Chinese Language Training for Irish Secondary School Teachers

This is a one year evening course (approx. 45 hours) 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:

· Know 200-300 words of core vocabulary.

· Achieve the language proficiency equivalent to HSK 2, which will enable them to pass the entrance examination of the Professional Diploma in Teaching Chinese Language and Culture.

· Lay a solid foundation for further study of Chinese language.

· Start building up their language capacity to teach simple and basic Chinese words or phrases to pupils.

Time

Class for 2017/18 will run from September 2017 to June 2018, 1.5 hours per week, for 30 weeks.

School holiday calendar is followed. (No class during October and February mid-term break, 2 weeks for Christmas and 2 weeks for Easter)

	Class on Tuesdays	Class on Wednesdays	Class on Thursdays
Term 1
September	19^th 26^th	20^th 27^th	21^st 28^th
October	3^rd 10^th 17^th 24^th	4^th 11^th 18^th 25^th	5^th 12^th 19^th 26^th
November	7^th 14^th 21^st 28^th	8^th 15^th 22^nd 29^th	9^th 16^th 23^rd 30^th
Term 2
January	9^th 16^th 23^rd 30^th	10^th 17^th 24^th 31^st	11^th 18^th 25^th
February	6^th 20^th 27^th	7^th 21^st 28^th	1^st 8^th 22^nd
March	6^th 13^th 20^th	7^th 14^th 21^st	1^st 8^th 15^th 22^nd
Term 3
April	10^th 17^th 24^th	11^th 18^th 25^th	12^th 19^th 26^th
May	1^st 8^th 15^th 22^nd 29^th	2^nd 9^th 16^th 23^rd 30^th	3^rd 10^th 17^th 24^th 31^st
June	5^th 12^th	6^th 13^th	7^th 14^th

Venue

Venue	Location	Class time
1. Dublin 4	University College Dublin	Tuesday evenings 18.30-20.00
2. Galway	Galway Education Centre	Wednesday evenings 18.30-20.00
3. Kildare	Kildare Education Centre	TBC
4. Laois	Laois Education Centre	TBC
5. Online	Class via Google Hangout	Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday evenings