Program brings teacher from China to Mountain Range High School
Zhou Ying is one of 25 teachers from China and Egypt selected to participate in the Department of State’s Teachers of Critical Languages Program
Posted: 08/31/2011 10:52:01 AM MDT Updated: 08/31/2011 10:52:01 AM MDT Author: Joe Nguyen
Zhou Ying leads students in an exercise designed to teach the pronunciation of the Mandarin language during class this week at Mountain Range High School in Westminster. Zhou is one of 25 teachers from China and Egypt selected to participate in the Department of State’s Teachers of Critical Languages Program. Photo by Lindsay Pierce, YourHub
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With the school year kicking off, one of Mountain Range High School’s new faculty members has traveled halfway around the world to assume her new post.
Zhou Ying, an English teacher from China, is one of 25 teachers from China and Egypt selected to participate in the Department of State’s Teachers of Critical Languages Program.
The program is designed to increase the study of world languages in U.S. schools, and provide an opportunity for the teachers to learn about American schools and culture.
“It’s pretty competitive,” said Eliza Doton, senior program officer at the program. “Off the top of my head, it