The Dialogue between Entel Students and Oceania
On the morning of April 18, 14 Junior 3 students of western Australia program in Entel had their first online lesson with 7 grade 9 students of The Knox School in Australia. Before that, students from both sides have exchanged emails for three weeks, and they have got to know their Chinese/Australian friends. Every student was very excited about the online course.
The Knox school in Australia attaches great importance to the connecting courses with Entel. On the day of class, Mr. Allan Shaw, President of the school, and Mr. Wang, director of the International Department of Entel came to observe the online class and make a speech. In his speech, Knox said he hoped the students would not only practice speaking a foreign language, but also gain a deeper understanding of each other's cultures through the online classes. President of Entel Mr. Ren-Jianhua also recorded a speech video to express his support for the online class, and invited the teachers and students of the Knox school to visit Entel.
Our school now has 4 online courses with the United States, Britain and Poland. The online course with Australia not only expands the scale of our connecting courses, but also is of great significance to students participating in the connecting courses. All the students in this course are students of the Australian program in junior three of our school. They will go to Australia to attend university in three years. Through the online course, the students can get familiar with Australian English, improve their English language ability, understand the learning style and local culture of Australian schools, and improve their intercultural communication ability.
The Knox school, located in Melbourne, Australia, was established in 1982 as a k-12 private school, which is divided into pre-school and primary school, middle school and high school. The school attaches great importance to the cultivation of music talents of students, and the school has more than 20 chorus/ensemble; Having sound sports facilities and colorful club activities; At the same time, the school's teaching performance is also outstanding, it is one of the top ten schools in Victoria, Australia. The student connected with our school this time are students from grade 9 Chinese class. They are very enthusiastic about learning Chinese.