On May 5th and 6th, 2018, CINB held Chinese teaching meeting in St. John. Chinese director and foreign director as well as ten Chinese teachers attended the meeting.
This meeting was prepared over one month in advance. All the teachers in CINB participated in discussing the topics of it and did a lot of preparation work. In order to increase freshness and sparks of thought, random grouping was adopted in the discussion section. Those who present the meeting were divided into three groups by drawing lots and the group representatives shared their group results later. There were eight topics discussed in total.
The first topic is "teaching practice". First of all, the foreign director Teng Jing introduced educational rules, regulations, teaching requirements and professional qualities for a qualified teacher in New Brunswick. Then, all the teachers shared their understanding and experience in teaching practice. The former excellent Chinese teacher Jiang Jie also attended the meeting to share her opinions on this topic based on her work experience for years. In the end, all the discussions for this topic were summed up. Through the discussion, all the teachers have a better understanding of the local teaching practice and realize the importance of "doing as the Romans do", which helps them to better integrating into the local educational environment. It was decided that teaching practice would be listed as the primary topic for new teacher training in the future.
The second topic is "setting up HSK testing site". The volunteer Chinese teacher Liu Xiaowei reported the work on setting up HSK testing site and expressed that the negotiation for setting up HSK testing site in Riverview High School had entered the confirmation stage. All the Chinese teachers had an in-depth discussion on issues related to HSK testing, including the testing site setting, invigilators training, teaching arrangement for testing and so on. The first HSK testing site can be expected soon.
The third topic is "online teaching". CINB is going to launch online Chinese credit course. By connecting online learning with offline teaching together, high schools without Chinese course especially rural high schools will have Chinese course, which will help students to learn the Chinese language and understand Chinese culture to promote the internationalization of New Brunswick and make Chinese spread to every corner of New Brunswick. At the same time, this move, with good sustainability, will also lower cost for selecting and sending teachers and funding investment.
The fourth topic is "the establishment of CINB official website". Last year, CINB official website got 42,000 high hits in total, exerting a widespread influence. The professional website maintainer Mr. Dai was invited to attend the meeting. After listening to the suggestions put forward by all teachers, he would do some adjustments for the related website designs. Besides, he raised unified regulations for website news script. Through this change, CINB website will be further improved in quality and it will become a better window for CINB's publicity.
The fifth topic is "cultural teaching and presentation". This is mainly about the connection between different teaching forms with cultural teaching, such as the connection between dance, music and cultural teaching, the connection between Chinese Kung Fu and cultural teaching, the connection between poems and Chinese teaching and so on. Chinese volunteer teacher Liu Xiaowei put forward to hold "Chinese Food Festival" to spread Chinese food culture. Discussion on this topic efficiently helped all teachers to understand the fundamental procedure of organizing cultural teaching and presentation, getting their ideas into shape, adopt innovation and advance the Chinese teaching to develop in introducing new ideas.
The sixth topic is "teaching experience sharing". All the teachers shared their teaching experience and raised their confusions and difficulties in class. They spoke out freely and accumulated insights. The Chinese Li Yanmei put forward that it is a good way to introduce Chinese picture books into class. By telling stories, teachers can help students to know about Chinese characters and Chinese cultures. All the teachers learned from each other and improved themselves in experience sharing.
The seventh is "syllabus of Chinese teaching", which was mainly written by Chinese teacher Tian Tian and Li Nannan. All the teachers present gave their advice for the established syllabus.
The eighth is "technology and Chinese teaching". The Chinese director Dai Zunfeng shared all kinds of supplementary means in Chinese teaching, such as some useful Chinese teaching phone APP, famous Chinese teaching website, access to Chinese teaching videos and so on. Then, other teachers added some according to their teaching experience. It is necessary to applying technology into Chinese teaching. Appropriate use of technology will better arouse students' study interest, create better study atmosphere and further improve Chinese teaching quality.
Best minds gather together to build CINB and promote its development. This meeting summed up the progress CINB has achieved in this semester, analyzed the problems in work, shared teaching experience and made it clear of the focus for future work.
