The Dynasties, daggers and duty: a Chinese Cinema Study Day for KS3 Mandarin will take place at the British Film Institute (BFI) on Tuesday 31st January between 10:30 – 15:30. […]
A UCL Memorandum of Understanding broadening education collaboration was among high-profile signings at the 2016 UK-China Education Summit and UK-China High Level People-to-People Dialogue in Shanghai. Katharine Carruthers, UCL’s Pro-Vice-Provost […]
This week hundreds of secondary school pupils in England have begun intensive lessons in Mandarin Chinese as the first initiative of its kind is rolled out across the country. The […]
Last week Bohunt School, one of the schools delivering Mandarin Excellence Programme, organised a speaking contest for their Year 7 class. Students were set the task of introducing themselves, their […]
IOE Confucius Institute’s National Network Coordinator Xiaoming Zhu was invited by the Cyprus University Confucius Institute to join their Forum on Teaching Chinese Language and Culture in Schools from 18th […]
On Saturday 5th November, the IOE CI’s Primary Network Co-ordinator, James Trapp, travelled to the new premises of the De Montfort University Confucius Institute in the heart of the university […]
Mary Oboh won the first prize in the individual category at the 9th Chinese Bridge Speaking Competition hosted by Hanban in Yunnan last month. A delegation of five candidates from […]
Beths Grammar School, Bexley is one of the first 14 schools taking part in the DfE’s Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP). The programme has gained a lot of interest from students […]
James Trapp, Primary Network Coordinator at the UCL IOE Confucius Institute, was recently interviewed by Cypress Books. In the interview, he revealed his life long passion for all things about […]
St Mary Magdalene Academy is one of 14 schools currently taking part in the Mandarin Excellence Programme. Yadi Luo, Head of Mandarin at St Mary Magdalene Academy, and a couple […]
Following the summer visit to China in 2016, there was further opportunity for our Chinese pupils to discover new and creative aspects of Chinese culture, as we took thirty year […]
In September this year, the Beijing Publishing Group (BPG), Peking University (PKU) and the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU) held the event ‘A Taste of China’ at the British Library […]
Good news for giant pandas recently, with the announcement that China’s conservation efforts are paying off, moving their status from “endangered” to “vulnerable.” So there’s no better time to engage […]
We are happy to let you know about a new collaboration which brings together the worlds of Shakespeare and Kunqu (Jiangsu Opera), performed for two nights only at the Actor’s […]
Tickets are now available to hear China’s favourite choral work, Xian Xinghai’s Yellow River Cantata, China’s flagship choral work sung in Mandarin! Chopsticks Choral Society have announced a major concert […]
In September 2014, the IOE Confucius Insitute launched the Young Photographers’ Competition, to coincide with National Confucius Institute Day. The competition is now in its third year and has seen […]
This summer saw two groups of UK teachers heading to East China Normal University, Shanghai, to participate in the Language Enhancement and Experience China courses, for non-native proficient and beginner […]
The 2016 China Study Camps, whick took place this July, were a great success. The 278 students and teachers from UK schools were supported by Hanban, the IOE CI, the […]
This week we’ve been looking into the world of Open Educational Resources (OER). These are free learning and teaching resources available on the internet, and can be anything from materials […]
The UCL IOE Confucius Institute are currently recruiting to the following 3 posts advertised on the UCL Website and Jobs.ac.uk to deliver the Mandarin Excellence Programme. Please click the links […]
The UCL IOE CI 2016 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference which took place last Friday and Saturday was a great success. We would like to thank all those who took part […]
Those of you who attended the Annual Conference on Friday 13th June will have heard Katharine Carruthers and Adam Unwin talk about the MTeach (Masters of Teaching) programme at UCL […]
A new updated version of the Programme of Study for Primary Mandarin is now available for download. Re-released in June 2016, the language content and general rationale remain the same […]
In April and May, two teacher training events were held at UCL IOE CI, focussed on speaking and listening skills development. Designed and delivered by Philippa Vallely, UCL IOE CI […]
Key themes at this year’s conference are the ideas of collaboration and creativy, as we focus on the development of Mandarin Chinese in the UK. This collaboration can come from […]
