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UKFCS 22nd Teachers Training Conference
Manchester Conference Centre, University of Manchester
2nd – 3rd April 2016
Invitation Letter to Members

13th January 2016

Dear Members

You are invited to apply to the 22nd Teachers Training Conference to be held at Manchester Conference Centre, The University of Manchester, on 2nd and 3th April 2016. The theme of the conference is "Chinese Education in the UK - The Complete Picture" and the proceedings will be conducted in English, Mandarin and Cantonese where appropriate.

Our keynote speaker on Day One is Mrs Bernardette Holmes MBE, a Bye-Fellow of Downing College, University of Cambridge and Campaign Director of Speak to the Future; she is currently advising the Department for Eductaion on curriculum reform for modern languages and is lead drafter of the new GCSE criteria for both modern and ancient languages. She will be speaking at the conference on "Languages for a Global Future".

For details of the conference, please consult the programme and synopses of the keynotes and workshops presented below.

During the conference, there will be stands for booksellers and the UKFCS to exhibit their publications, including printed books, e-books and language learning computer applications

Should you have any question about the conference, please either email to ttc-applications@ukfcs.info or phone Mrs Stella Chung on 0208 340 7585 between 8.00 and 10.00 pm.

For information on the conference fee, please refer to the latter section on this page. If you wish to apply, please complete the application form and the workshops selection form and send them, by 15th March 2016, to:

Mrs Stella Chung (TTC16)
52 Frobisher Road
Turnpike Lane
London
N8 0QX

You can pay in one of two following ways:

  1. By cheque - payable to UKFCS
  2. By bank transfer - to Bank Account: UKFCS(at Barclays); Sort Code: 20-29-23; Bank Account no.: 20137952

 

Yours sincerely

Education Committee
UK Federation of Chinese Schools

 

 

Conference Programme
Conference Theme: Chinese Education in the UK - The Complete Picture
Time Saturday 2nd April 2016
8.45 am Registration (tea/coffee)
9.30 am Welcome from the Chair of Education Committee
9.45 am - 10.45 am
Keynote 		Languages for a global future (E)
Speaker: Bernardette Holmes MBE
Chair : Jack Ho
10.45 am - 11.15 am Break (tea/coffee/biscuits)
11.15 am - 12.45 pm
Workshops (Parallel Sessions)
 (A) Project-based approach to teaching and learning (E/C/M)
Facilitator: Goldsmiths students
Chair: Catalina Brook		 (B) Teaching GCSE level students – how to deliver the course (E/C/M)
Facilitators: Xianhua Long
Chair: Jack Ho		 (C) Developing a dynamic classroom —Working with technology (iPad) (E)
Facilitator: Philippa Vallely
Chair: Joe Au
12.45 pm - 1.45 pm Lunch
1.45 pm – 3.15 pm
Workshops (Parallel Sessions)		 (D) Teaching A-level – how to deliver the course (E/M/C)
Facilitator: Manling Chau
Chair: William Chung		 (E) Teaching demonstration video (E)
Facilitator: Amy Thompson
Chair: Stella Chung		 (F) Qualification and Career Development (E/M/C)
Facilitator: Catalina Brook
Chair: Joe Au
3.15 pm - 3.45 pm Break (tea/coffee/biscuits)
3.45 pm - 5.00 pm
Workshops (Parallel Sessions)		 (G) Digital Storytelling (M/C)
Facilitator: Li Hong Man
Chair: Amy Thompson		 (H) Integrating Culture and Language Teaching (E/M)
Facilitator: Hua Yan
Chair: Catalina Brook		 (I) Learning Through Drama (E)
Facilitator: Mei Mac
Chair: Eileen Lee
5.00 pm - 6.00 pm UKFCS 23rd Annual General Meeting (M/C/E)
UKFCS President: David Lau
7.00 pm - 11.00 pm Dinner and Entertainment

 

 

