On November 1st, the Confucius Institute in Edmonton library welcomed two groups of 51 students from Dovercourt School. The students are studying in the Chinese Bilingual program. The main purpose of this field trip was to choose Chinese books for students’ class reading.
During the visit, the students listened to a Chinese story and chose their favorite books. Eventually 260 books and posters were checked out for them. The Chinese teacher Ms. Yang told us, “Our kids loved the trip and that they want to go back again.”
The CIE library is a public access Chinese library with about 40,000 print and electronic volumes. Its collections cover many subjects such as language, culture, literature, arts, history, etc. It features Chinese language study and teaching resources and children’s books. Since it was open in 2009, it has been providing free services to the teachers and staff in Edmonton Public Schools. It also supports Guided Reading for Chinese Bilingual program in Edmonton Public Schools by establishing the Guided Reading section where the Chinese books were leveled based on the guided reading level system developed by Irene Fountas & Gay Su Pinnell. We are looking forward to welcoming more students and teachers.