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Beijing Language and Culture University to Launch the World's First
Online International Chinese Teacher Training Program
DALLAS and BEIJING, April 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Academic
Partnerships (AP), one of the world's largest representatives of
online learning, and Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU),
an international university dedicated to promoting Chinese language
and culture worldwide, today announced the launch of the world's first
online International Chinese Teacher Training Program (ICTP).
Applications for the program are currently being accepted.
"BLCU is an international university where students from all over the
world study together and diverse cultures exchange with one another,"
said BLCU President Cui Xiliang.
"The online ICTP, which will now allow BLCU to serve students near and
far, is a reflection of the University's commitment to being a truly
international institution and promoting collaborations across cultures
and borders," added BLCU's Online Education College Dean Li Wei.
The fully online program, which can be completed in as few as 10
months, will prepare individuals to teach Chinese as a foreign
language in their countries. With a focus on the history of Chinese
language development; teaching theory and methodology; testing and
evaluation; characteristics of the Chinese capability system and
methods for speaking, writing, listening, and reading; classroom
organization and management; and application of modern education
technologies in teaching Chinese as a foreign language, the program
will provide students with the comprehensive teaching expertise
necessary to advance in their careers.
The new online Chinese teacher training program has been written and
will be taught by BLCU's faculty, which includes some of the most
well-known and respected experts in the field of Chinese language
teaching.
The process of constructing the program in a high-quality online
format will be the topic of a presentation at The Sloan Consortium's
Seventh Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International
Symposium taking place this week in Dallas.
Whitney Kilgore, AP's vice president of academic services,
international, will share how AP worked with BLCU stakeholders to
structure the ICTP program to create an offering that would scale
globally. The session will focus on the challenges and successes in
the process and explore strategies employed in the process of
collaborating with Chinese universities.
Kilgore said, "Significant cultural and educational differences and
7,000 miles did not stand in the way of our team assisting BLCU in
modernizing their program and transforming it into a high-quality
online offering using Canvas in the Cloud. We learned a great deal in
the process and look forward to sharing our findings at the
symposium."
BLCU's new online International Chinese Teacher Training Program will
begin in May 2014. Click here to apply or learn more.
About Academic Partnerships Academic Partnerships (AP) assists
universities in converting their traditional degree programs and
certificates into an online format, recruits qualified students, and
supports enrolled students through graduation. Serving public and
private not-for-profit universities in the United States and top
international institutions, AP is guided by the principle that the
opportunities presented through distance learning make higher
education more accessible and achievable for students in the United
States and around the world. The company was founded by social
entrepreneur Randy Best, an 18-year veteran of developing innovative
learning solutions to improve education. For more information, please
visit www.academicpartnerships.com.
About Beijing Language and Culture University Beijing Language and
Culture University (BLCU) was established in 1962. Known as the
"little United Nations," BLCU has trained some 150,000 foreign
students from 176 countries and regions in Chinese language and
culture. BLCU has the largest number of renowned professors in the
majors of Chinese Language and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language,
with both faculties having been awarded "National Outstanding
Educational Team" status. The Centre for Research in Chinese as a
Foreign Language is the only State Level Research Centre established
for the study of Chinese as a foreign language.
Contacts:
For Academic Partnerships Jaquelyn M. Scharnick +1.866.939.6323
mediarelations@academicpartnerships.com
For Beijing Language and Culture University Raymond Gu
guyandong@blcu.edu.cn
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