A group of teachers joined James Trapp, museum expert and primary coordinator at the IOE CI, to explore Chinese history and culture through objects in the British Museum. The day […]

For the first three weeks of November, IOE Confucius Institute has organised a series of interactive training courses for primary schools teachers in London, Liverpool and Plymouth. The two-day training courses […]

The IOE Confucius Institute recently held the two-part ‘Getting to grips with Mandarin grammar teaching’ course which developed the ways in which Mandarin grammar is approached in the classroom. This […]

The second and final part of the IOE Confucius Institute’s ‘Getting to grips with Mandarin grammar teaching’ took place on Friday and Saturday of last week. The course was delivered […]

Looking for advice on how to teach Pre-U culture topics and essay writing? We asked Fran Ring some questions about the upcoming teacher training day on 2 December*… What will […]

Yesterday headteachers and their designated Confucius Classroom Managers joined us from schools across the country for the annual IOE Confucius Classroom planning meeting. So what are IOE Confucius Classrooms and […]

The IOE Confucius Institute host and facilitate a number of events for headteachers, teachers and students. Find out more about what is on offer by clicking here.

So what’s this ‘Doing Dragons Differently’ training all about?  We interviewed James Trapp to find out more about him and the new free training on 28 November*… When did you […]

Confucius Institute at the University of Basel, Switzerland October 31st, 2014 Tomorrow, the IOE CI Director, Katharine Carruthers will deliver teacher training at the University of Basel Confucius Institute, Switzerland. […]

This event took place on 28th November 2014.  We plan to make this training available online in early 2015. This is a one-day event will explore the wonders that can […]

The IOE CI has a variety of teacher training and professional development events coming up in the next few months. These events include Pre-U training as well as Mandarin grammar […]

Last week, the IOE CI successfully delivered our new professional development course ‘Getting to grips with Mandarin grammar teaching’. The two-part course was attended by teachers from schools around the […]

The popular Edexcel GCSE Chinese edited by Katharine Carruthers is now accompanied by an Online Workbook from Gowell’s GoChinese. Features of this comprehensive and innovative resource: Over 1,500 multimedia-rich, online exercises […]

‘Getting to grips with Mandarin grammar teaching’ is a two-part course to develop the ways in which you approach grammar in the Mandarin classroom. This course will apply contemporary MFL […]

Confucius Institute Day (27 September 2014) was a worldwide event to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Confucius Institute programmes across the world. In partnership with IOE Confucius Classrooms across England, we […]

Confucius Institute Day 2014 is a worldwide event to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Confucius Institute programmes across the world. How are we celebrating? Two mass online Chinese beginner lessons, […]

17-19 October 2014 (Part 1) 21-22 November 2014 (Part 2) About: A two-part course to develop the ways in which you approach grammar in the Mandarin classroom. This course will […]

China is a bright, vibrant country, packed with life and colour, ancient and modern contrasts and surprising sights everywhere you look. Do your pupils have some amazing photos of China […]

Congratulations to everyone on this summer’s exam results! Please take a moment to share your results via the survey link below. Your entry can be anonymous if you prefer. Your […]

Would you like to? Then read on! You may have read about us in this summer’s edition of Alumni Life magazine (read it online here). Learn Chinese as you teach […]

Join us for our free short courses in London, Liverpool and Plymouth and begin to teach Mandarin Chinese in your primary school from September 2014. For teachers with little or […]

Short films are a great way to make languages lessons more culturally enriching and inspire students to take a greater interest in language learning. With films as short as four […]

Written by Rebecca Whitmore The Mandarin PGCE course at the Institute of Education is a very intense yet rewarding year-long programme, combining school-based practice, lectures and tutor groups at the […]

The 7th annual NCLC took place from 8th to 10th May 2014 in Los Angeles, USA, providing teachers and policymakers with a valuable opportunity to share practice and policy ideas […]

Looking for the presentations from our recent 11th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference? Click here to access the 2014 conference presentations

Received your booking confirmation? Packed your bags? Ready to join us? We look forward to welcoming you tomorrow (Friday 6 June, doors open 9 a.m.) and Saturday (7 June, doors […]

With just two weeks to go, please don’t forget to book your place at the 11th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference. Workshops descriptions are now available on this website for you […]

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Earlier this term we announced that Elizabeth Truss and ShaoLan will join the 11th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference. We are excited that we shall also be welcoming the following people as […]

ShaoLan Hsueh, author of Chineasy, is coming to the 11th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference.  Are you? You may have seen ShaoLan’s TED Talk online in which she first introduced her […]

We are delighted to announce that Education Minister Elizabeth Truss MP has agreed to open this year’s Annual Chinese Teaching Conference. The Minister visited schools and education centres in China […]

Book your place today for the 11th Annual Chinese Conference this June… Bookings are now open for our popular Chinese teaching and learning conference on 6 and 7 June 2014. […]

Thank you to Maggie Sproule from George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, for sharing the following Easter quiz: Easter Quiz – M.Sproule (PDF) Enjoy the Easter break! Do you have any resources […]

Does one of your colleagues deserve an award? Could you be one of this year’s winners? Nominate your colleague for an Excellence Award 2015… Deadline: Submit your nominations by Thursday […]

Students at Rosendale Primary School (IOE Confucius Classroom) had a royal visitor in their Mandarin lesson on Tuesday. Click here to read the full story on class 6JP’s blog Click […]

Forty students at Year 8 and Year 9 from Kingsford Community School took part in the YCT language exam and achieved good results. YCT stands for Youth Chinese Test and is […]

Colourful celebration of Chinese New Year of the Horse went on across our Confucius Classrooms. Fantastic performances by children such as singing ‘Xin Nian Hao’ and giving out red envelopes are just […]

英国伦敦大学IOE孔子学院全体同事向大家拜年！ 祝大家在新的一年里马到成功，吉祥如意。 Colleagues at the IOE Confucius Institute wish you a prosperous Chinese New Year in 2014. Click the link below to read about the characteristics for the horse in […]

Free lesson plans and activities for Chinese New Year 2014: IOE Confucius Institute for Schools has been working with the British Council to update the Chinese New Year education pack. […]

The excellent Mandarin language learning at Highgate Primary School features in a BBC News report today (BBC News: Languages to be compulsory in English primary schools). Congratulations to teacher Rhoda […]

Dynasties, daggers and duty – a Chinese cinema Study Day for KS3 Mandarin The BFI Southank is running a study day to inspire Key Stage 3 learners with Chinese cinema. […]

IOE Confucius Classroom at Anglo European School and the Essex-Jiangsu Centre for Chinese Studies would like to invite you to an all-day China Conference at the Anglia Ruskin University in […]

Chris Husbands, Director of the Institute of Education (IOE), and Katharine Carruthers, Director of the IOE Confucius Institute, recently gave an interview for NetEase (网易), one of the most popular internet […]

TeachMeet event at Highdown School, Reading 17:00-18:30, Friday 24 January, 2014 What is the Mandarin TeachMeet about? This will be a short and practical gathering for Mandarin Chinese teachers with […]