Our eight new guest scholars for 2011 arrived on July 29, 2011.
The guest scholars are master's degree candidates from Wuhan University in Hubei province, China. Their major is teaching Mandarin language to non-native speakers. This year, guest scholars will be teaching in Wilson School District, Oley Valley School District, Southern Lehigh School District, and Pen Argyl Area School District and the BCIU Education Centre. In addition, guest scholars will be teaching Mandarin to Brandywine Heights Area School District, Twin Valley School District, the BCIU Alsace Program, Unionville Chadds Ford School District, Great Valley School District, Exeter Township School District, Schuylkill Valley School District and Lancaster Country Day School, using state-of-the-art distance learning equipment located at the BCIU.
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Photo taken at the University of Pittsburgh during a two-week language pedagogy workshop.
Left to right:
Wu Xiaoxue, guest scholar; Dr. Xiao, Chinese director, CI-Pitt; Gao Ya, guest scholar; Bill Miller, director of the Office of Innovation and Technology, Berks County Intermediate Unit (BCIU); Song Ying, guest scholar; Susan Calvin, program administrator, Asian Studies Collaborative, BCIU; Yang Xuan, guest scholar; Yu Qingchu, guest scholar; Yang Zeqing, guest scholar; Wang Liangyan, guest scholar. |
contact: Sue Calvin, program administrator
610-987-8639, suecal@berksiu.org
Laura Ross, specialist
610-987-8645, lauros@berksiu.org