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For Business China is one of United State's top trading partners and a rapidly growing export market for American goods and services. China is the 5th largest export market for Kansas (2009), and a growing number of Kansas companies are trading with China or creating value with Chinese partners. Businesses engaging with China will need growing numbers of employees with training in business-related fields AND with skills in Chinese language and culture. |
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For Global Issues In education, the arts, and other fields, collaboration between experts in the United States and China can stimulate creativity and enrich the cultural landscape for all. Pathogens, pollutants, and criminals do not respect national boundaries. Employers in the public health, environmental pollution, and law enforcement sectors, as well as agriculture, bioscience, and many other fields, will need professionals who can work with counterparts across the globe to find creative solutions for the world's common problems. |
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For Sense of Achievement Foreign language study improves cognitive skills such as memory, attention span, problem soolving, spatial abilities, and reading. Students with 4 for more years of foreign language study score higher on standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT. Chinese is the most widely spoken first language in the world, and knowledge of Chinese gives young Americans the ability to engage directly with the many Chinese-speakers living both in China and around the world. |
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For Culture Foreign language study offers a window into other cultures and provides a bridge of understanding, and greater understanding and acceptance is the key to a better and more peaceful world. Learning a foreign language is fun and expands a student's world view. |
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Mandarin Chinese is the standard and most widely spoken dialect of the Chinese language. As such, Mandarin Chinese is essential for Americans interested in doing business, vacationing, or studying in China. As Chinese businesses, tourists, and scholars travel to the United States in growing numbers, Americans are also finding Mandarin Chinese very useful here at home.
The Confucius Institute of the University of Kansas offers several different language and culture classes for all ages. We offer community classes on Edwards Campus. We also offer distance learning Chinese Language classes to high schools and elementary schools across Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota (summer only), and Arkansas (summer only).
During the summer, CIKU offers children’s culture and language immersion camps are offered over our summer months for students ages 5-12. For the past four years, CIKU has also offered a STARTALK federally funded summer program for high school students. The STARTALK program includes a series of two-week sessions designed to give high school students an opportunity to jump into the study of Chinese language. We encourage you to read more about the programs we offer in the links above.
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Adult Classes
slideshow/learn_chinese_photos/adult classes.jpgThe Confucius Institute offers community classes for adults to learn Chinese from elementary to advanced levels as well as cultural classes such as calligraphy and brushwork.
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Children's Programs
slideshow/learn_chinese_photos/Childrens Class.jpgIDL classes are offered by the Confucius Institute to elementary through high schools across Kansas, Missouri, and Ohio.
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Camps
slideshow/learn_chinese_photos/Camp.jpgChildren's culture and language immersion camps are offered during the summer to children ages 5-12. Children will learn to speak, read, and write Chinese and about Chinese culture.
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STARTALK
slideshow/learn_chinese_photos/STARTALK.jpgSTARTALK is a summer camp for high school students who would like to learn Chinese: a two week course that includes IDL classes and a field trip to the Confucius Institue.
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