Sunday, February 11, 2001, updated at 22:37(GMT+8)
Sci-Edu
Sino-Australian English Training Center Established
The International English Network (IEN) center, the first English language training center in Northeast China, under the cooperation of China and a foreign country, opened in Shenyang Sunday.
The center, with the support of Australian-based IEN, will launch programs on English communication, English for academic purposes, business English, test-oriented English and training programs for local English teachers.
It will help managerial personnel working in local high-tech industries and those who are to study abroad to improve their English, and thus pass related exams such as TOEFL (test of English as a foreign language), a necessary English level test for Chinese to apply to study abroad.
IEN, composed of well-known universities and institutes overseas, has so far cooperated with China in intensifying the country's English teaching in over 30 higher-educational institutions in more than 10 provinces, municipalities and cities including Fujian, Shanghai, Qingdao, Hangzhou and Nanjing.
The International English Network (IEN) center, the first English language training center in Northeast China, under the cooperation of China and a foreign country, opened in Shenyang Sunday.