There is a course for language teachers at SOAS (with a certificate at the end). Saturday mornings.
Gao Fei
Westminster School
>
> From: Victoria Allen <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2005/10/10 Mon AM 10:39:31 GMT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Mandarin Chinese Teaching in the UK
>
> The schools which teach Chinese in this country are varied. It is taught as
> a mainstream subject in both private and state schools. In some places, it
> is part of the school day, in others it is taught in an after-school club,
> at lunchtimes or on Saturday mornings. Classes can be as large as a regular
> language class (25 - 30+ students) or just a few students - it all depends
> on the school!
>
> As for qualifications, there are two main routes. One is a PGCE, which is a
> taught course at one of the universities which run accredited Mandarin
> courses. There are currently three: Goldsmith's in London; the University of
> Sheffield and the University of Exeter(there may be one more, I can't
> remember if there is one at SOAS or not). These are one year courses with a
> great deal of time spent in schools. This is unpaid, but there are grants
> available.
>
> The other route is GTP (Graduate Training Programme). This is on-the-job
> training. It is a reduced timetable with a salary. This experience depends
> very much on the school and the support received.
>
> I hope that is helpful. Both routes would be looking for student teachers to
> apply within the next two to three months for a September 2006 start. The
> best place to find out further information is the TTA (Teacher Training
> Agency) and their website is as follows: www.tta.gov.uk
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Victoria Allen
>
> SELL (School of Education and Lifelong Learning)
> University of Exeter
>
>
>
>
> >From: 趙 蕊 <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Mandarin Chinese Teaching
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Mandarin Chinese Teaching in the UK
> >Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 22:48:52 +0900
> >
> >Dear All,
> >
> >My name is Rui Zhao,a new member to this forum, nice to
> >meet you all. I have been recently awarded an MA in
> >language studies from Lancaster University. My native
> >language is Mandarin Chinese and I have many years of
> >language teaching experience to students from different
> >cultural backgrounds (teaching English to Chinese and
> >Japanese, teaching Mandarin Chinese to Japanese).
> >
> >I am looking forward to the opportunities of teaching
> >Mandarin in the UK and I am sincerely in need of more
> >advice and information in this field.
> >
> >After joining this Chinese forum, I've been aware that
> >many topics are about Chinese GCSE and Chinese A-level, it
> >seems to me that Chinese has become a very popular course
> >in the schools in the UK. I wonder what kind of schools
> >they are and what kind of qualifications are necessary to
> >teach Mandarin here. I appreciate your help and
> >information. Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >Rui Zhao
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- Anne Martin <[log in to unmask]> からのメッセ
> >ージ：
> > > All
> > > I have received this email from Australia about how
> > > they cope with the
> > > examination of Chinese
> > > Regards
> > > Anne Martin
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Wong, Ken" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 2:49 AM
> > > Subject: Chinese course
> > >
> > >
> > > > Dear Anne,
> > > > we have 2 courses for our Higher School
> > > Certificate, one for Background
> > > and
> > > > one for Continuers (supposedly non- background).
> > > We have a problem in the
> > > > Continuers course where the requirement is that if
> > > you speak any Chinese
> > > > dialect, have studied more than a year of Chinese
> > > in a country where
> > > Chinese
> > > > was the teaching language ie China, Taiwan, then
> > > you are classified as a
> > > > Background Speaker and must do that course. Of
> > > course the problem is that
> > > > we have many who are in that category but still
> > > elect to do the Continuers
> > > > course which they are really not eligible for.
> > > THis has been a huge
> > > problem
> > > > and our Chinese Teachers Association has tried to
> > > communicate to the Board
> > > > of Studies what is happening, but nothing has been
> > > done about the problem.
> > > > In any case, it is possible for non-background
> > > students to do well in the
> > > > Continuers course despite the presence of
> > > non-eliglbe students, a boy at
> > > my
> > > > school came first in the Chinese Extension course
> > > last year, his father
> > > from
> > > > England and mother an Australia, both Anglo
> > > background. Sorry to be so
> > > > winded though, you can check out the Board of
> > > Studies website (New South
> > > > Wales) and it has past examination papers, the
> > > Chinese syllabi and other
> > > > support documents. Lobby for a seperate course
> > > for non-background
> > > students,
> > > > at least then there is some sort of course for
> > > them to learn on a more
> > > even
> > > > playing field. Other sites to check out would be
> > > the Chinese Language
> > > > Teachers Association of Victoria website and the
> > > Victorian Board of
> > > studies
> > > > web pages, their Chinese courses are stronger in
> > > numbers than ours and
> > > they
> > > > have some great resoureces. I hope this helps,
> > > dont hesitate to contact
> > > me
> > > > if I can be of further assistance.
> > > > regards
> > > > Ken
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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