Recently the UCL IOE CI held a day to support teachers who are teaching, or about to teach Pre U Mandarin Chinese. Discussion workshops were led by Ruairí Garvey, Oundle […]
Formerly an IOE Mandarin Chinese PGCE student, Chris Webster currently teaches Chinese at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, London. Chris has started to write a blog to document his successes and challenges while teaching […]
This year’s conference features a primary strand with workshops from experts in Primary Mandarin Chinese Teaching. Rhoda Pennington from Highgate Primary School is delivering a workshop called ‘Designing a culturally […]
One of the strands of this year’s conference reflects a growing trend in teaching: use of technology in the classroom. We asked two of our workshop presenters, Leng Xuenian and […]
Last night our Teacher Training Coordinator, Philippa Vallely, enjoyed Red Dragonfly’s production of “Diao Chan- The Rise of the Courtesan” at the Arts Theatre, London. The play takes its story […]
Formerly an IOE Mandarin Chinese PGCE student, Chris Webster currently teaches Chinese at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, London. Chris has started to write a blog to document his successes and challenges while teaching […]
The IOE Confucius Institute’s Primary Network Co-ordinator, James Trapp, has recently finished a complete reworking of his original Programme of Study for Primary Mandarin Chinese. The core language content of […]
Continuing our trail of blog posts about the Annual Chinese Teaching Conference 2016, we caught up once again with IOE CI Director, Katharine Carruthers, to ask her about what delegates […]
Our conference is fast approaching, so we will be producing a regular blog to keep you all updated about what’s in store this year. To kick things off, this week […]
Last week saw Oundle School, one of our Confucius Classrooms, holding a teacher training event specifically for Chinese teachers. With workshops on the Pre U Culture Paper, using Ipads in […]
The Language Trends Survey 2015/16 has been published. The document is the latest in a series of annual reports on language teaching based on online surveys completed by teachers in […]
The Annual Chinese Teaching Conference 2016 will take place on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th June at UCL Institute of Education. This event is the largest CPD opportunity of its […]
The Annual Excellence Awards provide professional recognition for contributions to Chinese language teaching in schools and for enabling the study of China across the curriculum in both Primary and Secondary […]
Our Teacher Training Coordinator, Philippa Vallely, was invited to provide a workshop on Saturday 2nd April at the UKFCS 22nd Teachers Training Conference in Manchester. The day began with […]
Book your conference place today! Click here to proceed to the booking site Conference places must be booked online in advance through the UCL Store. Step by step If you […]
The 13th Annual Conference is approaching! On Friday 17th and Saturday 18th June, the UCL IOE will be buzzing with experts involved in the teaching and learning of Mandarin. […]
After a very successful event at Trinity School in December 2014, we are now pleased to announce that we are able to offer two separate events in support of Mandarin […]
Dynasties, daggers and duty: a Chinese cinema Study Day for KS3 Mandarin – Event 2 On Thursday 4th February, the British Film Institute (BFI) held a Mandarin studies film event […]
Do you struggle to find interesting and diverse ways to integrate speaking and listening activities into your teaching? Do you stick to the same few “tried and tested” activities most […]
Adam Moorman from Fortismere School in London has created some excellent teaching materials based on rap music and using rap music in Chinese language learning. Due to the proposed changes to […]
Last Friday, UCL IOE Confucius Institute hosted the second annual School and Universities Day. At the event, we welcomed 120 GCSE and A-Level students from schools around England and 19 […]
Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) publish 6 Bi Monthly Confucius Institute journals annually. The journals are now available to view online, and the back catalogue is published to 2009 in pdf […]
Last week saw the second Chinese & Japanese GCSE & IB Network Event take place at Dartford Grammar School. Organised by Melissa Carr (Head of Non-European Languages), we were first […]
Dynasties, daggers and duty: Study Day for KS3 Mandarin On Thursday 4th February, the British Film Institute (BFI) at Southbank in London is holding Mandarin studies film event for teachers […]
The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) PGCE course offers dedicated Mandarin-specific subject tuition for trainee teachers of languages. The tuition on the course draws on the best current Mandarin teaching […]