Time Sunday 3rd April 2016
9.00 am Assembly
9.15 am - 10.30 am
Keynote 		Differentiation in a Mixed-ability classroom
Speaker: Catalina Brook
Chair : Jack Ho
10.30 am - 11.00 am Break (tea/coffee/biscuits)
11.00 am - 12.30 pm
Workshops (Parallel Sessions) 		(J) Differentiation/Assessment (E/M/C)
Facilitator: Catalina Brook
Chair: Amy Thompson		 (K) Using stories, rhymes and poems in language teaching (E)
Facilitator: Adalgisa Serio
Chair: Joe Au		 (L) Cantonese speaking skills (C)
Facilitator: Eileen Lee
Chair: Zina Woo
12.45 pm - 1.45 pm Lunch
1.45 pm - 2.30 pm e-Learning introduction/demonstration
Facilitator: Joe Au
1.45 pm – 3.00 pm
Group Discussion
  • (M) Primary (M/C) Facilitator: Eileen Lee
  • (N)Secondary (M/C) Facilitator: Zina Woo
  • (O) GCSE (M/C) Facilitators: Jack Ho & Rachel Li
  • (P) A Level (M/C) Facilitators: Manling Chau & Guozhen He
  • (Q) Head teachers Facilitators: Catalina Brook & David Lau
3.00 pm - 3.30 pm Break (tea/coffee/biscuits)
3.30 pm - 4.00 pm Plenary Session – Questions & Answers, Certificates of Attendance, Feedback (M/C/E)
Chair: David Lau

Note:

  • (E), (M) and (C) denote English, Mandarian and Cantonese respectively.

 

