On September 21st, the Confucius Institute hosted a visit from the delegation with 52 people from different universities in China who are attending a three-month special training program in the University of Alberta. During the visit, the group toured the office, library, teachers’ office and other facilities. They also attended a presentation by Dr. Wei Li on the operations and development of CIE, the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Program and the Alberta’s education system. The delegates also had the opportunity to meet with 16 Chinese visiting teachers of CIE.
After lunch, the delegation paid a visit to Dovercourt School which is one of the six Chinese bilingual elementary schools in Edmonton Public Schools. The principal Dr. Gerry Falk, assistant principal Brenda Braun and Chinese teacher Lisa Yip welcomed the delegates and provided the introduction about the school as well as their passions for the Chinese bilingual program. The lion dance performed by students impressed the delegates deeply. And also the delegates visited 5 classrooms observing instruction and talked to some students and teachers.
The visit was short but the delegates learned a lot about Confucius Institute in Edmonton and the Chinese bilingual program.