Mandarin Excellence Programme feature on Sky News
Yesterday morning (April 11 2018) Sky News ran a feature on the Mandarin Excellence Programme, in light of newly published YouGov research.
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Hundreds of pupils in England ‘on track towards fluency’ in Mandarin as second year of Mandarin Excellence Programme Begins
Hundreds of school pupils in England are on track towards fluency in Mandarin Chinese as part of a national language learning initiative which starts its second year this term. Progress […]
Hanban Teachers 2013-14
Welcome to our fantastic IOE Hanban teachers 2013-14! This year we welcome 34 new and 13 returning Hanban teachers all the way from China. The new teachers arrived in the […]
Mandarin for Teenagers at the British Film Institute
For several years the British Film Institute have held film and language days for KS3 French, German and Spanish. This year they are pioneering a Mandarin day, which will be […]
Conference programme now available
We have an exciting range of CPD workshops and keynote speeches in this year’s conference programme. Click here to download the latest conference programme (PDF). Click here to visit the […]
Kingsford win first prize!
Kingsford Community School were proud first prize winners of the group performance at the National Mandarin Speaking Competition 2013. Shannon Wright (15), Ngoc Anh Tran (14), Yasmin Gulay (15), Benedict Green (14) and Jabeth Musumba […]
A review: IOE CI Resource Training Events, December 2012
The IOE Confucius Institute successfully delivered three Chinese resource training events in December 2012. One took place at Upton Hall School Confucius Classroom in Merseyside and two at the Institute […]
10th Annual Chinese Conference 2013
Are you interested in presenting a workshop at our conference? Do you have good ideas and successes to share? We are looking for engaging and enthusiastic speakers to give a […]
2012 Autumn Camps
The China Camps have taken place each year since 2007 through the generous support of Hanban (the Office of Chinese Language Council International). In October 2012, 395 UK secondary school […]
Case Study: Experience China 2012
By Junerose Palmer Advance skills teacher – Internationalism and Cultural Diversity Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Last summer, I joined the Experience China Course and spent three weeks at the East […]
Experience China Course 2012 Feedback
Comments and feedback from the 2012 Experience China participants It was a unique and invaluable experience for me and has really inspired me to take Mandarin further as part of […]
Hanban Teachers 2012/13
Click here for 中文. We’re pleased to announce that our wonderful new Hanban teachers for 2012-13 have arrived. The teachers landed very early on a cold November morning at Gatwick […]
2012 Student Conference
Over 100 students and teachers from across the country met on 1 March 2012 for the 4th Annual Student Conference on China. The conference was hosted by the Royal Institute […]
A Chinese Teaching Materials Workshop
The IOE Confucius Institute for Schools is holding two teacher training events for speakers of Chinese who are interested in learning how to teach Chinese to school-age students or improve […]
UK Based Teacher Training Quotes
From October 2011 to February 2012, the IOE Confucius Institute for Schools successfully ran three teacher training courses. Each course lasted one week consisting of 10 sessions focusing on different […]
Latest Teaching Resources
Click here for 中文. In 2009 a new GCSE Chinese textbook was published in conjunction with Pearson Education and specifically tailored to the new Edexcel GCSE specification and exam. One […]
