On May 24, Ms. Kelly Kang, manager of the Lattitude Program in China visited our institute for exchanges. Vice President of the institute Kong Tingting, Deputy Director Dai Peipei of the Office of the institute, Director Yang Zhen and foreign volunteer teacher Laura Evans attended the meeting.

At the meeting, Vice President Kong Tingting conveyed heartfelt thanks to the volunteers of the Lattitude Program for their contributions to the cultural exchanges between teachers and students of the two sides, teacher training and student teaching and introduced the information of the institute, such as its profile, characteristics of running and international exchanges and cooperation. Deputy Director Dai Peipei reported on the general conditions of the teaching and life of the volunteers in our institute.

Ms. Kelly Kang introduced the history and concept of the Lattitude Program in hopes that the two sides could further expand the domains of cooperation and have more and better cultural exchanges. She also made an on-the-spot investigation into the teaching and life of the volunteer teachers in our institute, had classes given by the volunteer teachers in the classroom and fully affirmed the work of the volunteers for the institute.

The Lattitude Program is a charity organization originating from Britain. One of the earliest and largest volunteer organizations in the world, it has a history of 38 years and has dispatched hundreds of volunteers to China since 2001. Since March 2015 till now, our institute has received 12 volunteers from Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Meanwhile, the students of our institute can apply to work as volunteers in Australia or Britain to help the local Chinese teachers finish Chinese courses, carry out activities in groups or give one-to-one instructions to the students there. The program can provide the opportunities for the students of our institute not merely to learn the local culture and improve their English level but also know more about the educational systems of different countries.