and guidance to all the work involved. Director of the Volunteer Office of Hanban offered guidance in person and delivered lectures to the trainees. Deputy Secretary of FNU Party Committee Pan Yuteng and Vice President of FNU Lai Hairong gave lectures, too.
It is learned that elaborate arrangements have been made about thetraining courses, which covered such teaching modules as ideals and faith, Chinese teaching ability, dissemination of Chinese culture, guidelines for fulfilling duties. This training combined theoretical study with teaching practice in the forms of teaching observation and micro-teaching in groups, which has improved the volunteers’ Chinese teaching skills effectively .
(Translated by Wang Sijie, Reviewed by Xie Xiujuan)