新布伦瑞克省孔子学院举办汉语教学工作会议
2018年5月5日-6日，新布伦瑞克省孔子学院（CINB）在圣约翰市（St.John）举行了教学工作会议，新省孔院中外方院长以及十位汉语教师出席了会议。
此次会议提前一个多月就开始筹备，新省孔院全体教师参与讨论并提出了会议议题，然后就相关议题做了大量的准备工作，每个人都是有备而来。为了增加新鲜感和尽可能多地产生思想碰撞的火花，会议讨论环节采用了随机分组的方式，每个议题与会人员都会通过抽签方式分成三个小组，小组讨论后各派代表分享讨论成果。本次会议共讨论完成了八个议题。
会议第一项议题为“新省教学惯例”。外方院长滕菁首先发言，向与会人员介绍了新省教育规章制度、教师规范、教学要求以及作为一名合格教师应当具备的专业素养。接下来，与会老师分组讨论交流了自己在教学过程中对当地教学惯例的了解和实践。新省孔院前优秀汉语教师蒋洁也来到大会，并结合多年的工作经验就此议题分享了她的看法。最后，大会对此项议题进行了总结。通过讨论，各位老师对当地教学惯例有了更全面的了解，更加充分地意识到入乡随俗的重要性，并表示这能让他们更好地融入当地的教育环境。会议决定，此项内容列为日后新教师培训的首选项目。
会议第二项议题为“HSK考试考点设置”。汉语教师志愿者刘晓唯汇报了新省孔院设置HSK考点的工作进程，表示孔院在蒙克顿市Riverview High School设置考点的洽谈已进入最后确认阶段。与会老师对HSK考试的相关事项进行了认真讨论，包括考点的设置、监考人员的培训、以及与考试相适应的教学安排等。新省孔院的第一个HSK考点指日可待。
会议第三项议题是“线上教学”。新省孔院即将启动线上汉语学分课程，通过学生线上学习和教师线下面授相结合的方式，为新省还未开设汉语课堂的高中，特别是偏远地区高中，带来汉语课，帮助学生学习汉语语言，了解中国文化，进一步促进新省国际化，让汉语之花在新省每个角落绽放。同时，此举也会减轻汉办选派师资和经费投入的压力，可持续性发展前景看好。
会议第四项议题是“新省孔院官方网站建设”。新省孔院官方网站去年累计点击量高达42万，产生了较为广泛的影响力。网站专业维护人员代先生应邀列席了会议，就本项议题听取了各位老师的建议，并将对网站相关设计进行调整。同时，代先生也对网站新闻稿件的格式做了统一的规范。通过此次整改，新省孔院官方网站的质量将会有进一步提升，也将成为宣传孔院工作的更好的窗口。
会议第五项议题是“文化教学与展演”。此项议题主要讨论不同教学形式与汉语文化教学的结合，例如舞蹈音乐与文化教学的结合、中国功夫与文化教学的结合以及古诗词与汉语教学的结合等。汉语教师志愿者刘晓唯还提出举办“中国美食节”的想法，借此推广中国的美食文化。此次讨论，有效地帮助各位教师了解了组织文化教学展演的基本流程，厘清思路，创新举措，促使汉语文化教学在推陈出新中不断发展。
会议第六项议题是“教学经验分享”。各位老师分享了自己的讲课经验，同时也提出了在课堂上遇到的困惑和难题。与会者畅所欲言，集思广益。汉语教师李艳梅提出，可以在课堂上引入中国绘本故事，通过向孩子们讲故事的方式，引导他们认识中国字，了解中国文化。百花齐放，各自精彩，老师们在经验分享中思想碰撞，相互借鉴，共同提高。
会议第七项议题是“汉语教学大纲编写”。教学大纲主要由汉语教师田恬和李楠楠执笔完成，此次会议，与会老师结合自己的教学经验对已经成型的大纲提出自己的修改建议，精益求精，一份全新的新省孔院汉语教学大纲呼之欲出。
会议第八项议题是“科技与汉语教学”。中方院长代尊峰先生首先向与会老师分享了汉语教学可以借助的各种辅助手段，如好用的汉语教学手机APP、著名的汉语教学网站、汉语教学视频的获取等，之后与会老师结合自己的教学经验进行了相关的补充。科技手段在汉语教学中的应用是大势所趋，恰当的利用将会更好地激发学习兴趣，营造更好的学习氛围，进一步提高汉语教学质量。
群英荟萃谋发展，齐心协力建孔院。此次会议总结了新省孔院本学期已取得的工作进展，分析了工作中存在的问题，分享了心得，交流了经验，也明确了下一步工作重点。
