Brief Introduction to Moon Mountain English School
Moon Mountain English School, was licenced by
the Changzhi City Education Bureau, in July 1996. The school
is one of the biggest Private English Schools in the area.
It is located in the cultural centre of the city between the
Ba Yi Square and the Tai Hang Park. This location combines
easy access to transportation with a peaceful environment.
The school itself has bright and spacious classrooms with
appropriate decorations and comfortable, practical furniture.
In short, it is an ideal study environment.
The school is divided into three sections: Practical
English, Extracurricular English and Examination Training.
The Practical English section is mainly in charge of adult
training and offers a variety of courses including: New Concept
English, Cambridge International English, New Interchange
and College English. The school handles 90% of all the Adult
English teaching in Changzhi City, and is very important for
the growth of the English language in the city. Every year
appx. 1000 students graduate from its courses and benefit
from the training they receive. Some students have passed
the Master Examinations or Study Abroad Examinations, while
others have been able to enter the top-range schools or to
become more successful in their careers.
The Extracurricular secion is mainly in charge
of supplementary English classes of middle and primary school
students. This section focuses on facilitating the English
learning of these students and improving their practical English.
The teaching of these students uses a large amount of listening
and speaking practice and concentrates on practical language
skills, which helps the students’ English ability as well
as their schoolgrades. The teaching of this section has been
proven to be highly efficient and effective in training the
students to cope with the challenges of a future where English
will be more and more important. The Extracurricular section
of Moon Mountain English School teaches more than 2000 students
each year.
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The Examination Training section is in charge
of preparing its students for English examinations. The main
courses at present are PETS and CET-4. PETS (), is used as
evidence for English ability for employment purposes. CET-4
is the master entrance examination for college students, which
is a requirement for most degrees. The students of the examination
training section have achieved a passing rate for these examinations
above 80%, far higher than the average results.
For a succesful school, it is important to maintain
a high standard of teaching. In recent years, Moon Mountain
English School has adopted several policies to ensure this.
One is to only employ main teaching staff that have passed
strict assessment criteria and continuous quality monitoring
of their work., using especially hired experienced teachers
as supplementary staff. Another is the use of a strict and
efficient teaching staff management system to guarantee both
teaching quality and effective learning for the students.
There are currently 20 part and full time teachers working
at Moon Mountain English School. In order to facilitate learning,
the school uses teaching aids like computers and audiovisual
classrooms, and is working to open an English book library
and to install advanced teaching apparatus in each classroom.
In order to master English, it is vital that
the student has access to an environment in which it is possible
to put English into practice. Moon Mountain English School
recognises this and is actively promoting the use of English
in Changzhi itself. One of its initiatives is the Moon Mountain
English Club which was founded on April 23rd 1999. This club
offers a wide range of fun activities including English corners,
English speech competitions, expert lectures and many others.
The English corner meets one time each week, it is very popular
and gives people from a variety of backgrounds the opportunity
to get together and practice their English. The corner is
facilitated by experienced teachers. In the summer of 2002
the school promoted this activity by holding the corner in
the BaYi Square which gave it more exposure. Thus the corner
became a place for everyone! In 2003 and 2004, the school
sponsored the “Moon Mountain English Speech Contest”, which
was praised as an effective tool in improving the English
of the students of Changzhi city, by parents, teachers and
students alike. The Adult section also holds English comptetions
twice a year, and organises expert lectures. Finally, the
school has a yearly English Picnic on National Day which attracts
those who are interested in improving their English.
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The combination of effective teaching management,
methods and practice, is the reason for Moon Mountain English
School’s good reputation among the English learners of Changzhi.
It has been the focus of favorable special reports in both
print and broadcasting media of Changzhi City and Greater
Changzhi since its foundation in 1996 to the present day.
In 2001, the Greater Changzhi government assessed it to be
an Outstanding Educational Institution. Further recognition
came in 2003, when the Shanxi provincial government assessed
it to be an Outstanding Private School.
In November 2003, it received a license to hire
foreign language and education experts, something that requires
accreditation from the Shanxi provincial Educational Bureau,
the Greater Changzhi Educational Bureau, the Public Security
Bureau and the Foreign Affairs Bureau. Moon Mountain English
School will use this to further its goal of effective language
learning in a good language environment. In the future, it
will continue to excel in both the development and improvement
of English in Changzhi City.
Brief Introduction of Changzhi City
Area:13,896
square kilometers
Population: 3.21 million
Resources: coal, iron, manganese, aluminum, sulphur, lime
stone, gypsum, quartz, marble, and so on forestry resources
and animal husbandry resouces are abundant.
Agriculture:millet, Chinese root of co donopsis polosulla,
agarics, Chinese prickly ash, walnuts, potatoes
Industry: coal, electricity, chemical industry, metallurgy,
architecture and so on
Tourism: The Canyon in Taihang Range, Lingkong Mountain
The history of Changzhi can be reaced back to back to more
than six thousand years ago. It was recorded that Red Emperor
and Yellow Emperor, the primogenitors of Chinese people, began
to taste herbs and develop the farming in Changzhi and Completed
the eplchmaking transition from the nomadism to settlement
and from fishing and hunting to Zhou and Shangdang for the
first time displayed its important strategies position in
unifying the whole country. In the Qin Dynasty two hundred
years ago, Shangdang was ranked a prefecture out of thirty-six
prefectures nationwide, indicating the long-standing history
of Changzhi. In the Ming Dynasty about six hundred years ago,
the merchants from Shanxi reached every corner of the world
and brought significant growth to Changzhi. During the of
War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the leaders
of Chinese Communist Party established their base alongthe
Taihang and Taiyue Mountain with Changzhi in the center, creating
the set example of resistance against Japanese Aggression
and construction of democratic powers.
Many moted historic figures were born here, for example,
Empress Dowager Cixi who wielded the political power in the
late Qing Dynasty, was also born in Changzhi.
Thanks to its long-standing history, there are many historic
sites here. Other sights, such as Tianyu Nunnery, Chongqing
Temple, Town God's Temple, Wufeng Tower and Gate of Shangdang
tell people the long history of Changzhi.
Changzhi is called a Horticultural City in the northland.
People who have been to Changzhi know that big trees are on
both sides of the streets in Changzhi, and are greatly impressed
with the numerous trees, green streets and beautiful city.
At present, the green coverage of the whole city is 1,252.8
hectares including 1,000.8 hectares of recently planted trees.
A specific detail that is worth noticing is that, since
2000, the activity of removing fences to show green inside
has been carried out in Changzhi City. To release the deep
green fenced inside 8,946 buildings have been removed, and
as a result, the public green space has been increased by
over 400,000 square meters.
With the abundance of the green colour, the city becomes
vigorous, and with the green colour Changzhi becomes more
charming. Today when you walk on the streets in Changzhi,
you will be intoxicated with the green landscape and attracted
by the beautiful sceneries one after another. Today's Changzhi
is really a beautiful "Horticultural City".
Other
allowance: One month's paid holiday, RMB2200 travel bonus per
year,Telephone allowance: Free in China,Medical