There are many ways for Presbyterians in the United States to serve in China and to serve Chinese nationals in the United States. Here are links for both long-term and short-term opportunities.
Classroom teachers are encouraged to join a special team of experienced K-12 teachers this summer in a pilot program to explore with Chinese peers ways to improve classroom teaching within the constraints of China’s educational system.
For more information on this new peer to peer English teaching program contact Hugh Wire, former Amity volunteer teacher, 510-854-8958, hughwire@yahoo.com. Find more details at the website of the Pacific Network for Mission Education using the red link above. |
Huangshan Oral English Program
The China Christian Council/Three Self Movement has just concluded the second year of a three year cycle working on their oral English with Chinese church leaders. The Rev. Bao Jiayuan, Associate General Secretary of the CCC/TSPM, oversees this six week program held in the church conference center in Huangshan (near China’s famous 'Yellow' mountains). Leaders from Chinese churches, seminaries and regional Christian council offices apply to participate and Bao recruits native English speakers from overseas to work with them. Younger church leaders come from all over China to become more able to convey the good news and share the exciting work of the church in China to English speaking visitors. Teachers from overseas have come from various denominations in the United States. In 2008, the teachers involved were Debbie Pallatto-Fontaine (UCC), lead teacher, and Presbyterians Hugh & Teena Anderson, May Chung, and Hugh & Anne Wire.
Foreign teachers will be needed for the six week session in the summer of 2009. Inquiries should be made to Rev. Bao at the China Christian Council, baojiayuan@126.com. Questions could also be asked of May Chung msmay663@yahoo.com, elder of Covenant Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, who will be returning to teach in next summer for her fourth time. |
The ERRC Summer Teaching Program is a credited university English teaching program, predominantly for graduate and post-graduate students to improve their oral English. Our objectives for the program are:
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 July 6-Augst 3, 2009
Join Presbyterian elder, Claire Gibbs from Melbourne FL, and other volunteers as she returns for a second summer with Amity in China to work intensively with Chinese English teachers on their speaking and listening.
Claire wrote about last summer in China: “The welcoming handshakes from our hosts, shared laughter over a meal, the wide-eyed curious looks from children, our teacher-students’ eager smiles - the SEP was all of this, and more. I came to China as an ambassador for my country and for my Christian faith, to be part of the east-west bridge that is making the world smaller every day. What I found, in this most ancient and also very modern country, were some of the most gracious people I’ve met, anywhere. In short, my time in Chuzhou (Anhui) was a far richer experience than any tour guide could ever provide. I am grateful - God bless Amity!” Contact Claire at 321-729-0707, e-mail: claire_gibbs@mailhost.org Learn more and get application materials at the red link above. |
