From June 15 to 18, 2026, a delegation of educators from Nebraska arrived in Chengdu for a visit. The group was led by the Nebraska Language Association of the United States. It visited SWJTU as well as local primary and secondary schools, holding in-depth exchanges on cooperation in international Chinese language education, curriculum resources sharing, and cross-cultural exchanges between Chinese and American teenagers.
The seven-member delegation consists of educators from Nebraska, Ohio and Kansas, all leading professionals in the field of basic education in the U.S. Midwest. Its members include Hannah Julia Paredes, State Language Education Administrator of Nebraska, and Joanna Sue Hale, Principal of Beveridge Middle School in Nebraska. As the host of this visit, the School of Foreign Languages shared its extensive experience in international Chinese language education, online teaching and cross-cultural exchanges, providing professional support for the delegation.
On the afternoon of June 16, the School of Foreign Languages held a meeting with the visiting delegation, which was presided over by Professor Zeng Xiangmin, Teaching Director of the School. Professor Yu Senlin, Dean of the School, delivered a welcome address and elaborated on the university’s century-long history and achievements in international education, with special emphasis on the school’s dedicated efforts in international Chinese language education over ten years. Thereafter, faculty representatives from the Department of International Chinese provided a detailed overview of the department, as well as innovative practices in online curriculum development, teacher training and Chinese language teaching programs carried out in recent years. Student representatives presented practical teaching cases, including real-time online synchronous classrooms, asynchronous micro-course resources and hands-on experience from China-US student exchange programs.
Then, the two sides launched deep and pragmatic discussions concerning the demand for Chinese language curricula in K-12 education. Based on the real conditions of schools in Nebraska, Ohio and Kansas, delegation members shared information about local curriculum frameworks, students’ learning demands, challenges in faculty resources, and their expectations for Chinese language programs. They also highlighted particular interest in online Chinese course design, integrated teaching of STEM and Chinese culture, and the development of after-school interest programs. The faculty team of the School detailed available supporting resources, such as live online synchronous teaching, asynchronous micro-course video packages, cultural activity plans and blended teaching models. They also exchanged views on the co-construction of curriculum resources and online teaching pilot programs, reaching a preliminary consensus on future cooperation.
Additionally, the delegation visited the laboratory of the High-Temperature Superconducting High-Speed Maglev Test Line at SWJTU. The scientific and technological innovations of China’s high-speed railways left a deep impression on all delegation members, who hoped to integrate more elements of Chinese science and technology culture into featured China-US courses in the future.
