Under the lead of China Education Association for International Exchange and Beijing Normal University, the opening ceremony of “English Teacher Training Program” was held successfully online on August 10, 2020.
This program aims to deliver high-quality training to primary and secondary school English teachers all over the country, especially poor and remote areas that have a lack of English teaching resources. The professional program team will make the best use of summertime to achieve this goal by adopting international-leading teaching methods and focusing on practical and effective results.
Provinces including Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan will join the program. Shen Xuesong, deputy Secretary-General of China Education Association for International Exchange, and Zhou Zuoyu, vice President of Beijing Normal University, delivered speeches online at the opening ceremony respectively.
He Yu, director of Foreign Exchange and Cooperation of the Education Department of Sichuan Province delivered a speech at the opening ceremony on behalf of the above department and the Sichuan Education Association for International Exchange (SEAIE). In order to promote the common development of English teaching in all parts of Sichuan, this summer training is set up in Jinyang county and Zhaojue County of Liangshan Prefecture, targeting poverty alleviation through education. SEAIE is responsible for the implementation of the program in this region.
The training is also strongly supported by the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Education and Sports Bureau. The training will be officially held online from August 10 to 14. More than 200 primary and secondary school English teachers in Liangshan Prefecture will participate in the training.
