Chinese Evening Class to Irish school Teachers from January 2023
Dear Principals and Teachers,I am very pleased to share that following the launch of the government’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017-2026, the UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland and the Irish Institute for Chinese Studies at UCD have developed the first and second in a series of books and resources aimed at teaching the Junior Cycle Short Course. Following our successful development of the Teaching Pack for Chinese Culture and Language for Transition Year in 2012, the UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland and the Irish Institute for Chinese Studies at UCD have been offering a Professional Diploma and a Masters in Teaching Chinese Language and Culture for school teachers since 2014. All these efforts are laying the path for Leaving Cert Chinese in the near future.It is our pleasure to announce that the UCD Confucius Institute will continue to offer Chinese evening class to Irish school teachers from January 2023. This is a 15-hour evening course designed for:· Teachers who are interested in studying the Professional Diploma in Teaching Chinese Language and Culture, but have no previous learning experience of Chinese.· Teachers who have no previous learning experience of Chinese, and are interested in tasting the language.Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:·Handle a variety of communicative topics, such as self-introduction, family, hobby, weather, food, shopping, date & time, numbers, daily routine, etc.;·Start building up language capacity to teach simple and basic Chinese words or phrases to pupils;·Lay a solid foundation for further study of Chinese language.TimeThe Class will run from January to March 2023, 1.5 hours per week, for 10 weeks. School holiday calendar will be followed.
Venue OnlineCourse FeesFREE (from January to March, for 10 weeks, 15 hours) RegistrationTo secure your place, please visit the link to complete registration before 5thJanuary 2023:https://forms.gle/ptrbLM3xgaQ1nXUZAIf you wish to continue the class after the first term, there will be a second term from April to June 2023, for 10 weeks.We will continue to work with you to promote Chinese language and culture in Ireland.
Please do not hesitate to contact our Programme Coordinator Ms Lirong Peng at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. should you have any queries or require any further information about our programmes.Wishing you a festive and joyful season ahead. Kind regards,
UCD Confucius Institute
UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland
University College Dublin Belfield | Dublin 4 | Ireland
Tel: +353 1 716 3000
Website: www.cii.ie | www.ucd.ie/china