With support from the Faculty of Education, CUHK and the Foshan Xiqiao Education Bureau, a group of 16 students of the Bachelor of Arts (English Studies) and Bachelor of Education (English Language Education) Co-terminal Double Degree Programme (ELED) and faculty staff members participated in a teaching practice tour to Nanhai, Foshan from 11 to 15 May. The tour provided students with excellent opportunities to gain a better understanding of the curriculum and assessment methods of English teaching in mainland China, and to obtain first-hand teaching experience in that context.

Six primary and middle schools in Nanhai joined the educational exchange activities. The participating students were sent to teach a real class in pairs in a primary and a secondary school. The lessons were full of fun and the teachers were impressed by the teaching performance of our ELED students.

Prof. Cecilia Chun and Dr. Barry Bai of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the Faculty of Education, conducted a professional workshop for the serving English primary and secondary teachers in the Nanhai district.