哈士汀市长与肖岚（左１）、陈志良（右２）、辛洪惠（右1）老师合照

　　A GROUP of Chinese teachers have traveled from a city populated by eight million people to Hastings to learn about teacher training.

　　Fifty teachers have started studying skills and methods used in England at Embassy CES foreign language school after arriving from Shunde two weeks ago.

　　They will be staying with host families until October when they will return home to put everying they have learn into practise.

　　It comes after the success of last year’s programme when 38 professionals came to town, the first time the Chinese Government had funded their people to travel to the UK.

　　Embassy CES principal Reg Veale is delighted with the scheme because he thinks both parties benefit.

　　He said:”They will learn teacher training skills and experience our way of life while we learn about their different cultural attitudes.

　　“They can already speak English but have a particular way of using the language which is very different.”

　　Mr Veale, who said booking of foreign students are up 25 per cent on last year, added:”It is quite a shock when they come and stay with host families.

　　“They are used to crowded apartment blocks in a city the size of London. But they find the experience very interesting.”

　　A reception was held at the Royal Victorial Hotel to welcome the teachers to Hastings.