On Jan. 6th, Confucius Institute in New Brunswick held a teaching and research meeting in Fredericton. The meeting was chaired by CINB foreign director Ms. Teng Jing. Ms. Dawn Weatherbie, Vice president of AEI, Executive Director of Confucius Institute in New Brunswick, attended the meeting. All the teachers and volunteer teachers shared their valuable teaching experience from the past semester, discussed and made plans for teaching and culture activities for next semester. 

At the very beginning of the meeting, on behalf of AEI, Mrs. Dawn Weatherbie welcomed all the teachers from CINB and remarked on their hard work and joint effort in promoting Chinese language and culture all around New Brunswick.

During the meeting, every teacher made a PowerPoint presentation based on their own experience, working at different schools and with students from different levels. They came up with an individualized teaching and evaluating method according to the distinctive characteristics of elementary, middle and high school students. The meeting mainly focused on the implement of the very first trilingual program, which will kick off in September at Park Street School in Fredericton, and Chinese credit courses at high schools, and the teaching syllabus for Chinese language and culture course in New Brunswick. Ms. Jing Teng, shared precious information from the 10th Confucius Institute Conference at the meeting and discussed the sustainable development of CINB with the teachers.

A clear plan was made on the future development of CINB, and both theoretical and practical experiences were shared to ensure carrying out teaching and culture activities. This meeting was not only a summary of the past years' hard work, but also a powerful stimulation for the coming New Year.

新布伦瑞克省孔子学院召开汉语教学研讨会

      伴随着2016年的第一场雪，新布伦瑞克省孔子学院（CINB）于1月6日在省会弗莱德里克顿（Fredericton）教育部迎来汉语教学与工作研讨会。本次会议由CINB外方院长滕菁女士主持，加拿大大西洋国际教育集团（AEI）副总裁，孔子学院执行理事Dawn Weatherbie女士出席，中方院长李敏红女士及全体教师志愿者参加，针对上一年工作进行总结，并对新学期的教学与文化活动做了规划。

      会议伊始，Dawn Weatherbie女士代表新布伦瑞克省教育厅对过去一年孔子学院的工作表示肯定，向为孔子学院建设与发展付出巨大努力的滕菁女士、李敏红女士以及各位教师志愿者表示感谢。

      会议期间，有着丰富一线教学经验的教师、志愿者们都以多媒体的形式展示了所在学校的教学情况，并针对小学、初中、高中、大学不同年龄阶段的汉语教学，提出因材施教的教学方法及评估方法，重点讨论了三语学校教学、高中学分课程规范化以及本省汉语教学大纲。滕菁女士还就第十届孔子学院大会的相关内容与大家进行了分享，并与大家交流探讨了2016年孔子学院的可持续发展规划。 

      本次汉语教学会议是对过去经验的最好总结，也是展望未来的有力动员。大家纷纷表示：此次教学会议不仅让大家了解到汉办最新工作动态及孔院未来发展方向，还从理论和教学实践上分享了很多宝贵的经验，有助于今后更好地开展文化活动、提高汉语教学质量。新年伊始，窗外白雪皑皑、寒风凛冽，新布伦瑞克省的寒冬刚刚来到，新省孔院推广中国文化的热忱与团队成员互相勉励彼此扶持的温情，必将成为这个冬天最温暖的风景。