Improve the ability of English communication and improve students’ International Literacy.
To promote educational reform and encourage the two-language teaching practice, ‘Foreign teacher lecture’ project has been created in our city that was paid by government from 2006. It employed foreign teachers to teach English in different schools and editorial published the exclusive using reader《My Topics》which free provided for all students who took part in the students. This people－benefit project presents the first-rate service that provided by government. In the past 11 years, the scope and influence of this project continuously broadened and it has been covered in all feeder school of Suzhou. A range of events were held to improve the quality of projects: the studies of ‘comparing the Chinese and foreign lecture’ encouraged both Chinese and foreign teachers took teaching seminar. On the other side, expanding activities such as the ‘Future Star’ English Presentation competition for middle school student and the debate competition for high school students improve the personal activities of students. Furthermore, regular supporting weak schools could improve the benefits and influences of the projects. Now, the projects foreign teachers have become unforgettable resources among teachers for Suzhou. The mission of the people–benefit project is becoming more and more evident.
Improve the ability of English communication and improve students’ International Literacy.
Encouraging promoting the Chinese culture and communicating and combining with different cultures
Popularize high quality resource and speed up achieving the fair of education.
The project began at three high schools including: the Suzhou sixteen middle school，Suzhou Nanhuan Experimental middle school, Suzhou Caixiang Middle School
The projects had covered all of the junior two students of the nine ‘Suzhou double-language experimental Middle schools’
Another seven non-Suzhou Double-language Experiential middle schools participated the project, which means all of the public schools in Suzhou participated projects
The project had covered all junior two students in overall 16 middle schools, so as to the fifth grade students in two primary schools. The project provides free teaching material to all students in the projects
The project expanded to include the senior one students of all public middle schools in Suzhou
The project had covered all of the public schools in Suzhou including two primary schools, 19 Junior middle schools and 8 high school students so that 12.8 thousand students could benefit from the project.
In addition to the fifth grade, junior and senior, this year's foreign teacher class program also covers the sixth grade students.
In 2018, the program covers six public schools(4 primary schools and 2 middle schools) in Taicang.
1440
2006
3200
2007
5800
2008
6100
2009
6300
2010
6800
2011
6700
2012
6886
2013
7700
2014
11000
2015
12800
2016
13000
2017
13500
2018
14000
2019
14500
2020
In the future, we will continue to work hard to make the foreign teacher class benefits for more schools and make more children who don’t need to go aboard experience and learn foreign languages and culture knowledge. We will also bring superior education resource to more schools and take international vitality to Suzhou’s education.
· Revise and complete grade 8 teaching material ’My Topic’
· Write primary school and high school students’ specialized teaching material
· Establish foreign teacher class assessment test
· Foreign teacher program benefit for more cities primary school and high school
· Organize foreign teacher into the community, help the public benefit, go to the English teaching weak place to support education; operate the plan of distance education to Suzhou’s give assistance to an oriented area through Internet platorm
