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2019 Business Chinese Teacher Training Schedule

6 – 8 September 2019 Friday, Saturday and Sunday

6 September

Room 3.02 - 3.04, Tower Two, LSE

Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE ( nearby underground TEMPLE or HOLBORN)

08:30-9:30 Registration

9: 30- 10:00

Welcome

Opening Ceremony

Introduction to the training schedule

Host: Dr. Neil McLean

LSE Director of Language Centre

Prof. Wang Jinghui

CIBL China Director

Keynote Speech Mr. Wang Yongli

Chinese Embassy

Group Photos

10:00-10:30 The Global Profile of Confucius Institutes

and the Introduction to Confucius

Institutes for Business London

Dr. Lu Hong, OBE

CIBL Deputy Director

10:30-10:45 Tea break

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10:45-11:45 Teaching Business Chinese in Europe Prof. Joel Bellassen

Chairman of the European Association

of Chinese Teaching, Former Chief

Chinese Inspector of schools, French

National Ministry of Education,

Professor of Oriental Language and

Culture Institute of Paris

11:45-12:45 How to Teach Interactively in UK

Educational Setting

Dr Yuan Boping

Reader in Chinese Language and

Linguistics

Cambridge University

12: 45 -13:00 Q & A

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Challenges and Opportunities in Teaching

Chinese

Professor Wang Jinghui

CIBL China Director

Anne Campbell

SOAS Language Centre Director

France Business School Director

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15:30-16:20 What Does Effective Communication

Mean?

Dr. Neil McLean

LSE Language Centre Director

15:50 -16:05 Q & A

16:05-16:20 Tea Break

16:20 – 17:10

(50 minutes)

How to Teach Interactively in UK

Education Context

Katherine Curruthers

UK Director of IOE CI, OBE

17:10-17:50 Demonstration of Chinese Taster Class in

Companies

Liao Dun

CIBL Chinese Teacher

18:00 Dinner CIBL Staff

Day 2 15 September

Room 3.02 - 3.04, Tower Two, LSE

9:30-10:20 Intercultural Communication and

Cultural Comparison

Director Forum

10:20-11:10 How to Market Business Chinese within

a Company

Mr. Alex Adamo

Marketing Director,

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Corporate Executive Board

(CEB)

11:10 -11:30 Tea Break

11:30-12:30 Business Chinese Education: Teaching

and Learning for Non-academic Degree

Michael DIT Director

12:30 -13:45 Q & A

12:45 -13:30 Lunch

13:30 -14:20 Designing and Demonstrating a Series

of Business Culture Lecture

Oliver Shiell

Asiability Founder and CEO

14:20 -15:10 Immersion Course Design and Teach Chu Jing

15:10-15:30 Tea Break

15:30-16:20 In Company Business Intercultural

Communication Course Design and

Deliver

Dr Amily Guenier

Core teacher of CIBL LSE

16:20 -17:10 How to Keep Your Students Motivated

and Engaged Through Games -

Confucius Classroom Teaching

Mr. Nick Mair

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Director of Language Centre, Dulwich

College

17:10-18:00 Consolidating Mandarin Teaching and

Showcasing Teaching in Business

Chinese

Professor Hua Jing

CIBL

18:00 Dinner

Day 3 – 16 September

Room 3.02 - 3.04, Tower Two, LSE

09:30-10:20 Analysis and Utilisation of Multi-media:

An Introduction to Its Uses in Business

Chinese and Relevant Sources

Ms. Fang Jing

Chinese Instructor, University Oxford

China Centre, Hanban Expert

10:20 -11:10 How to Write the Business Chinese Text

Book According to The Student’s

Feature and Needs

Dr. Lu Hong, OBE

CIBL Deputy Director

11:10-13:30 Lunch

Discussing and Preparing the Teaching Plan

13:30-14:20 The Administration and Execution of

CIBL Programmes

Ms. Jessica Cunliffe

CIBL Institute Manager

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14:20-15: 20 Group Report on the Tailor Made

Business Chinese Course Dr. LU Hong, OBE

15:20-15:40 Tea Break

15:40-16:40 The World, Confucius Institute, the

Individual: Cultural Engagement and

Self-realisation

Prof. Yinong Xu, London Southbank

University

16:40-17:00 Q & A

17:00 -17:30 Closing Ceremony （Issuing of

certificates）

CIBL Directors

***The above schedule may be subject to changes

Sponsored by: Hanban, Confucius Institute Headquarters

Supported by: LSE and Tsinghua University

Host Organisation: CIBL