Teaching Focus
In teaching foreign languages, besides emphasizing students' abilities in different practical situations, the school practices the "going out and inviting in" method. The so-called "going out" means that a number of students are provided with opportunities to study abroad as exchange students at locations like Sukura Nobirin College in Japan, Christina College in Hamburg, Germany, La Salle College, Hong Kong, and The Culver Academies, in Indiana US. The so-called "inviting in" means that the school invites foreign visitors so as to provide the students with the opportunity to practice what they have learned in school. Every year, more than 100 students in the school have the chance to receive foreign visitors including members of government delegations, foreign students, and foreign reporters.
In order to extend students' scope of knowledge, the school provides additional courses in the form of the Second Classroom, such as:
- Second foreign language courses
- Selective courses in foreign language study (e.g. Newspaper Reading in Original, Foreign Literature, Foreign History, and Survey of the Countries in the World, etc.)
- Public Relations
- English of Science and Technology
- Cultures and Customs Worldwide
- Reading on Patriotic Ancient Poems
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