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The closing ceremony of The Second Zhuhai English Teacher Training Programme was held on August 25th at Room B101. With wonderful shows of poem recitation, drama, and demonstration class, the trainees presented brilliant performance after 20 days of immersive training. Most participants described the training as an effective one that highly improved their English level.

Performance of Poem Recitation

Mr. Wang Weiguo, Chief of Zhuhai Education Research Center, Prof. Zee Szeyong, Vice President of UIC, Mr. Caleb Jiang, Director of CAPS, and Dr. Dave Towey, Program Coordinator of TESL attended the ceremony.

Prof. Zee Sze Yong, Vice President of UIC

In the closing speech, Prof. Zee said he was deeply impressed by their professional skills and devoted spirit to education. He said that as the first Liberal Arts university in Mainland China, UIC is always willing to share educational resources with the public. Aiming at promoting lifelong learning, UIC’s CAPS (Center for Advanced Profession Studies) is especially built to provide various professional and academic trainings to the public of all ages. 

Dr. Dave Towey Giving Certificate to Trainee Representative

A trainee teacher from Zhuhai Experimental Middle School expressed positive evaluation. Firstly they got the chance to know the original British style teaching method, which refrain them from typical Chinese way; secondly their English abilities of listening, speaking, and writing have been dramatically enhanced through direct communication with foreign teachers; last but not the least, teachers from different schools met each other and became friends, they can have further communication afterwards.

Mr. Wang Weiguo, Chief of Zhuhai Education Research Center

Mr. Wang Weiguo, Chief of Zhuhai Education Research Center said that, UIC leaders, training teachers and service staff were of great support and helpful to this training, which contributed to its success. He expressed his gratitude to UIC teachers and good wishes for future cooperation. 

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