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08:05, August 15, 2007 |
Four teachers from China will provide Chinese language and culture classes at five schools in Los Angeles as part of an education cooperation program, it was announced on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) said this is the result of a partnership between the LAUSD and the College Board and Hanban (formerly the Office of Chinese Language Council International).
Over the next two years, the teachers will provide more students with greater accessibility to Mandarin Chinese at the elementary, middle and high school levels, said the LAUSD.
"In a city as diverse as Los Angeles, it''s important that we expand our language offerings to all children," said David L. Brewer III, superintendent of the LAUSD.
"This is not to discount the importance of learning Spanish or French, but we must expand our concept of languages which go hand- in-hand with being college prepared and career ready. That means preparing students to acquire the language skills they will need to pursue careers in a competitive and global market and to communicate with their neighbors who may be across the oceans or around the world."
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