In British Council-managed ELT projects in Chinese universities,Chinese project counterparts areselected from among the English-language teaching staff of the University.They work alongside aBritish Council-recruited ...In British Council-managed ELT projects in Chinese universities,Chinese project counterparts areselected from among the English-language teaching staff of the University.They work alongside aBritish Council-recruited lecturer(BCL)in developing whatever it is the project has been set up tocreate:a syllabus,teaching materials,a course,etc.During the lifetime of the project eachcounterpart is sent for a year’s postgraduate training(typically an MA in applied Linguistics)at aBritish university,the rationale being that the combination of training on the job and in the UK willequip them to take over the running of the project and ensure its long-term sustainability.This paperlooks at the staff development of the counterparts prior to their UK training.展开更多
Tasting delicious local food and watching an NBA basketball game live enabled me to gain a deeper insight into Phoenix,an international sister city of Chengdu.On the second day after the Chinese New Year holiday,I lef...Tasting delicious local food and watching an NBA basketball game live enabled me to gain a deeper insight into Phoenix,an international sister city of Chengdu.On the second day after the Chinese New Year holiday,I left Chengdu on an official trip to the United States as a staff member of the Chengdu Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office.After a flight of 20 hours,we ar-展开更多
文摘In British Council-managed ELT projects in Chinese universities,Chinese project counterparts areselected from among the English-language teaching staff of the University.They work alongside aBritish Council-recruited lecturer(BCL)in developing whatever it is the project has been set up tocreate:a syllabus,teaching materials,a course,etc.During the lifetime of the project eachcounterpart is sent for a year’s postgraduate training(typically an MA in applied Linguistics)at aBritish university,the rationale being that the combination of training on the job and in the UK willequip them to take over the running of the project and ensure its long-term sustainability.This paperlooks at the staff development of the counterparts prior to their UK training.
文摘Tasting delicious local food and watching an NBA basketball game live enabled me to gain a deeper insight into Phoenix,an international sister city of Chengdu.On the second day after the Chinese New Year holiday,I left Chengdu on an official trip to the United States as a staff member of the Chengdu Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office.After a flight of 20 hours,we ar-