Synopses for Keynotes and Workshops
Keynote／
Workshop		 Synopsis
Keynote 1 Languages for a global future
  • In a world that is hyper-connected and mobile, the ability to speak more than one language is an essential characteristic of being educated in the 21st Century. The ability to speak Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and English offers young people a significant, competitive advantage in the labour market and opens up career opportunities in many different professional fields. This session will look at the benefits of high levels of fluency in language and culture with reference to employability and to cognitive flexibility and learning gains. It will explore the kinds of linguistic and cultural experience that best prepares young people professional life and how such experience is embedded within the expectations of the new National Curriculum and new examinations. The session will put forward a vision for the teaching and learning of Chinese which proposes greater recognition and integration of complementary schools with mainstream education and seeks to link business professionals more closely with schools and universities.
  • Speaker: Bernadette Holmes MBE
Workshop A Project-based approach to teaching and learning
  • This session will look at
    A) Sharing experiences in planning and implementing the projects into the curriculum.
    B) Involving the 4 skills in developing a project
    C) Project approach of teaching in a mixed abilities classroom
  • Facilitators: Goldsmiths students
Workshop B Teaching GCSE level students
  • This workshop will look at ways to design and deliver a GCSE course for a community or mainstream school. It will include how to teach the four skills as well as the contents covered in the specification.
  • Facilitators: Long Xian Hua
Workshop C Developing a dynamic classroom, working with technology (iPad)
  • This workshop looks at some of the ways technology can be used in your classroom, and how it can enhance both your teaching and students’ learning. Using practical examples from UCL IOE training, and from the classroom, Philippa will explain how mobile technology in particular can change your classroom dynamic, putting learning in the hands of the learner. Participants will also have an opportunity to try out ideas in the session, using their mobile devices!
  • Facilitator: Philippa Vallely
Workshop D Teaching GCE Chinese Units 1,2 & 3
  • Teaching A Level Chinese - This workshop will look at ways to design and deliver an A Level Course for a community or mainstream school. It will cover all three Units in the specification.
  • Facilitator: Manling Chau (UKFCS Honorary Member)
Workshop E Teaching demonstration video
  • This workshop uses video clips taken from Chinese complementary schools as a resource for teacher development. Participants will discuss strategies used to promote active learning in the classroom. The video will include both Cantonese and Mandarin teaching in classrooms.
  • Facilitator: Amy Thompson (Education Advisor and Teacher Trainer)
Workshop F Qualification and career development
  • Participants will be shown different routes into getting a teaching qualification in the UK. Will also look at other training opportunities to further develop teaching skills.
  • Facilitator: Catalina Brook
Workshop G Digital Story-telling
  • This workshop is aiming for all participants to learn how to embed digital storytelling pedagogy in to their language teaching. In this workshop participants will be working with a partner to create and present a simple bilingual (Chinese-English) digital story using Movie Maker.
  • As we do not have access to a computer lab, we expect all participants:
    1. to bring their own laptop (MUST be PC) for workshop.
    2. to download Movie Maker onto their laptop
    - for Windows XP & for Windows 7 or 8 download from
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/get-movie-maker-download
  • Facilitator: Li Hong Man
Workshop H Integrating culture and language teaching
  • In this workshop Hua will first share his experience about how to integrate culture into language teaching with the methodology of TBLT (Task-based Language Teaching) mainly in teaching the Pre-U and A-Level Chinese course. He will also talk about how culture can lend itself to partnership working when running a film project with a partner school in China. The participants will then have the opportunities to contribute their own ideas and approaches to the discussion.
  • Facilitator: Hua Yan
Workshop I Learning Through Drama
  • In this session we will explore different methods and classroom techniques to keep pupils engaged while learning. It will be a very practical session to demonstrate the benefits of using drama to inspire and teach pupils. This will include an introduction to a range of games and exercises designed to strengthen language learning and applying those skills to a sample lesson plan.
  • Drama can be an incredibly useful tool to not only provide a sense of enjoyment in education, but also to cultivate a desire and positive attitude to keep learning. We will be exploring how drama can assist teachers and facilitators to accommodate a wider range of learning styles in the classroom and discuss what is best suited to your pupils.
  • Facilitator：Mei Mac
Keynote 2 Differentiation in a mixed-ability classroom
  • To have an understanding of what is meant by ‘mixed ability’. To be aware of mixed ability teaching strategies including planning for differentiation in the classroom.
  • Speaker: Catalina Brook
Workshop J Differentiation and assessment
  • This session will help teachers to understand different types of assessment and how to use it as part of teaching and learning.
  • Facilitator: Catalina Brook
Workshop K Using stories, rhymes and poems in language teaching
  • Children love to listen to stories and fairy tales! Therefore this lively and interactive workshop will give the teachers plenty of ideas on how to exploit original and made up stories, rhymes, and short poems in order to implement the language. Both books and ppt presentations will be used to maximize the potential of the written word even for young children. The session will be led in English with examples in Italian easily transferable to other languages.
  • Facilitator: Adalgisa Serio
Workshop L Teaching oral Cantonese
  • This workshop will look at the differences between written Chinese and oral Cantonese. It will also discuss effective ways of teaching pupils how to deal with the switch between the two.
  • Facilitator: Eileen Lee
e-learning resources e-Learning introduction/demonstration
  • This session will demonstrate a suite of e-learning resources produced by Joe for engaging pupils in learning Chinese and helping learners to self-study.
  • Facilitator: Dr Joe Au
Workshop M Group Discussion（Primary）: Year 1 – Year 5 teachers
Workshop N Group Discussion（Secondary）: Year 6 – Year 9 teachers
Workshop O Group Discussion（GCSE）: Year 10 – Year 11 teachers
Workshop P Group（A Level）: Year 12 – Year 13 teachers
Workshop Q Group Discussion（School Management）: for head teachers

 

Conference Fees

Member: ￡180 (Saturday and Sunday)

Non-member: ￡275 (Saturday and Sunday)

Day delegate: £130 whole conference (£70 per day) for members and £130 per day for non-members (exclusive of Saturday night accommodation and conference dinner)

Friday night accommodation: Please make your own arrangement

 

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Contact Us

If you have any questions about the conference, please send your message to ttc-applications@ukfcs.info