Language Classes |
Suitable for |
Date/Time |
Special Features |
Location |
Costs (including all instructional materials) |
Conversational Chinese
Level I, Part 1 |
Beginners age 11 and up with no prior contact with Chinese. |
9/1 - 12/17
M W
7:00 – 8:45 pm |
One-on-one tutoring sessions available, enrollment limited to 15 per class |
CIVU House (1402 LaPorte Ave) |
$120 for VU students / faculty
$180 per person, $126 for CIVU members |
Conversational Chinese
Level II, Part 1 |
Students who have finished Level I or have similar skills. Age 11 and up. |
9/2 -12/18
T
9:00 – 10:45 am |
One-on-one tutoring sessions available, enrollment limited to 10 per class |
CIVU House (1402 LaPorte Ave) |
$120 for VU students / faculty
$180 per person, $126 for CIVU members |
Chinese for Children |
Age 5-12 |
9/6 - 12/20
Sa
10:00 am –
12:00 pm |
|
CIVU House (1402 LaPorte Ave) |
$180 per kid,
$150 for kids of VU faculty $126 for children of members of CIVU |
Chinese Cooking |
Adults |
9/11-12/11
W
7:00- 8:00
pm |
Learn to make Chinese dishes and prepare for Chinese meals |
Private Kitchen |
$120 per person, $84 for CIVU members |
Chinese Music (Erhu) |
10 and up |
9/26 -12/5
F
6:30 – 8:00 pm |
Group Lessons |
CIVU House |
$150 per person, $105 for CIVU members |
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Confucius Institutes in the United States
Confucius Institutes are non-profit public institutes with the goal of promoting a friendly relationship with other countries and enhancing the understanding of the Chinese language and culture among world Chinese learners as well as providing good learning conditions for them. The Institutes are modeled after Confucius, a famous thinker, educator and philosopher from Chinese history, whose influential ideas that have permeated Chinese society. To name the institutes after him demonstrates the longevity and depth of Chinese language and culture, and the institutes embody the development trend of integrating Chinese language and culture into global society in the 21 st century.
China’s Office of Chinese Language Council International is the governing organization for the Confucius Institutes. Preference is given to institutes located in business districts where there is a large flow of people and a convenient transportation system. Institutes are provided with teaching patterns and curriculum products as the main teaching resources to assist them in their mission.
All Confucius Institutes have a Chinese university partner to assist with Institute organization and oversight. Valparaiso University’s partner is Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT), a public institution with approximately 35,000 students. ZJUT, the top university in the Zhejiang province, was founded in 1910 as a technological school, became a college in 1953 and eventually a comprehensive technical university in 1993. Located in the urban city of Hangzhou, ZJUT hosts a variety of engineering programs and colleges including medical science, humanities, foreign language, art and law. With the newly-established Confucius Institute, Valparaiso University continues its two decade-strong exchange relationship with ZJUT, with a Hangzhou study center and the opportunity for students and faculty to visit partner institutions |
