�� Mandarin Teacher Training Event – Learn from Two Expert Speakers!
�� Reg deadline: Friday 26 June
Looking for fresh ideas to enhance your language teaching? Join us for a morning of practical, classroom-focused professional development for MFL and Chinese teachers.
���� Session 1: Nick Brown ‘Adaptive Teaching – An MFL Classroom for All’ Discover practical strategies to engage every learner, including those with SEND, and build a calm, positive, can-do classroom where everyone can succeed. ✔ Adaptive teaching without burnout ✔ Creating a classroom climate that empowers teachers and students ✔ Ready-to-use ideas for the MFL classroom
���� Session 2: Dr Lily Chen ‘Teaching Writing Skills in TCFL (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)’ Explore effective approaches to developing writing skills in Chinese, from character acquisition to cultural understanding, with practical strategies you can use immediately. ✔ Product-based, process-based and genre-based approaches explained ✔ Addressing the unique challenges of Chinese writing instruction (国际中文写作教学) ✔ A learner-centred approach integrating language development and cultural awareness
�� About Our Speakers
���� Nick Brown Former Head of Languages, assistant headteacher, county adviser and senior examiner with over 20 years of experience. Holds a Master’s degree in classroom climate and has recently completed SENCO training. Speaker of French, Spanish and Russian, with extensive experience supporting Chinese teachers and learners.
���� Dr Lily Chen PhD in Linguistics (University of Durham). Former lecturer at the University of Sheffield, where she founded and directed the MA in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Published in leading academic journals and currently teaches translation at the Open University.
�� Sunday 5 July 2026 �� 9:30am–12:00pm �� Room A18, Si Yuan Centre, Jubilee Campus, 糖心原创